I’ve soft-pulled one of these so the wires have come adrift without “ripping” them off and actually snapping anything outright. Each wire merely needs to be threaded back into the socket grip - but guess what? - NO apparent screw-tight grip, nor is it soldered in. Those around me would normally say at this point “Throw it in the bin, and get another one”…
I consider such an approach to be rather “Wasteful” though, bearing in mind these cables cost three figures each to buy as far as I am aware.
Has anyone got any tips as to how to get the wires to stay back in the socket mounts again?
If I remember rightly the socket part and body screw out.
Pass the leed through push the pins in securely and screw the inner body and outer back together .
It can take time getting it right and won’t always work correctly after
I don’t seem to have anywhere for the bare wire ends to attach to. The back end of the pins are smooth holes which the wires will poke into, but not stay there. It looks as if it needs soldering in - but that’s not how it was to start with. On the other end of the cable, I’ve undone it to see how the wires are arranged there - but they seemed crimped in somehow. I can’t see how to get the wires to crimp in now that they have become detached. The cable is not damaged other than the wires being separated from the pins all at once.
They’re probably crimped in. Buy a new one and move on, for the cost and the fact that this will power your EBS braked trailer. I stopped pulling suzies apart and repairing them in the eighties.
I sympathise with you Winseer, it goes against the grain to chuck away what seems a straightforward repair. I used to try this 15-20 years ago when the ABS cable was a lot dearer, but the price of 'em now means it’s another ‘disposable’ item…
Winseer:
I’ve soft-pulled one of these so the wires have come adrift without “ripping” them off and actually snapping anything outright. Each wire merely needs to be threaded back into the socket grip - but guess what? - NO apparent screw-tight grip, nor is it soldered in. Those around me would normally say at this point “Throw it in the bin, and get another one”…
I consider such an approach to be rather “Wasteful” though, bearing in mind these cables cost three figures each to buy as far as I am aware.
Has anyone got any tips as to how to get the wires to stay back in the socket mounts again?
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They’re probably not manufactured to be easily fixable using the garden shed and pliers without being a bit compromised and dodgy afterwards. Get a new one and throw the original in the council recycling if it makes you feel better
There indeed doesn’t seem to be much concern over the non-repairability of these things nowadays. I’m thinking by this point that you can get them for £5.99 in Wilkos!
I’ve bought a few £1 pairs of headphones, thinking I’ve got a bargain. You only have to look at the damned thing harshly to have it go from stereo to mono in a flash though…
“You get what you pay for” I guess.
Thanks for the replies in any case. I wonder if one day the bottom dropping out of manufactured kit prices will also bring down the price charged at garages for “Parts and Labour” the way they seem to take the ■■■■ and all…?
An enterprising chap could come up with a replacement plug design with screw fixings for the wiring, similar as you’d fit to your caravan/trailer at home…but would anyone except an owner driver buy them in this throwaway society where nothing gets fixed but replaced.
Maybe someone does make such a thing.
Juddian:
An enterprising chap could come up with a replacement plug design with screw fixings for the wiring, similar as you’d fit to your caravan/trailer at home…but would anyone except an owner driver buy them in this throwaway society where nothing gets fixed but replaced.
Maybe someone does make such a thing.
Winseer:
I’ve soft-pulled one of these so the wires have come adrift without “ripping” them off and actually snapping anything outright.
I did the same as you about 2 yrs ago as the ABS cable got caught on the front ratchet handle of a curtain sider when turning sharply but after about an hour of fiddling with it i had to admit defeat and call it in luckily i was local and a driver came out in the van with a new one
Winseer:
I’ve soft-pulled one of these so the wires have come adrift without “ripping” them off and actually snapping anything outright.
I did the same as you about 2 yrs ago as the ABS cable got caught on the front ratchet handle of a curtain sider when turning sharply but after about an hour of fiddling with it i had to admit defeat and call it in luckily i was local and a driver came out in the van with a new one
Is this price enquiry prompted by the company expecting you to pay for damage? If it is then the time has come to fill in the accident book making clear that you nearly fell off the trailer as a result. The H&S man will then be obliged to point management at something like this below and all should go quiet about deducting pay for this incident.
cav551: Is this price enquiry prompted by the company expecting you to pay for damage? If it is then the time has come to fill in the accident book making clear that you nearly fell off the trailer as a result. The H&S man will then be obliged to point management at something like this below and all should go quiet about deducting pay for this incident.
Not at all. Just trying to “help out” rather than just sign a slip, and waste some company money as we’d might all normally do without giving it a second thought.
I’m not prone to smashing stuff up normally - don’t forget.
It’s a shame it wasn’t a broken toilet seat though, as these CAN be bought for pennies these days - just not in the right colour.
On the other note - I’d consider any attempt to “trump up” some H&S charges against the firm as “Fraudulent”, and I won’t hear of such a thing. People do get sacked over such mickey mouse claims in any case.
Anyone with a new Actros will find that if they knacker theirs, it’s either wait for MB to come out with theirs (so the lad in our workshop reckons) or remove the completely useless plastic lug that they’ve fitted, which prevents you clipping a new one on.
Answers on a postcard what that thing is actually for. And why don’t they provide anywhere to stow your electric lines?
