Buell 2009 XB Series Service Manual page 572

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1. Wire seal
2. Socket housing
3. Wire lead
4. Internal seal
5. Secondary locking wedge
6. Seal plug
Figure A-15. Deutsch Connector: 2, 3, 4 and 12-Place
Socket Housings
Removing Pin Terminals
1. Use the hooked end of a stiff piece of mechanics wire, a
needle nose pliers or the FLAT BLADE L-HOOK (Part
No. HD-41475-100) to remove the secondary locking
wedge.
2. Gently depress terminal latches inside pin housing and
back out pins through holes in wire seal.
NOTES
If wire leads require new terminals, see the instructions
for crimping terminals.
If it should become necessary to replace a pin or socket
housing, please note that the 8-place and 12-place gray
and black connectors are not interchangeable. Since loc-
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ation of the alignment tabs differ between the black and
gray connectors, plugs or receptacles must be replaced
by those of the same color.
When replacing both socket and pin housings, then the
black may be substituted for the gray, and vice versa. The
socket and pin housings of all other connectors are inter-
changeable, that is, the black may be mated with the gray,
since the alignment tabs are absent and the orientation
of the external latch is the same.
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Figure A-16. Deutsch Connector: Depress Terminal Latch
and Back Out Pin
Installing Pin Terminals
1. See Figure A-17. Fit wire seal (1) into back of pin housing
(2).
2. Grasp wire lead approximately 1.0 in. (25.4 mm) behind
the pin terminal (3). Gently push pin through holes in wire
seal into its respective numbered chamber until it "clicks"
in place.
NOTE
A tug on the wire lead will confirm that a pin is locked in place.
3. Insert tapered end of secondary locking wedge (4) into
pin housing and press down until it snaps in place.
NOTES
The wedge fits in the center groove of the pin housing and
holds the terminal latches tightly closed.
See Figure A-14. While rectangular wedges do not require
a special orientation, the conical secondary locking wedge
of the 3-place connector must be installed with the arrow
(2) pointing toward the external latch.
If the secondary locking wedge does not slide into the
installed position easily, verify that all terminals are fully
installed in the pin housing. The lock indicates when ter-
minals are not properly installed by not entering its fully
installed position.