cant get my andersons to "click".

[muchalucha]

I bought a few 45 amp andersons for a pull link, I made them all up adn im pretty sure teh metal bits are all the way in but the pull link pulls out very easily and it dosent click when it goes in :/. I just soldered em up and pushed them in, is there another step i missed ?

[psycho_fling]

Re: cant get my andersons to "click".

if you have got excess solder on the connector then it won't fit also if you have bent the little clip bit it will be loose and won't click

i'd go for deans in future much easier

alex

[muchalucha]

Re: cant get my andersons to "click".

i used deans before, still sue deans on the batteries but i was fidning mounting deans connectors for a pull link very difficult.ill try taking them out and snipping of the excess solder.

[typhoon_driver]

Re: cant get my andersons to "click".

have you pressed the metal insert all the way in to the plastic housing?

[muchalucha]

Re: cant get my andersons to "click".

I coulodnt get the metal bits out, and i couldnt get anythign in there to poush donw the tabs so i think io may have ruined these andersons, but hey i ruined my first set of deans to lol.

I think they have gone all the way into the plastic housing, i cant get them out so im guessign they are in there hehe. Ill order a few new plastic housings with my next tbots order. Thanks for the help

[zoll]

Re: cant get my andersons to "click".

I also destroyed my first set of andersons but I do quite like them now i find deans quite hard to pull apart sometimes, maybe just my fat fingers?

Anyway andersons arnt ment to be soldered your ment to crimp the wire inside the sleve. Also theres a useful guide telling you how to put them together and remove the metal inard here.

Hope this helps

[muchalucha]

Re: cant get my andersons to "click".

That link was great thanks . from the cross section view it seems the solder got too far up the metal bit so i doubt its fixable even if i do get them out again. Ill be more carefull next time then ^^.

Thats the reason i love deans hehe, i used tamiyas before adn they had a lovely habbit of comming out half way througha fight. Never had a deans connector fail yet.

[typhoon_driver]

Re: cant get my andersons to "click".

you can usually file the excess solder off in a few seconds