help me to remove these cables

buzzlightweight · 11 Aug 2011 at 18:52

i have googled this and come up with nothing does anyone know how to remove these cables i have the tools but cant seem to do it?

thanks

Hyburnate · 11 Aug 2011 at 18:54

Apply more pressure, what tool are you using?

masonkian · 11 Aug 2011 at 18:58

pull pull pull

joxang · 11 Aug 2011 at 19:00

They look like they might be tabbed at the silver bits. Are there little tabs you can push down with a small screwdriver or something, before you pull the cable out?

buzzlightweight · 11 Aug 2011 at 19:07

thses are the tools i have, i have tried to pull them but am worried i will damage them :/

buzzlightweight · 11 Aug 2011 at 19:09

sorry better pic

Tealc · 11 Aug 2011 at 19:15

Use a penknife blade to depress the latching barb fully down into the terminal body. If you don't push it down far enough it'll remove material from the connector as you yank it out and compromise latching back in once you re-assemble. You shouldn't need to pull the wire that hard to get them out if you press the barb properly.

What's the cable for anyway? Curious.

PhillyDee · 11 Aug 2011 at 19:16

As Tealc says!

buzzlightweight · 11 Aug 2011 at 19:22

Tealc said:
Use a penknife blade to depress the latching barb fully down into the terminal body. If you don't push it down far enough it'll remove material from the connector as you yank it out and compromise latching back in once you re-assemble. You shouldn't need to pull the wire that hard to get them out if you press the barb properly.

What's the cable for anyway? Curious.

power to the back of my fan controller, im brading the cables

buzzlightweight · 11 Aug 2011 at 19:26

Tealc said:
Use a penknife blade to depress the latching barb fully down into the terminal body. If you don't push it down far enough it'll remove material from the connector as you yank it out and compromise latching back in once you re-assemble. You shouldn't need to pull the wire that hard to get them out if you press the barb properly.

What's the cable for anyway? Curious.

you sir are a genius

many thanks

clone · 11 Aug 2011 at 21:17

Pulse Modding Fan Pin Removal Tool about £4 well worth buying.

Tealc · 11 Aug 2011 at 23:14

clone said:
Pulse Modding Fan Pin Removal Tool about £4 well worth buying.

That looks like an awesome tool. Would work if the pitch and size of the terminal extraction window was the same size as a fan header but not otherwise.

I used to use a blunt craft knife or a nail stuck into a dowel to extract terminals when I used to work with them in my old job a few years back. It worked for most terminals apart from the mini-fit junior you get on ATX, EPS12V and PCI-E connectors.