- I needed to clean and reattach some crimped connectors and figured out an easy way to get them out of the plastic shell.
There is a small tab that needs to be pressed down to allow it to slide back out of the housing. I’ve used a tiny screwdriver in the past, but that doesn’t work very well. I spotted a ziptie on the workbench that looked about right, and it ended up working perfectly.
Push the connector towards the front of the housing (away from the wire), then slide the ziptie into the slot just below the connector from the front. It worked better to have the smooth side of the ziptie facing the connector. Once it is pushed in fully, pull on the wire from the back of the housing, and it should slide out.
A slow wire wheel makes it easy to clean the connector. You may need to bend the little tab on the connector a little if it’s gotten mashed down too much.
To reinstall the connector in the housing, just push it in again until you hear the little tab click into place.