Volkswagen Polo Service & Repair Manual: Round Connector Systems

Volkswagen Polo Service & Repair Manual / Wiring / Wiring Harness and Connector Repairs / Contact Housings, Releasing and Disassembling / Round Connector Systems

Note

If necessary, housing securing mechanisms (secondary locks) must be released or removed using specified tool before releasing the contacts. Refer to → Chapter „Secondary Lock“.

–	Guide the release tool which fits the contact housing into release channel on contact housing.

–	Grasp contact at wire and push it gently into contact housing -arrow-.

Note

By pushing the contact in the direction of the contact housing, the contact retaining tabs are lifted off the housing shoulder and can be released using the release tool.

–	At the same time, push release tool in direction of contact housing -arrow- and pull the released contact out of contact housing.

Round Connector Systems

–	After removing the contact, release tool can be pulled out of the contact housing again.

Round Connector Systems

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Note If necessary, housing securing mechanisms (secondary locks) must be released or removed using specified tool before releasing the contacts. Refer ...

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