Any Special Tool For Compressing The Spring Arms on Board Retainer Pins?
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03-31-14, 02:41 PM
Any Special Tool For Compressing The Spring Arms on Board Retainer Pins?
Any Special Tool For Compressing The Spring Arms on Board Retainer Pins?
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03-31-14, 05:14 PM
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03-31-14, 06:33 PM
Don't know about other boards, but on mobile home furnaces I've seen, there are white plastic pins (mounting pins/post is probably a better word) that the board snaps over and onto. These posts have small spring arms that collapse into the hollow body of the post when putting the board on/over them, then as the board snaps on to the post, the spring arms expand to hold the board in place.
To remove the board:
Since I posted this, I discovered a video in which the host uses a BIC pen, after removing the guts of the pen. So then you have a hollow tube to push over the small white plastic posts - it compresses the small spring arms into the hollow body of the post, as you simultaneously pull gingerly on that corner of the board. Worked very well in the video:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FFx3-3ChT58
So my question has been answered, but happy to hear other methods, if anyone would like to jump in.
To remove the board:
Since I posted this, I discovered a video in which the host uses a BIC pen, after removing the guts of the pen. So then you have a hollow tube to push over the small white plastic posts - it compresses the small spring arms into the hollow body of the post, as you simultaneously pull gingerly on that corner of the board. Worked very well in the video:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FFx3-3ChT58
So my question has been answered, but happy to hear other methods, if anyone would like to jump in.
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03-31-14, 08:36 PM
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Ok... gotcha. Locking circuit board standoffs
There isn't a tool to release them, that I know of, other than needle nose pliers.
The pen barrel is a great idea.
There isn't a tool to release them, that I know of, other than needle nose pliers.
The pen barrel is a great idea.
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04-01-14, 07:04 PM
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There is a tool available at Radio Shack & other electronics stores with is intended for use on Molex plugs but works very well on those plastic clips. I've also used a piece of copper tubing (1/4"?).
