Jl audio 500/1 Transistor clamps

[spooney]

I managed to get the clamps off of the transistors but i'll be damned if i can get them back on. Does anybody maybe have a trick for doing this?

[1moreamp]

I use a beater pair of needle nose pliers to pull them off by inserting one plier tip inside the clamp < middle hole> and them clamping the plier and pulling straight away from the sink surface.
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This causes the loaded section of the spring clip to flex and release. I figured this out by mangling a few till it dawned on me that I was going about it the wrong way .


I finger load them back in and using a beater 4 MM hand tool I gently tap the clip right back into its position, by tapping gently at a 45 degree angle to the fold over or the outside bend.

This works for me, I do NO damage, and its all over and done in a matter of moments.

I am sure there is a real tool for this somewhere out there in the real world, but I have yet to find it in any of the tool suppliers catalogs.

If you ever find this tool please let me know.... I am sure its instructions are either Korean or Chinese lol lol lol

[Perry Babin]

To remove the clamps, it's easy if you make one of the tools below. The first is simply a bent screwdriver ground to fit the slot. The second image is a cotter key remover (recommended by a friend). The third photo shows how he ground it to make it more user friendly. The last photo shows the 'tool' I use to replace the clamps. The rubber insert (insulation off of a piece of wire) helps to keep it from sliding. Use this with a small hammer (or pair of crimping pliers as a hammer) to gently tap the clamps back into place.

[lsm_audio]

thanks Perry for this post, although a bit old, it really helped me finding a way to remove these clamps and putting back in ...tried google and directs me here