4mm Bullet Question

[WTN]

Before I totally destroy this, what is the best way to seat the bullet into the connector? I placed the wire through the collar and soldered on the male end and now I am trying to stuff the bullet back into the collar. And it will not go to the "click" position.
I have it in a vise with a punch and it will not move. Well the collar moves out of the vise. Should I stuff it in the back end of the collar?

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[mark5]

See last 3 photos of

neptronix: How to solder / connect hobbyking 4mm+ bullets.
http://endless-sphere.com/forums/viewtopic.php?f=14&t=28694#p413503

where he inserts opposing connectors. I have been tapping the ends of the opposing connectors into the HXT shroud with the head of a pliers.

 

[wesnewell]

If you got too much solder on the outside of the bullet it's just not going to work. Either remove it aand start over or file some of the solder off. If you have a little solder on the outside of the bullet, you can put thewire in between something like a vice so the wire can move freely, then take a bare opposite gender bullet and push the soldered bullet back into the housing using a small hammer if you need to. I hope you put the housing on the wire first and are trying to pull it over the bullet. AFAIK, you can't put it on after soldering the bullet. You have to pull the bullet back into the housing. Not put it on after soldering.

 

[itchynackers]

Be sure solder isn't outside of connector. Put a female connector into the male one. Push it against a wall or something. Should snap in place.

 

[WTN]

OK - Thanks for the info

And yes Wes I put the collar on first, soldered the wire to the bullet and now I am trying to pull the bullet back into the collar.

Does that make sense?

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And what I call the collar is the red plastic gizmo and the bullet is the brass/copper gizmo.

 

[wesnewell]

OK - Thanks for the info

And yes Wes I put the collar on first, soldered the wire to the bullet and now I am trying to pull the bullet back into the collar.

Does that make sense?

WTN

And what I call the collar is the red plastic gizmo and the bullet is the brass/copper gizmo.

Yes. If you have a heat gun/hair dryer, heating the plastic housing might make it easier, but don't melt them.

 

[Punx0r]

The ones I got (from ebay) seemed that the bullet had to be inserted into the rear of the connector after soldering. I triple checked, but the taper on the retaining ring was orientated to support this.

With stiff wire they could be pushed in by hand or with pliers. With silicon wire I pushed it in with a flat bladed screwdriver (easier if the wire is small enough to allow the driver to slip between it and the connector). A few of the holes in the connectors were undersized and needed opening out a little with a drill bit. I suspect they weren't of the greatest quality.

 

[dogman dan]

Some of the bullets I got from EP buddy had to be drilled. They just weren't going on, others just slid right in, from the same manufacturer. All from the same order, identical packaging.

Thread the cover, solder the bullet, then pull the cover on from the backside. NO excess solder or it won't go. But that couple packs of bullets just didn't care. They weren't going nohow till I drilled em out some. I guess the plastic had shrunk, mabye it was some very old stock? They seemed less flexible, even when hair dryer heated up.

 

[WTN]

I got these from R/C Dude. I had some solder around the outside edges. Buffed it off with my Dremel. Put a bit of WD40 on it and tapped it in while secured in a vise. No problem. The solder was in the "groove" - so no way it was going to seat.

Thanks,

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[TMaster]

I run the HTX 4mm bullet connectors with 10AWG wire. I had to install the connectors in backwards (pushing the connector into the housing with a flat head screwdriver, not the normal way of pulling the wires through). I had to belt sand the shoulders off on each connector to a 45 degree slant so that could be install that way. The 10AWG silicone covering is just too large to go through it. I also use both female connectors on the pack side housing (O O), and both male on the harness side.