Re: Amphenol pin tool

[legendre]

You can work around having the proper tool, if you can find a section of thin-walled metal (brass is OK) tubing that will slide into the connector, around the outside of the pin. Cut a short length, about 1" long or so, and push it into place. Then you can use a solid wire rod or pin punch to push the pin(s) out of the connector.

The section of tubing is the key.. it compresses the little spring ‘fingers’ on the pin, so you can then push the pin backwards out of the connector. If you only have a few connectors to deal with, this is a lot better than buying the $$ tools.