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Spent a whole afternoon tracing a bad crimp on a 737 pitot probe

Took me nearly 4 hours to find a pin that was barely seated in the connector. Everything checked out on the continuity test but the ohms were just slightly off. Turned out the crimp was good but the pin wasn't fully locked into the backshell. Has anyone else gotten burned by a connector pin that looked seated but wasnt?
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jordangibson
@the_viola Nah, vibration wouldnt cause that if the pin was actually seated right.
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the_viola
the_viola6d ago
Could a tiny bit of vibration during the test have nudged that pin loose?
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