Ring terminals...how do i use em'??

[Donks 10+ year member]

i got the 2gauge ring terminals......and i wanted to know is there a certain way 2 clamp down on them...i heard there a certain way to clamp down on them to get the wire to stay perfectly on the ring terminal

Or am i just trippin' and i can just use some pliers??

Click to read more...

 

[ado 10+ year member]

Large battery cable crimpers are the best way. See if any local shops have some you could borrow/use.

 

[riddla 10+ year member]

Hammer them. I did this and works a treat and the wire is never coming out

 

[fwb_1234 10+ year member]

Hammer them or use a bench vise to crush them.

Or, if you are careful, you can use bolt cutters and just not cut through all the way.

 

[Ignatowski 5,000+ posts]

Nah......I do not do it that way........the crimp tool is spendy

I use a torch and a roll of solder place terminal in vice,heat well and feed solder into

terminal till filled with liquid solder to about 3/4 to top,insert cable and wait about 20 sec's...

heat shrink and rock on

 

[Ignatowski 5,000+ posts]

Heres is a video of how I do it,only I use solder and not a preformed pellet

 

[Lakota 5,000+ posts]

I hammer mine down flat to make sure that it's tight and to ensure that there's more surface area on the connection.

 

[riddla 10+ year member]

Heres is a video of how I do it,only I use solder and not a preformed pellet

nice vid

 

[audiobahnuser18 5,000+ posts]

Hammer em down tight& bench vise.

 

[dman4486 5,000+ posts]

Nah......I do not do it that way........the crimp tool is spendy
I use a torch and a roll of solder place terminal in vice,heat well and feed solder into

terminal till filled with liquid solder to about 3/4 to top,insert cable and wait about 20 sec's...

heat shrink and rock on

I used to do this, but had one slip. now I crimp while solder

 

[hoxie08 5,000+ posts]

bench vice to clamp it then i take something with a point (dont know what the **** its called but almost like a chisel with a single point) and give it a good couple taps with a hammer to make a dent right in the middle, never had a wire done like that come out.

 

[dman4486 5,000+ posts]

bench vice to clamp it then i take something with a point (dont know what the **** its called but almost like a chisel with a single point) and give it a good couple taps with a hammer to make a dent right in the middle, never had a wire done like that come out.

center punch

 

[wasted ink 10+ year member]

Heres is a video of how I do it,only I use solder and not a preformed pellet

I need to get one of those wire strippers for the big stuff.

 

[loopkiller 10+ year member]

Heres is a video of how I do it,only I use solder and not a preformed pellet

That is a bad ass video. That video should be put in a stickied thread. That is exactly how I have done mine, except I use spooled solder, paste flux, and a razor blade to cut the wire jacket. End result is the same though.

 

[mazzasec 5,000+ posts]

Get a drill bit and hammer it into the terminal with the wire in. Then finish off by just hammering like crazy.