What types of pliers can be used besides crimping pliers to crimp the wire harness?

[Jordan_L 10+ year member]

Are there any types of pliers that can be used besides Crimping Pliers to crimp the car wires with the headunit's wire harness? What about flat head pliers?

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[ace_800 5,000+ posts]

yes then wrap with electrical tape. Its getto as **** but works if you don't have crimpers.

 

[nineball 10+ year member]

you can get a cheap set for about $3 at harbor freight

 

[jco1385 5,000+ posts]

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leverage is your friend

 

[Flipx99 5,000+ posts]

It's well worth the purchase to buy a good set of crimping pliers.

 

[FJF 10+ year member]

Wire stripping tools usually have a crimp end.

 

[andrewmoore13 10+ year member]

regular pliers work fine. if you want it to look decent get a small nail or screwdriver in the crease where the parts of the terminal meet. then just crimp them with the nail in place and done.

 

[I Like Waffle]

vice grips work well, theyre what i use for crimping 8 awg and bigger and they work good, theres a technique to it though. Walmart sells klein knockoff crimpers for like 6$ last time i checked, in the home improvement area with the house outlets and ****.

 

[FJF 10+ year member]

vice grips work well, theyre what i use for crimping 8 awg and bigger and they work good, theres a technique to it though.

For 8awg and bigger, I use a small hammer. There's definitely a technique to it. //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/wink.gif.608e3ea05f1a9f98611af0861652f8fb.gif

 

[I Like Waffle]

For 8awg and bigger, I use a small hammer. There's definitely a technique to it. //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/wink.gif.608e3ea05f1a9f98611af0861652f8fb.gif

Hammer works well too, i try to sort of get one side of the terminal under the other side, then "wrap" it around the wire.

 

[theMessenjah44 10+ year member]

Don't be a *****, use your teeth like a real man

 

[AVSTANG02]

Enjoy taking your headunit out when that connection breaks. If you don't have $10 kill yourself.

 

[I Like Waffle]

Enjoy taking your headunit out when that connection breaks. If you don't have $10 kill yourself.

X2.

 

[johnson 10+ year member]

A $10 soldering iron.

 

[galacticmonkey 5,000+ posts]

I just crimp between my buns of steel. //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/fyi.gif.9f1f679348da7204ce960cfc74bca8e0.gif