Probe Replacement
INSTRUCTIONS FOR REPLACING A MISSING OR BENT PROBE:
Custom Assembly Incorporated’s Front Tap Shoe field-replaceable probes/pins are easy to replace. If the pin is bent or damaged, simply pull out the bent pin and push in a new one (most CAI Front Tap Shoes come equipped with a pin pouch attached to the cord holding two extra pins).
Make sure to push in far enough so that collar of pin is flush with the base of shoe.
REMOVAL INSTRUCTIONS OF A BROKEN PROBE LEFT INSIDE A RECEPTACLE:
Step 1: If the shaft of the broken probe is exposed, use needle nose pliers to remove broke probe. If the shaft is not exposed please refer to step 2.
Step 2: Using a drill bit (see drill sizes below), insert into the receptacle where the head of the probe has broken off. Put slight amount of lateral pressure on the drill bit and pull out the broken probe (as shown below).
| Series 93 probe: | Use drill bit size #48 or .076" |
| Series 80 probe: | Use drill bit size #51 or .067" |
| Series 70 probe: | Use drill bit size #62 or .038" |
| Probe | Fits TP part |
| 70 series | 1013, 1028 |
| 80 series | 1001, 1034, 1083 |
| 90 series | 1002, 1003, 1004, 1005, 1006, 1010, 1011, 1015, 1016, 1017QF, 10177SS, 1019, 1021, 1046, 1053, 1065, 1066, 1071, 1073, 1076, 1079, 1081, 1084, 1085, 1088, 1089, 1091, 1092, 1097, 1101, 1102, 1103, 1104, 1108, 1112, 1114, 1118 |