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Before I kill myself, can someone help me
MonitorGuru:
Can you give a picture from directly above the yoke connection? It's possible they included a ROTATED connector right next to the straight one and you just move the connector from one to the other.
Just pull firm and straight and it should pop out. Look to see if they put silicone caulk around the bottom of it or something.
Also, post a picture of where the wires ATTACH to the yoke itself, not the chassis. Usually you can just swap the spades on the yoke itself without having to cut and swap the chassis connector.
vader:
Oh man...that scares me more cadet
vader:
Here's a pic Guru
MonitorGuru:
YOU DO NOT -- I REPEAT -- DO NOT need to discharge a monitor in order to swap the yoke wires!!!
Doing so only INCREASES the risk of harm to yourself and/or the monitor.
The yoke wires are in a separate part of the circutry than the 30KVolt Anode.
Discharging a monitor just to swap yoke wires is just like removing the battery out of your car in order to replace a dome light... NOT NECESSARY and only can lead to a spark and damage by unecessarily doing something you don't need to do.
Vader: Unfortunately it appears the yoke wires are permanently attached to the yoke, not connected with spades.
Therefore unless there is another set of 4 silver pegs right adjacent to the yoke connector, you will have to do Bob Robert's suggested yoke flip: Remove the yoke plug from the chassis, snip it in half between the blue and yellow wires, then rotate both the Red/Blue group and Yellow/Green group and push back on. (putting the red wire on the blue pin, blue wire on red pin, yellow on old green pin, etc..)
(Alternately., you could try to remove the wires from the yoke connector using a tiny jewlers screwdriver to press in slightly the hangnail piece of metal that keeps them from sliding out, then pulling the wire with connector out of the plastic, rebending the hangnail ,and reinserting in the opposing hole) This way you don't have to cut the yoke connector. Do this only if you're not going to do it again as bending the hangnails can only be done a few times before they break and then the wires will want to slip out of the connector)
vader:
Thanks Guru.....I think I will just snip the wires about 4 inches abouve the connectors and use some quick disconnects....if for somever reason it needs to be changed back. Thanks for the timely responses..
FYI....I've come to the conclusion that the plug is not coming out of that thing....I was pulling so hard the board was lifting up, I think I have enough room in there to cut and crimp though
Tim