iS engine cushion clamp frustration (tip)

[rcarsey]

I received the engine last week and had it mounted up in no time.

Towards the end of this KAI section, they have you use 3 cushion clamps (MS21919's) all stacked on top of each other with one long AN3 bolt. You're securing two fairly thick wiring-harness cables to the powder coated engine frame, hence the need for THREE clamps.

I must have wasted a full hour trying to line up all the clamps, squeeze them, get the bolt through all of them.. very frustrating.

After careful inspection of the photo in the KAI, I noticed that the factory had compressed each clamp separately and used safety wire to keep them closed.

After closing/compressing, then safetying the three clamps separately, it was a lot easier to slide the AN3 bolt through all of them and get the nut on. Maybe everyone knows this trick already, but it blew my mind! I didn't realize that this thin safety had that much strength to hold a clamp shut.

 

[Cammie Patch]

Adel clamps have taken a lot of verbal abuse over the years.
Needle nose vice grips are handy to have too.

 

[bkervaski]

Needle nose vice grips are handy to have too.

Or zip ties ... we used them to hold clamps together while fitting the hardware and then just clip them off.

 

[bobg56]

Run an awl thru and clamp with needle nose vise grips or safety wire..

 

[Kyle Boatright]

Run an awl thru and clamp with needle nose vise grips or safety wire..

Hemostats are very helpful too.

But Adel clamps remain an instrument of torture. ;-)

 

[RFSchaller]

Darn! I thought the needle nose vise grips were a flash of genius unique to me!