Selden Line-Lock Terminals — Instructions

Before You Start

• Both the halyard swivel and the lower swivel have line-lock terminals. Assemble them one at a time.
• Don't cut the AT-cable until the first terminal is finished.
• The terminal is designed for AT-cables supplied by Selden.
• Terminal parts: base, hub, bronze washer, jaws, O-ring, socket, shrink hose.
• The three tape marks (A, CRL, B → ATL) come from the AT-cable calculation table (table 2.3) in the furler manual.

Assembly, Step by Step

1. Mark the AT-cable with thin tape in three places according to the dimensions calculated in table 2.3.
2. Dismantle the line-lock terminal.
3. Remove the O-ring from the jaws. Feed the heat-shrink hose, socket and O-ring onto the AT-cable.
4. Remove the outer cover: cut with scissors at the base. Leave the tape in place.
5. Cut the inner cover carefully along the cable with a utility knife, avoiding the core (small damage is acceptable – the core is stronger than necessary here). Clamping the cable in a vise and letting the vise jaw guide the blade makes it easier.
6. Push the inner core against the cable to loosen the tightly packed strands.
7. Peel the inner cover off the core and cut it with scissors at the base.
8. Divide the core strands evenly into 3 equal groups and tape the 3 ends.
9. Cut the centre composite rod at the tape level. Remove the tape at the base.
10. Feed each core group into the hole at the bottom of a jaw, placing the jaws OVER the outer cover of the cable.
11. Distribute the jaws evenly and lock them with the O-ring in the groove close to the bottom of the jaws; the end of the cable cover should be hardly visible.
12. Pull the three strand groups equally and tape them in position.
13. Push the socket down onto the jaws / strands.
14. Remove the tape from step 12 and pull the three groups evenly while pressing the socket down as hard as possible. Flat-nose pliers help stretch the strands; tap the jaws into the socket with a hammer.
15. Place the bronze washer in the bottom of the hub.
16. Fit the assembly to the swivel socket and tighten the terminal hard. Back off until the groove in the socket aligns with the grub screws, apply locking adhesive and tighten the grub screw.
17. Cut the residual core strands. Slide the heat-shrink hose over the socket and shrink it with a heat gun, taking care not to melt the cable cover. High-quality tape can be used instead.

Critical: the jaws must be placed exactly as described so they squeeze the outer cover of the AT-cable when the terminal is screwed together.