Patent ID: 7354336

Claim:
An abrading tool for refurbishing pin contacts in situ within an electrical connector, the pin contacts being encircled by a surrounding protective skirt having a height greater than a length of the pin contacts, the abrading tool comprising an elongated body having a first end and a second end and a central longitudinal axis extending therebetween, the second end being remote from the first end by a distance greater than a height of the protective skirt of the electrical connector, a bore being defined in said first end concentric with the central longitudinal axis, the bore having a diameter at least as large as that of the pin contacts, a slot being defined in said first end, said slot extending transversely through the first end and intersecting the bore, a removable abrading element being positioned and maintained inside the slot and having a pin contact reception area communicating with the bore, and a guiding tool assembly cooperative with the first end of the abrading tool and having a protruding guide pin receivable within the bore for positioning and aligning the pin contact reception area of the abrading element within the bore.