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HP 34401 probe fits very tightly

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tkamiya:
Hi.....

I have something like 8 HP 34401 (not all of them are mine) and third-party probes.  All of them fit very tightly/snugly into terminals on 34401.  That is, as if outer diameter of the insulation on banana plug is too large.  Is this the way they fit?  I don't own a genuine probe by HP.  Some of them are just tight, but most of them are so tight, they are hard to pull them out.  What I have are eBay specials. 

Have anyone experienced this?

TheSteve:
I think you need better quality probes :)

Wallace Gasiewicz:
Usually mine are too loose HA!

Sometimes a little white thermo grease (for mounting transistors on a heat sink) helps. Just a little. I know it is not conductive but does not matter.

Wally

tkamiya:
You mean to say eBay probes aren't quality?  Ad said "made of high grade material in China."  Supposedly they are compatible with HP, fluke, Agilent, etc, etc, etc    :-DD

Hamelec:
..had the same Issue.
Used a reamer to fix it 10 Years ago.
See Service Note as attached.

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