Card edge connector having a contact positioner

A card edge connector for mating with a pluggable module comprising:

• a housing extending between a front and a rear, the housing having a cavity between the front and the rear, the housing having a card slot at the front configured to receive a card edge of a module circuit board of the pluggable module, the housing having a top wall above the card slot including an upper chamber and a bottom wall below the card slot including a lower chamber;
• a contact assembly received in the cavity, the contact assembly having a contact holder, the contact assembly having upper contacts arranged in an upper contact array held by the contact holder and lower contacts arranged in a lower contact array held by the contact holder, the contact assembly having an upper contact positioner associated with the upper contacts and a lower contact positioner associated with the lower contacts;
• the upper contacts having mating ends extending from the contact holder into the card slot for mating with the module circuit board and the lower contacts having mating ends extending from the contact holder into the card slot for mating with the module circuit board;
• the upper contact positioner located in the upper chamber forward of the contact holder receiving the mating ends of the upper contacts and the lower contact positioner located in the lower chamber forward of the contact holder receiving the mating ends of the lower contacts, the upper contact positioner and the lower contact positioners being located on opposite sides of the card slot, wherein the upper contact positioner and the lower contact positioner are movable in the housing relative to the contact holder generally toward each other and away from each other between inward positions and an outward positions, the upper contact positioner moving the mating ends of the upper contacts outward from the card slot as the contact positioner is moved from the inward position to the outward position, the lower contact positioner moving the mating ends of the lower contacts outward from the card slot as the contact positioner is moved from the inward position to the outward position.