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i just was working on wiring my subs to my amp and was screwing in the positive wire to my amp and it fell into my frame

im visually impared and i looked for it forever but COULD NOT find it lol

just wondering what should i do, can i find a screw like it at home depot or what should i do?

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Valu, Home Depot, lowes, etc will have them. All you need to do is find out what size the screw is and what thread size it is. If you have a tap and die kit you can use a feeler gauge to see what size thread it is on the other screw you have in the amp. You can also take one of the dies and put the screw in one to see if it fits. It should fit in easily without any force. Or if you dont have a tap and die kit you can just take the screw with you to the store and find one that has the same thread and size. The threads of the new screw should ALL sit inside the one from the amp flush, they should not have a single thread overlapping or you will strip the amps terminal or the screw itself. Also be advised if the screw came to a point when it is inserted in the amp the new one you buy wont have that. What you would need to do if the flat end of the screw isnt enough to grab the wire would be to fold over the speaker wire and solder it so it has a solid grab on the speaker wire.

2004 GMC Envoy1 XS power S3400 batt under the hood and 4 XS Power D3100's battery installed in the rear by the amps0 gauge power wire from front to backAlpine iva-w205 touchscreen dvd/cd/mp3/ipod/am/fm/gps headunitSundown Audio SAX-200.4 amp for my mids and highs8 gauge speaker wire from amp to woofer270 amp Mechman AltRockford Fosgate T1652-s component speakersRockford Fosgate 3Sixty.2 sound processorRca's from Rockford Fosgate and Monster Cable14 gauge speaker wire for the mids and highs1 18" Ascendant Audio SMD Dual 1 ohm with custom Black & Blue carbon fiber and hand signed dustcapBox: 5.66 cubic feet net volume box tuned to 30.13Hz with 1.5" wide wooden dowels and 1.5" thick baffle1 DC Audio 5.0k amp wired to .5 ohms nominal with an imp rise of 1.35 ohms for the single AA SMD 18"Future Vision 8000k 50w bi-xenon projector HID's with 4300k 35w fog lightsLink to my build: Buildupdates/progress

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alright guys thanks :) Yeah so that sucks i just got my stuff finally hooked up and lost a screw when i was wiring it in Haha another setback

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thanks so much

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Memorial build log: http://www.stevemead...memorial-build/

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Heres another thing maybe you can do. Do you have a magnet wand? If the screw is magnetic you can put the wand near the area you lost the screw and hope it grabs onto the end of it.

2004 GMC Envoy1 XS power S3400 batt under the hood and 4 XS Power D3100's battery installed in the rear by the amps0 gauge power wire from front to backAlpine iva-w205 touchscreen dvd/cd/mp3/ipod/am/fm/gps headunitSundown Audio SAX-200.4 amp for my mids and highs8 gauge speaker wire from amp to woofer270 amp Mechman AltRockford Fosgate T1652-s component speakersRockford Fosgate 3Sixty.2 sound processorRca's from Rockford Fosgate and Monster Cable14 gauge speaker wire for the mids and highs1 18" Ascendant Audio SMD Dual 1 ohm with custom Black & Blue carbon fiber and hand signed dustcapBox: 5.66 cubic feet net volume box tuned to 30.13Hz with 1.5" wide wooden dowels and 1.5" thick baffle1 DC Audio 5.0k amp wired to .5 ohms nominal with an imp rise of 1.35 ohms for the single AA SMD 18"Future Vision 8000k 50w bi-xenon projector HID's with 4300k 35w fog lightsLink to my build: Buildupdates/progress

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Tried that i cant get it I got one from home depot

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I appreciate everything you guys do, and I hope you understand how much it matters to have people like you helping me learn

thanks so much

~Check my youtube for my music and my car audio: http://www.youtube.com/1ohmstable

~Rip dustin 7-11-09

Memorial build log: http://www.stevemead...memorial-build/

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Thats good, glad you found one. Dont feel bad, i didnt lose the ones on my old amp but i stripped the hell out of the heads of the screw since they were cheap aluminium and i love to crank screws down and had to buy new ones. Just dont do it like my co-workers amp is, the guy who did the install in his truck put a long drywall screw through the terminal that stripped out to hold his remote wire in place. It kept shorting out and he didnt know why he kept popping fuses and the dumbass put a 180 amp fuse on 4ga wire!!

2004 GMC Envoy1 XS power S3400 batt under the hood and 4 XS Power D3100's battery installed in the rear by the amps0 gauge power wire from front to backAlpine iva-w205 touchscreen dvd/cd/mp3/ipod/am/fm/gps headunitSundown Audio SAX-200.4 amp for my mids and highs8 gauge speaker wire from amp to woofer270 amp Mechman AltRockford Fosgate T1652-s component speakersRockford Fosgate 3Sixty.2 sound processorRca's from Rockford Fosgate and Monster Cable14 gauge speaker wire for the mids and highs1 18" Ascendant Audio SMD Dual 1 ohm with custom Black & Blue carbon fiber and hand signed dustcapBox: 5.66 cubic feet net volume box tuned to 30.13Hz with 1.5" wide wooden dowels and 1.5" thick baffle1 DC Audio 5.0k amp wired to .5 ohms nominal with an imp rise of 1.35 ohms for the single AA SMD 18"Future Vision 8000k 50w bi-xenon projector HID's with 4300k 35w fog lightsLink to my build: Buildupdates/progress

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Hahahaha well this dumbass just let his brother set his gain so he could learn and he stripped my screw in my amp and now I can't fix it

~This is added to the post you have just read:

I appreciate everything you guys do, and I hope you understand how much it matters to have people like you helping me learn

thanks so much

~Check my youtube for my music and my car audio: http://www.youtube.com/1ohmstable

~Rip dustin 7-11-09

Memorial build log: http://www.stevemead...memorial-build/

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Thats good, glad you found one. Dont feel bad, i didnt lose the ones on my old amp but i stripped the hell out of the heads of the screw since they were cheap aluminium and i love to crank screws down and had to buy new ones. Just dont do it like my co-workers amp is, the guy who did the install in his truck put a long drywall screw through the terminal that stripped out to hold his remote wire in place. It kept shorting out and he didnt know why he kept popping fuses and the dumbass put a 180 amp fuse on 4ga wire!!

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Headunit: Pioneer DEH-P7400HD

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One pair Boston SC65 6.5s

One pair Boston SE75 4x6s

Two pairs of Precision power T.2 tweeters

Two pairs of ebay type tweeters (soon to be replaced)

Boston GTA704 four channel amp

RCAs: Stinger 4000 series 4 channel RCAs

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Two Sundown Audio SA-12s

Sundown Audio Saz-2500d

3.9 cubic foot ported box (full 45 corners) fully braced and resined tuned at 33hz, all before displacement

XS Power D3400 and Interstate starting battery, both under hood

all KnuKonceptz Kolossus 1/0 wire (just 1 run for now)

Big 3 done in 1/0

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ROFL!!! how the hell can you do that? And i thought i got a little carried away with screws, i never snapped a gain knob b4 tho. lmao

2004 GMC Envoy1 XS power S3400 batt under the hood and 4 XS Power D3100's battery installed in the rear by the amps0 gauge power wire from front to backAlpine iva-w205 touchscreen dvd/cd/mp3/ipod/am/fm/gps headunitSundown Audio SAX-200.4 amp for my mids and highs8 gauge speaker wire from amp to woofer270 amp Mechman AltRockford Fosgate T1652-s component speakersRockford Fosgate 3Sixty.2 sound processorRca's from Rockford Fosgate and Monster Cable14 gauge speaker wire for the mids and highs1 18" Ascendant Audio SMD Dual 1 ohm with custom Black & Blue carbon fiber and hand signed dustcapBox: 5.66 cubic feet net volume box tuned to 30.13Hz with 1.5" wide wooden dowels and 1.5" thick baffle1 DC Audio 5.0k amp wired to .5 ohms nominal with an imp rise of 1.35 ohms for the single AA SMD 18"Future Vision 8000k 50w bi-xenon projector HID's with 4300k 35w fog lightsLink to my build: Buildupdates/progress

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