How do i fix snapped tinsel leads?

[Bluebrindle]

Snapped the leads on one of my lvl5's today so i soldered it back, worked fine for a while and went again, fixed it again and guess what it went again.

The snapped bit is now quite close to the cone so its going to be hard to do it again but.

Any ideas apart from a recone, mainly due to it taking ages to get one

[J00bles]

same thing happened to my level 4. i tried resoldering it too, but it continued to break.

what wattage is your soldering iron?

once i bought a recone, i bought a new 40 watt iron to use for the leads and it worked 10x better than my old 30 watt that i was using (it may work better for fixing your leads)

really though, a new recone is your best bet.

Edited August 29, 2009 by J00bles

[Team Nemesis-DJ]

Recone is the only way to fix it ..

[tacomabanga1986]

take tinsle loose then soider a piece of 14guage speaker wire to it, most tinsle leads are 16-14guage anyways so it wont make any diff, then heatshrink and take some electrical tape n tape to one of the spokes on basket n ur fixed

one of my mtx 8000 15's had this problem so i said fuk it n unsoildered the tinsel, soildered some 14guage speaker wire to it n taped it up real tight n taped to one of the spokes on the basket so it dont move around n irritate the spider n it plays perfect

just make sure u give the tinsle some slack when doin this unless they are woven tinsels then it dont matter cause they move wit spider so its all good

ive had to do this to my old set of audiobahns to n they worked perfect, i unno if this will void a warenty or not but its a simple fix but it works perfectly, when theres a dry day ima put my 8000's back in my truck

lol if they was ever a way to vix a tinsel ive tryed it already to get that damn sub to work n this fixed it, its not the prittyest thing to look at but it works

u can take a 14guage but connector n crimp it then heatshrink it to make it a lil cleaner but buttconnectors dont seem to hold good on tinsel leads that good but i was a real noob back then so it might still work ok

hope this helps

[tacomabanga1986]

i got a 100w wen soildering iron(oldschool) deal that i use, but that does work n its how i got my mtx 8000 done now

and it WILL WORK

lol i'll take a vid of mine if need be, or take pics just to show what it looks like, if u tape it out of the way good enough it wont rub ur spider to death

oh ya, speakerwire is alot cheaper than recone is, no need to recone to fix a simple tinsel break

Edited August 29, 2009 by tacomabanga1986

[J00bles]

it may work, but who wants to be that ghetto about it :01nocomment8so:

if you can afford a lvl5 and the system around it, just spend the 150 bucks and get a recone

[tristan560]

it may work, but who wants to be that ghetto about it :01nocomment8so:

if you can afford a lvl5 and the system around it, just spend the 150 bucks and get a recone

Coulntve said it better!

[iTech]

it may work, but who wants to be that ghetto about it :01nocomment8so:

if you can afford a lvl5 and the system around it, just spend the 150 bucks and get a recone

X2.

[tacomabanga1986]

wtf is ghetto about it? why spend $150 to fix somethin that aint broke? its a minor fix n if its in a box who the hell can see it?

and what if the time comes to where u cant get a recone anymore for a certian sub?

i dnt see doin a fukin recond for a broke tinsel, i mean $5 fix or $150 for a recone that u will halfto rip apart the speaker n all that bullshit n fix

he said Any ideas apart from a recone, mainly due to it taking ages to get one means he wants an easy fix n what i posted was an easy fix

but if he wants to replace a speaker that aint blown its not my money

[tacomabanga1986]

heres pics of mine, the neg is the one i replaced cause it came loose befor, n soildered it up n it works perfect

its in a fuckin box n no one will ever know ecept him about it so why n how is it ghetto?

ied soon save $150 for somethin else than a damn recone for a good woofer

cone pushed all the way up = no tinsel strech

it dnt look bad to me n they dont make my subs anymore so i have no way of a recone so an easy fix or a new woofer, i choose easy fix

its on him what he wants to do, all he asked is how to fix it without gettin a recone, not if it would be ghetto or not, if it works n saves $150 then it damn sure aint ghetto in my book