Broken Box..is It Fixable??

[fozzy2134 10+ year member]

I have a slot ported box for 2 15s 17x38x18...on the back the seal is broke so all the box does it make a horrible rattling sound...is this fixable??would wood screws work?

(the back board flexs when the subs are playing)

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[memphis_vette 10+ year member]

just use wood screws make sure its screwed down tight then use silicone and re seal it

 

[misfit138 5,000+ posts]

Add some bracing while you're at it...

 

[Immacomputer 10+ year member]

Not worth it to fix unless you get as much wood glue in the joints before screwing it and then brace the shit out of it. Screws alone wouldn't do you much good.

 

[bhsdriller 10+ year member]

gotta use glue

 

[snb778 5,000+ posts]

in this order...

silicone---screws--- bondo... only use glue if the joints are going to make contact with each other, otherwise there's no point.

after that... get a steel rod and brace it with a 1ft length (if possible) 1/8" piece of backstrap and tighten the Fock outta it

 

[Immacomputer 10+ year member]

If your joints are not going to touch when you screw them, then you should burn the box because it is useless. Adding silicone would not help much but keep it from leaking air but panel flex will ruin your sound faster and more noticeably than a small leak will. And even with extra bracing, not having the panels touch is a HUGE loss of structural integrity, an amount that won't readily be gained back even by the most rigorous internal bracing.

 

[SmokeyDog 10+ year member]

you can spead the joints apart alil bit take glue and push in to joints screw down tight lots of glue. but if one joint breaks odds are the rest of the box will break soon