help with 18 recone/build

[burro breath 10+ year member]

ok so I am building an 18 and got the basket and recone from team psi. I told him the diameter of the pole piece was 2.999 measured with a digital caliper. and he sent me a recone kit with a three inch coil. it seams kinda tight. is that clearence seam to little? and also what should I use for shims? and what kind of glue do I use and where do I get that glue?

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[burro breath 10+ year member]

I know that's a lot of questions and they r prolly simple questions but I wanna get this thing put together.

 

[da box king 10+ year member]

what motor?

 

[burro breath 10+ year member]

its a rockford double stacked with 3/4 inch slugs. that's all I know.

 

[l7runner 10+ year member]

You can use rubberized CA glue or epoxy, you can pick up the epoxy anywhere but the CA you would have to hit up a hobby store or online.

Ive used index cards as shims and they worked great. They should fit snuggly between the coil and pole peice.

There are some threads about reconing on here that have great picture tutorials.

 

[burro breath 10+ year member]

ok so is like 1 to 2 thousandths what the clearence should be? because the inside of the former is only 2 thausandths larger then the pole piece and i had to use a piece of tracing paper for a shim. the only problem is i couldnt seam to get a piece all the way around. i used 5 pices evenly spaced. should that be good?

 

[JBGabriel 10+ year member]

http://www.caraudio.com/forum/showthread.php?t=156059

Check this thread out or search.

But it sounds to me like your doing it right.