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<blockquote data-quote="fbi90909" data-source="post: 5237672" data-attributes="member: 568679">soldering speaker wire in place of the gap for the lead will not work. i&#039;ve tried this before using new run of tinsel lead and had it fail rather quickly.look. if there is a short peice of lead sticking out of the underside of the cone then you are gold. all you need is 1/4&quot; of lenght sticking out of the side of it. what you should do is start by removing the tinsel lead on the speaker wire terminals.next, take a peice of new tinsel lead and measure it from the cone to the speaker wire terminal on the side that has the NON-broken lead to get a proper/matching length that you will need.just mark the tinsel with a marker so you know your lenght.next lay the tip of your new tinsel side by side with the existing lead that is 1/4&quot; long. solder them up heavily so they have 1/4&quot; in lenght worth of contact. after they are soldered take some heavy duty 2-part epoxy and glue the soldered portion down to the CONE of the basket or the felt pad. allow the epoxy to cure properly. after the epoxy has cured you may now snip the lead to the proper lenght at the mark that you made and solder it onto the wire terminal. you can add just a little more lead if you need to conpensate for the amount that has been glued to the cone.if you understand what i tried to explain it should hold and function like new. i did this to my XXX and it has yet to break. the epoxied part is still attached to the cone, and i&#039;ve abused the living shit out of that speaker too.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="fbi90909, post: 5237672, member: 568679"] soldering speaker wire in place of the gap for the lead will not work. i've tried this before using new run of tinsel lead and had it fail rather quickly. look. if there is a short peice of lead sticking out of the underside of the cone then you are gold. all you need is 1/4" of lenght sticking out of the side of it. what you should do is start by removing the tinsel lead on the speaker wire terminals. next, take a peice of new tinsel lead and measure it from the cone to the speaker wire terminal on the side that has the NON-broken lead to get a proper/matching length that you will need. just mark the tinsel with a marker so you know your lenght. next lay the tip of your new tinsel side by side with the existing lead that is 1/4" long. solder them up heavily so they have 1/4" in lenght worth of contact. after they are soldered take some heavy duty 2-part epoxy and glue the soldered portion down to the CONE of the basket or the felt pad. allow the epoxy to cure properly. after the epoxy has cured you may now snip the lead to the proper lenght at the mark that you made and solder it onto the wire terminal. you can add just a little more lead if you need to conpensate for the amount that has been glued to the cone. if you understand what i tried to explain it should hold and function like new. i did this to my XXX and it has yet to break. the epoxied part is still attached to the cone, and i've abused the living shit out of that speaker too. [/QUOTE]

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