QCA ring FAIL

[ciaonzo 5,000+ posts]

I'm still sad about this and it didn't even happen to me.

 

[power-fanatic07 5,000+ posts]

Yeah...I change subs so much it's no big deal to me lol. I found a silver 15" ti basket that I will be sending to psi along with the motor to rebuild //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/veryhappy.gif.fec4fed33b4a1279cf10bdd45a039dae.gif

I'm still debating on whether or not to sell the 18" basket

 

[huricaine 10+ year member]

Use adhesive instead of gasket nxt time, u can always still remove it with a couple of strong hands...

 

[audioholic 5,000+ posts]

Looks more like electrolysis ate the threads up than they were eaten away by vibration/rocking.

 

[SPLaudio 5,000+ posts]

its a sh!t design cause there should never be external threads made from alum. for even tapping alum you must helicoils.

 

[power-fanatic07 5,000+ posts]

its a sh!t design cause there should never be external threads made from alum. for even tapping alum you must helicoils.

I agree

 

[audioholic 5,000+ posts]

its a sh!t design cause there should never be external threads made from alum. for even tapping alum you must helicoils.

Ive designed parts successfully using external aluminum threads. Lets face it, any time you thread two alum parts together, you will have external (male) alum threads. The problem comes when you try to make those threads handle too much stress, or (as I suspect in this case) you mate those threads to a steel threaded part. You are just asking for electrolysis to eat the two parts away very rapidly. This happens even faster when electrical current is passed through the joining parts.

 

[I Like Waffle]

i had that happen to me with some audiopipe subs, except mine was making a knocking sound before the motor fell off.

Whos GTO is that? I have those same wheels on my car.

 

[audioholic 5,000+ posts]

I have a 12-bolt posi rear end out of a Pontiac Judge around here somewhere.

 

[power-fanatic07 5,000+ posts]

i had that happen to me with some audiopipe subs, except mine was making a knocking sound before the motor fell off.
Whos GTO is that? I have those same wheels on my car.

You mean this one? //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/sneaky.gif.7189749b3a3f769e8815b47e8ae87f88.gif

 

[SPLaudio 5,000+ posts]

when making alum threads it is known for a 1 time thread, not ment to take apart and reassemble. i maching alot of 6061 alum and i ALWAYS put in helicoils per print.

im use to the standard of the military though...