Quick Tinsel Lead Fix Question

[jmiller0526 10+ year member]

The tinsel leads on one of my friends subs has broken and i know that usually people just resolder them but there isnt nething to resolder them too...any help

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[UndercoverPunk 5,000+ posts]

The tinsel leads on one of my friends subs has broken and i know that usually people just resolder them but there isnt nething to resolder them too...any help

Did it break in the middle or something?

 

[jmiller0526 10+ year member]

No right at the cone.....i cant figure it out

 

[InhumanAcura 5,000+ posts]

lol...my mt broke a lead, so i re-soldered it...broke with-in minutes..fixed it again, same deal..

my team-mate saw an ebay auction where a guy used a butt connector to fix his..we only wanted to repair the sub so we could destroy it to re-cone to another impedance...

installed the butt-connector really really tight and it didnt break for the 10-15min we tortured it....just be sure that you get a really good crimp on it..id suggest cutting the excess plastic off the butt connector to make it a bit easier..

sounds stupid, but it did work..

 

[B_Master_Flash 10+ year member]

lol...my mt broke a lead, so i re-soldered it...broke with-in minutes..fixed it again, same deal..
my team-mate saw an ebay auction where a guy used a butt connector to fix his..we only wanted to repair the sub so we could destroy it to re-cone to another impedance...

installed the butt-connector really really tight and it didnt break for the 10-15min we tortured it....just be sure that you get a really good crimp on it..id suggest cutting the excess plastic off the butt connector to make it a bit easier..

sounds stupid, but it did work..

If there isn't enough to solder to how is he supposed to use a butt connector?

 

[RandyJ 10+ year member]

If there isn't enough to solder to how is he supposed to use a butt connector?

LOL, exactly.

 

[InhumanAcura 5,000+ posts]

If there isn't enough to solder to how is he supposed to use a butt connector?

because getting the tips of some pinchnose pliers in the limited space you have in the cone/spider joint is much easier than getting a soldering iron and something to keep the pieces of lead together...

we had like 3/8" of the tinsel lead coming from under the dust cap and we managed...i also added that cutting the excess pastic from the butt connector makes it easier...

 

[_PuNiShEr_ 10+ year member]

On one of mine that did that i ripped of the dust cap and ran a wire in through the whole where the lead came out and attached it under the dust cap it worked but good luck reattaching the cap.

Pun

 

[jmiller0526 10+ year member]

i have like 3/8 of a milimeter of a tinsel lead....i think its done because even when i put a dmm on the good tinsel and the tiny speck of metal on the other lead i get nuthing so i think shes done

 

[InhumanAcura 5,000+ posts]

i have like 3/8 of a milimeter of a tinsel lead....i think its done because even when i put a dmm on the good tinsel and the tiny speck of metal on the other lead i get nuthing so i think shes done

screw it, pop the dust cap off and test it again