replacing tinsel leads

[csu87 10+ year member]

im looking to pick up some subs but the tinsel leads are broken. would i be able to just replace them or will i need a new recone

they are fi btls

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[mrogowski 5,000+ posts]

Depends on whether you can access the stub from the outside or not. Otherwise I doubt you could.

 

[SPLaudio 5,000+ posts]

if old version yes if the new ones attached to each spider i doubt it...

 

[csu87 10+ year member]

Yeah it's the old version

 

[l7runner 10+ year member]

you should be ok...you might have to pop the dustcap off to do it right tho

 

[csu87 10+ year member]

Ok next question is where can I get just the tinsels? Fixmyspeaker is out of town.

 

[ngsm13 5,000+ posts]

To correctly do it, you need to take off the Dustcap, carefully pick the tinsels leads out of the CA glue. Desolder then. Then solder and run the new tinsels, and recover in CA glue.

It's a delicate process. Be careful with the coil leads.

nG

 

[l7runner 10+ year member]

Ok next question is where can I get just the tinsels? Fixmyspeaker is out of town.

email PAP they should have what you need, they respond quickly

 

[csu87 10+ year member]

email PAP they should have what you need, they respond quickly

PAP?

 

[SPLaudio 5,000+ posts]

pm woofercooker 4 the leads then.

fi uses alot of glue ur not going to get to the coil without damage.

cut lead 1/2 away from cone. solder new to old, slide heatshrink tubing over connection. tape lead to under side of cone and use goop to attach lead to cone where you fixed. cut and solder to terminal...

 

[7ender 10+ year member]

Iv'e done it to the exact same sub- old style btl.

It's not too hard, like ngsm said you need to pop off the dustcap and resolder.

I got my tinsel leads from Fi- they'll sell you a kit that includes a new dustcap (which you'll need because you need to break the old one in order to get it off cleanly) and tinsels.