Screw holes stripped out :(

[Meka 10+ year member]

Hey, Well as you can see im a newbee here. I have been checking this form out for awhile and decided to join. I own a 15 inch solobaric l7 in a ported box. The screwholes some how got striped out so now the sub dosnt tighten down all the way. Any one know what i can do to fix this?

Thanks alot

Sam

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[alove_85 10+ year member]

Hey, Well as you can see im a newbee here. I have been checking this form out for awhile and decided to join. I own a 15 inch solobaric l7 in a ported box. The screwholes some how got striped out so now the sub dosnt tighten down all the way. Any one know what i can do to fix this?
Thanks alot

Sam

um, use bigger screws

 

[kickerlivinloud 10+ year member]

May not be the prettest but you can just put another baffle on it. I'm sure someone else can think of a better idea but thats what I would do....

Jon

 

[themainjam 10+ year member]

Hey, Well as you can see im a newbee here. I have been checking this form out for awhile and decided to join. I own a 15 inch solobaric l7 in a ported box. The screwholes some how got striped out so now the sub dosnt tighten down all the way. Any one know what i can do to fix this?
Thanks alot

Sam

liquid nails on the screws then screw them in....or rotate the sub a little but dont forget to silicone the old screw holes

lol its a square my bad!!! liquid nails then??

 

[phrozen5100 10+ year member]

Slap some Gorilla Glue on there and you'll be fine . Actually, I'd try to get some sort of hard substance in that hole, maybe bondo or fiberglass resin. Then just drill it and put another screw in there.

 

[idiot 10+ year member]

Couldn’t you install some t-nuts or hurricane nuts? (since they require slightly larger holes to begin with, I assume... if not, just choose the next largest size, as someone else suggested) Then you should be able to maintain your current holes, and you’ll be screwing directly into the nuts in the future, so that you won’t strip them a second time.

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[Moe Lester 10+ year member]

fill the current screw holes with fiberglass resin + mat stuffed in there, then re drill

 

[jmiller0526 10+ year member]

i just break toothpicks in half and stuff em in the holes and then rescrew...it works like a charm fer me.....ioono but id give it a try

 

[Meka 10+ year member]

Man that toothpick idea sounded really good but it didnt work. So will bigger screws work?

 

[ss3079 5,000+ posts]

Toothpicks and glue will work ... the glue should make the toothpicks expand. Works for me all of the time.

- Steve

 

[kwang125 10+ year member]

bondo or resin sound like good idea to me ...

 

[monte_carlo97 10+ year member]

Get some t-nuts and you will be set to go.

 

[supraman1379 10+ year member]

Put some silicone in the hole let it dry. then carefully put the screw back in it.

Or put some silicone on the screw and the slowly put it in the hole.

Or you could silicone the whole sub into the box, but then its a ***** to get out. (not recomended by me.) Ive done that once. It stopped the air leak. But I couldnt get the sub out of the box after thatLOL. JUst thought bout making some suggestions to ya.

By the way.....dont use that last suggestiong unless you plan on leaving the sub in the box.

 

[robbie_turner 10+ year member]

fill the current screw holes with fiberglass resin + mat stuffed in there, then re drill

wouldn't use fiberglass as im sure u wont get enough mat in there so the resin will shatter when u screw it in