Subwoofer is F'd up, what is wrong?

[miker 5,000+ posts]

Basically the entire surround and cone (is that correct terminology?) are ****** down. So when you push on the cone it feels hard as a rock and can not be pushed down any further, and can not be pushed up.

What I'm trying to say is that normally you can push the cone in and out with your hands. My sub can no longer do that, it is stuck completely.

What is wrong? and what causes this.

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[misfit138 5,000+ posts]

Id done blowed up.

 

[Eddie Havok 10+ year member]

its blown.....

 

[miker 5,000+ posts]

Okay. elaborate please? And what can cause this?

I just got this back, and apparently I sent it out like this.. Which is false, could this in any way happened during shipping? Or did I get scammed?

 

[Vossy 10+ year member]

Too much clipped powa man, you tune fo thee shiz

 

[miker 5,000+ posts]

Too much clipped powa man, you tune fo thee shiz

you tune fo thee shiz ??? lol

Hmm, I just need to make sure that I couldn't have played any part in this before I make a post tell people not to trade with this guy. This really fucked me over. I'm in college have no money except 100$ put aside for books and this took 50$ out of my book fund so I'm really upset.

 

[XSlappinAzzX]

you tune fo thee shiz ??? lol
Hmm, I just need to make sure that I couldn't have played any part in this before I make a post tell people not to trade with this guy. This really fucked me over. I'm in college have no money except 100$ put aside for books and this took 50$ out of my book fund so I'm really upset.

What sub/brand

 

[slim2fattycake 10+ year member]

Sucks. too much heat so coils undone and got the sub seized up.

Edit- who the hell is the tard that censored suck?

 

[mazdakid 5,000+ posts]

How old is it?

I just reconed an hdc3 and it feels the same way.

 

[dbeez 5,000+ posts]

thats cause the hdc3 has some stiff *** suspension.

 

[subzero 5,000+ posts]

sounds like the coil is burnt or unraveled = blown. If it was a recone, someone didnt do it right

 

[miker 5,000+ posts]

It is a 15" RE SE. The sub is several years old, however most of that time was spent not being used. It was in perfect cosmetic and working order before I shipped it.

 

[miker 5,000+ posts]

So now that, that is covered.. What are my options? I have never dealt with a bad member before..

Also, any chance of being able to recone on the cheap? Could be a nice learning process.

 

[Wingman0121 10+ year member]

Well was it working before or did you buy it locked up like that?

When a cone locks up that means either the voice coil overheated and came apart in the coil gap or the sub bottomed out so hard(from too much power/wrong ported box) that it deformed the voice coil former and are now scraping against the coil gap in the magnet. Either way the sub is toast and will need a recone.

 

[XSlappinAzzX]

So now that, that is covered.. What are my options? I have never dealt with a bad member before..
Also, any chance of being able to recone on the cheap? Could be a nice learning process.

reconing a sub is easier than teaching a young teenage girl to drive.