What do you use to mount your sub?

[Anniku989 10+ year member]

Who mounts their subs?

Hell, who uses a box?

 

[fwb_1234 10+ year member]

You guys with the t-nut dilemma - could you not have drilled out the screw head?

 

[Anniku989 10+ year member]

You guys with the t-nut dilemma - could you not have drilled out the screw head?

But that would've been the easy fix //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/rolleyes.gif.c1fef805e9d1464d377451cd5bc18bfb.gif...

 

[RAM_Designs 5,000+ posts]

1-3/4" coarse thread drywall screws work good for me...

 

[Immacomputer 10+ year member]

You guys with the t-nut dilemma - could you not have drilled out the screw head?

I tried that for hours before jigsawing the sub out. I tried all types of bits and nothing could break through without damaging the basket. I even tried my dremel blade bit and lifting up the sub as high as I could but of course, two t-nuts had to fail one spot apart leaving the sub pretty securely in there. I had to use a jigsaw and cut around the basket and the pry the sub out with brute strength. I thought I was going to bend the basket but the 12 spoke basket was stronger than I thought. It ripped out but it pissed me off enough to never use the steel t-ballsacks again.

 

[Jacobman 10+ year member]

I usually face my sub down then just sit on the box when i drive, never had a problem so far. (rattles da nutz)

 

[iamamp3pimp 5,000+ posts]

I tried that for hours before jigsawing the sub out. I tried all types of bits and nothing could break through without damaging the basket. I even tried my dremel blade bit and lifting up the sub as high as I could but of course, two t-nuts had to fail one spot apart leaving the sub pretty securely in there. I had to use a jigsaw and cut around the basket and the pry the sub out with brute strength. I thought I was going to bend the basket but the 12 spoke basket was stronger than I thought. It ripped out but it pissed me off enough to never use the steel t-ballsacks again.

12 spoke will crack before it bends

 

[audioholic 5,000+ posts]

I learned the hard way. //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/frown.gif.a3531fa0534503350665a1e957861287.gif
I'll never use t-nuts again. I might try some threaded inserts but I'm a little nervous about them as well.

Exactly. I was lucky with my lesson, it was a shared chamber box and I was able to remove one of the subs normally, allowing me to reach in and hold the t-nuts on the other driver while unscrewing them. Otherwise yep, would have been the sawzall. T-nuts just dont work worth a **** in mdf.

 

[audioholic 5,000+ posts]

You guys with the t-nut dilemma - could you not have drilled out the screw head?

That's not realistic. Have you ever screwed down a sub, only to be worried your screwdriver would slip off the screw and poke a hole in your speaker? Well, now imagine that feeling while trying to drill all the way through a fairly long bolt (not screw), which is likely to spin in the process, may be hardened, etc etc. No, drilling out the bolt is generally not an option, cutting the box open with a saw is the most common 'fix'.

 

[fwb_1234 10+ year member]

Exactly. I was lucky with my lesson, it was a shared chamber box and I was able to remove one of the subs normally, allowing me to reach in and hold the t-nuts on the other driver while unscrewing them. Otherwise yep, would have been the sawzall. T-nuts just dont work worth a **** in mdf.

Do the teeth just break off?

 

[prochobo 10+ year member]

Have you ever screwed down a sub, only to be worried your screwdriver would slip off the screw and poke a hole in your speaker?

I'd hope not. I've never been scared of that happening because it can be prevented with a little attention and non n00b skills with a drill.

I'll have to second the NO t-nuts. I read about them on bcae1.com and decided to try them out. . . what a big mistake. I couldn't even get half of the nuts to grab the mdf securely.

 

[johnson 10+ year member]

I'll have to second the NO t-nuts. I read about them on bcae1.com and decided to try them out. . . what a big mistake. I couldn't even get half of the nuts to grab the mdf securely.

That's why you stick a 1/4" piece of plywood under it...

 

[Safe_Cracker 10+ year member]

I have tried T nuts over and over again. with steel screws, stainless and assorted galvanized at all kinds of sizes. If you tap them in and resin over them it makes them more secure BUT the biggest issued I had is when mounting them vertically they put pressure on the screws and if you use a drill to put them in they would bind up while ripping the nut from the resin. They work fine if mounted horizontal and using a hand driver or such but I have had it with them! As far as the comment on drilling the heads, I had just bought my $800 Treo SSX (at the time) so drilling and taking a chance was not an option, lOl. Polo. //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/smile.gif.1ebc41e1811405b213edfc4622c41e27.gif

 

[sothrowd 10+ year member]

man I poked a hole in my friends sub in three places while I was drunk off my ***. hahaha. lol lucky it wasnt mine, but too bad i droped my weed pipe and broke it. Lol it turned out the sub was blown hahahha

 

[audioholic 5,000+ posts]

I'd hope not. I've never been scared of that happening because it can be prevented with a little attention and non n00b skills with a drill.
I'll have to second the NO t-nuts. I read about them on bcae1.com and decided to try them out. . . what a big mistake. I couldn't even get half of the nuts to grab the mdf securely.

Non noob skills with a drill? Ive drilled out plenty of bolts and screws in my day, I would not call doing it in that situation (thru a speaker mounting flange) a noob skill.
The teeth do not break off, they simply back out of the wood and spin when you attempt to unscrew the bolt. Normally you'd just pull on the bolt, binding the t-nut to the wood and backing it out, but most times you cant reach down into the speaker flange to do so. Its a pita. I find the idea of placing plywood behind it to help interesting, but at some point it seems like more work than its worth. I think Im gonna try the thread inserts next, I hear they work fine.