by Fishy » Thu May 19, 2005 12:41 am
I had a voice coil go on one of my MB Quart 5 1/4 mids. Something about paying $180 for a replacement driver really rubbed me the wrong way so I ripped the thing apart, soldered the coil back together(one of the leads broke at the cone/former junction) and glued the spider back to the voice coil former with a thin bead of 5200:
http://www.boatersworld.com/webapp/wcs/ ... d=13217966
I'm sure there's other adhesives that will work as well w/o adding as much mass, but I had this stuff handy and decided to use it. I really can't tell the difference between the repaired driver and the "good" one and after 6 months of use its still working. 5200 is strong, flexible stuff that we use when we want to make sure something stays stuck in the marine enviroment. Its NOT mere caulking.
I'm not sure how well Gorilla glue would do as I thought it was primarily used for wood and JB Weld tends to be a bit brittle. A lot of the guys at the tackle shop use 5 Minute epoxy to repair/rewrap broken rod guides.
http://www.tapplastics.com/shop/product.php?pid=277
That would probably work. Just be careful not to use to much. Unlike the 5200 it might tend to soak into the spider which could create stress points which could cause the cotton material to eventually rip.
I dunno. I'm sure there's a couple peeps here who know what the speaker repair "pros" use. Electrical epoxy is very strong and flexible but also pretty expensive.
-Fishy
I had a voice coil go on one of my MB Quart 5 1/4 mids. Something about paying $180 for a replacement driver really rubbed me the wrong way so I ripped the thing apart, soldered the coil back together(one of the leads broke at the cone/former junction) and glued the spider back to the voice coil former with a thin bead of 5200:
[url]http://www.boatersworld.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/ProductDisplay?storeId=10051&catalogId=10051&langId=-1&productId=13217966[/url]
I'm sure there's other adhesives that will work as well w/o adding as much mass, but I had this stuff handy and decided to use it. I really can't tell the difference between the repaired driver and the "good" one and after 6 months of use its still working. 5200 is strong, flexible stuff that we use when we want to make sure something stays stuck in the marine enviroment. Its NOT mere caulking.
I'm not sure how well Gorilla glue would do as I thought it was primarily used for wood and JB Weld tends to be a bit brittle. A lot of the guys at the tackle shop use 5 Minute epoxy to repair/rewrap broken rod guides.
[url]http://www.tapplastics.com/shop/product.php?pid=277[/url]
That would probably work. Just be careful not to use to much. Unlike the 5200 it might tend to soak into the spider which could create stress points which could cause the cotton material to eventually rip.
I dunno. I'm sure there's a couple peeps here who know what the speaker repair "pros" use. Electrical epoxy is very strong and flexible but also pretty expensive.
-Fishy