broken speaker tensil

[vipka9]

i have a phoenix gold titanium sub and the tensil to the spider is broken ? i think that is what its called how would i fix that.. would i need to solder it back on ? please and thank you!

not the actual sub but thats a picture of where its broken

[The Golden One]

depending on if it is broken off at the speaker terminal or in the middle, if its broke off at the terminal sometimes you can resolder it with some extra flux and good solder and still have enough wire left for speaker movement.if it broke in the middle then it can be a bit more difficult to solder ive seen people just use a straight trough wire connector when its broke in the middle just because of how hard it is to get solder to stick to the wire.

[vipka9]

that picture does not jutice i cant circle for poo... well its broken right at the beginning like were its next to the middle of the sub. theres dual voice coils and the tensil is broken right next to the middle of the cone im not sure what you mean by the middle

[The Golden One]

that picture does not jutice i cant circle for poo... well its broken right at the beginning like were its next to the middle of the sub. theres dual voice coils and the tensil is broken right next to the middle of the cone im not sure what you mean by the middle

i mean if the wire itself is broke in half like somewhere in the middle of the wire, it is more difficult for solder to join the tensil wire when it is broke in half.

[vipka9]

so what do i do if the wire is broken at the beginning but not the terminal/

[The Golden One]

so what do i do if the wire is broken at the beginning but not the terminal/

you could try soldering it while holding the longest part of the tensil lead with an extended alligator clip and then if you can get the solder to stick you will have to wait for the solder to cool completely before releasing it.

[vipka9]

were would i solder it to? would i solder it back on the black part or just to the metal part on the center of the cone

[The Golden One]

were would i solder it to? would i solder it back on the black part or just to the metal part on the center of the cone

i would just about need to see the actual speaker where it is broke to know what your asking.

[vipka9]

its broken right were the center is

[vipka9]

were the end of the tinsel will connect to the spider or cone

[The Golden One]

if there is still enough of the lead sticking out from the spider then you may can solder it but when soldering these leads it's best when your first soldering attempt is successful otherwise it becomes harder to get the solder to stick and also you can futher damage the speaker.

[vipka9]

what if there is none ahha

[vipka9]

i mean no extra tinsil sticking out

[The Golden One]

i mean no extra tinsil sticking out

you may need to take it to a speaker repair shop that guaranty's their work and can get the parts needed to take the speaker apart and put it back together again, because i looks like they speaker need's to come apart in order to fix it.

[ttocs]

you might be able to use some desodlering braid to add some legth to it, but if there is NOTHING sticking out you are kind a SOL.

Of course if you only use one coil, it will burn up that coil...

[stipud]

The Elite tinsel leads are woven into the spider, so if it snapped off right at the spider, it is going to be pretty tricky. Odds are you are going to have to un-weave some of it, so you can get a longer piece to solder onto. But if you are not careful this will cause tinsel slap on the cone. Back in the day you could fix this by replacing the cone assembly, but those are no longer available unfortunately.