glueing my sub

Scarrell · Post by **Scarrell** » Wed May 18, 2005 10:44 pm

ok well as many know my Tempest's spider has detached.... so i can either send it in to Adire and wait and wait... or i can do it myself... and i want to do it myself... i mean i cant mess it up more than it is.. so.. what glue would you guys recommended? Gorilla Glue? JB Weld?... when i do this ill ofcourse put the glue on the bottom, and ill wait for it to dry and im think ill put some on the top edge for some reinforcment? i guess that would work fine right? anyway tips are welcomed. :help:

Fishy · Post 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

Ryan from Ohio · Post by **Ryan from Ohio** » Thu May 19, 2005 6:23 am

You should be fine by using a **GOOD** brand of CA glue.

Rumor has it that Shocker just uses "super glue" to glue together the whole sub

So CA Glue should work for you. Its also what I used in combination with Fiberglass Cloth to fix them 10's I got.

As for applying, apply a nice little "lake" and spread it out so its not to thick. If its thick it wont dry very quick. It needs toi be a thin layer. Keeping in mind the spider may soak a bit up.