Just recently the sub would go on and off sporadically. Then one day it just stopped working. I thought it was a fuse, then checked the lines and all was good. I found that if I push the center of the cone inward it starts pounding like normal. If I take the pressure off once it gets going itss hit for just a few beats and then stop again. Someone said maybe the coils? Any ideas on what it is would be great and if its a fairly DIY fix lemme know. THX

 

Whats the brand of the sub?

 

probably a frayed tinsel lead.
take the sub out and take a look at the connection.
sometimes this can be repaired with a little solder.

 

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A "Pmiller" or something. Got it on sale at circut city a couple years back after my last system got jacked and insurince would cover it. You know, once you gotta sub it sucks listening to music w/o it.

 

From my experience this problem is usually a break in the voice coil. The coil pops open and separates slightly. Think of it like a Fuse, and how a fuse pops open. This isnt something that a DIY can repair sad to say. When you push on the cone its reconnecting the coil temporarily to make it play. *crazy luck but worth attempting*= If you have a high power amp, disconnect all speakers but the one in question. Turn the Radio up to the distortion point and maybe a few notches higher. Slightly push on the Woofer (just slightly enough) to make if play for a few moments and hope the coils gets heated enough to reconnect itself (kinda letting it ghetto solder itself) It may or may not happen, and if it does seem to work it definitly isnt a permanent deal. It would only get it playing with maybe about 50% of its normal durability and probably blow out again when cranked high. I would make sure the Tinseal isnt broke or separated at anypoint first though as FlashFunk mentioned. if your unsure what the tinseal is, its the small wire between the terminal points where you connect your speaker wire, and the cone itself. Easiest action to take though would definitly be to replace the woofer as a whole. the Master P. series "P.Miller" is a Bazooka brand speaker and relatively inexpensive.

 

^^^. True. Sounds the voice coil is bad on the sub. Time to go buy another sub.

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by Rigginit &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">From my experience this problem is usually a break in the voice coil. The coil pops open and separates slightly. Think of it like a Fuse, and how a fuse pops open. This isnt something that a DIY can repair sad to say. When you push on the cone its reconnecting the coil temporarily to make it play. *crazy luck but worth attempting*= If you have a high power amp, disconnect all speakers but the one in question. Turn the Radio up to the distortion point and maybe a few notches higher. Slightly push on the Woofer (just slightly enough) to make if play for a few moments and hope the coils gets heated enough to reconnect itself (kinda letting it ghetto solder itself) It may or may not happen, and if it does seem to work it definitly isnt a permanent deal. It would only get it playing with maybe about 50% of its normal durability and probably blow out again when cranked high. I would make sure the Tinseal isnt broke or separated at anypoint first though as FlashFunk mentioned. if your unsure what the tinseal is, its the small wire between the terminal points where you connect your speaker wire, and the cone itself. Easiest action to take though would definitly be to replace the woofer as a whole. the Master P. series "P.Miller" is a Bazooka brand speaker and relatively inexpensive. </TD></TR></TABLE>

Dam a rookie noob with some knowledge..... There are places that can fix it but don't waste your money. That sub was one of bazooka top line at cc. I remember when thay first came in. Do yourself a favor and disconect it before you short something out and buy a new speaker. Subs only last so long before they go. The longest I kept a sub bumping was for 4 years and last month one finnaly went out. 1 out of 4.

 

Your sub's VC has a "dead" spot, and there is no "fixing" it, without re-coning, and although the no0b is right on most points, take wrx-killer-Sti eater, [not a no0b] advice and replace it before the VC shorts out and takes the output stage of your amp with it and goes west. 94