Speaker Terminal - broken

[lowell]

This is the terminal mounted on the speaker. The rivet has broken off and the terminal is dangling. I'm thinking of drilling it out and using a 6-40 screw and lock nut to reattach. Anyone fixed this?

[Enzo]

Personally I would remount it with another rivet. I keep pop-rivets in the shop for this and other uses.

But a screw would work. More than a lock washer, I would dope the threads with Loctite, or preferable to me, use a Nylock nut. That is one of those nuts with a plastic insert that grips the screw threads, they don't work loose.

[tim]

I've always glued the terminal back down with JB weld...I don't trust myself with a drill around speakers . Just my luck that I would be drilling out the old rivet and it would blow through the hole and damage the cone or spider. I use a cordless drill in the shop a lot, especially taking chassis out of cabs, but around speakers;not me! I'm a klutz and things happen too fast with a drill for me .

[lowell]

thanks guys. I drilled it out and put and 8-32 machine screw and free-spinning lock nut on there. The lock wheel is attached to the nut. These work quite well in my experience... first time fixing a speaker terminal though.

[Enzo]

Do yourself a favor and dope the threads. Slop some nail polish or Loctite or something on the screw threads. That way if the nut ever loosens from vibration it still won't spin off the threads.