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RCA jacks broke off @ my amp...simple fix?

30K views 7 replies 4 participants last post by  glennxx1  
#1 ·
Well, let me first start off with I'm a dumb ass.

I saw somehow my RCA's had been broken off in the jacks.

anyway, I immediately thought, easy, cut off the RCA connectors and splice in new ones. I think that was my biggest mistake. I didnt realize RCA's weren't so easily spliced in. I think its the inner wire that actually needs to be spliced, and its tiny?

any way...I am trying to avoid pulling my dash apart and running new RCA's all the way back again...is there anything I can do or am I screwed?

If it matters the amp is like 10 years old, old MTX thunder 6500 D

Any help greatly appreciated
 
#4 ·
You can install new ends. But, it seems like you've already tried this. Another thing you could do in a pinch, is take another rca cable. Cut off the ends, making sure to leave a foot or two of cable connected. Then strip the wires and make the connections that way. It would be just like soldering together 2 pieces of speaker wire. Don't strip the inner wire too close to the outer wire(That is, if you have the coax type) You'll figure it out.
 
#6 ·
You can buy new RCA plugs at Radio Shack, Parts Express, etc...

The center conductor is the signal wire. The exterior shield helps protect the signal from exterior noise. The center conductor is indeed small on some cables, so you'll want a quality wire stripper for that size conductor.

As Spyke said, you can patch it with another RCA cable in a pinch. You'll want to use a soldering iron on the wires and protect it with heat shrink or electrical tape rather than butt splices or wire nuts... but it's doable.

Good luck.