| Author | Message | ||
     Robbie Donaldson (Robbie) Senior Member Username: Robbie Post Number: 462 Registered: 02-2002 |
To those with the handheld Cobra, has anyone ever had any problems with the speaker cutting out? The cb was the first thing I bought when I bought my truck over 3 years ago, and it has worked flawlessly up until now. Now, the speaker doesn't work, though when I hit it hard enough, it comes back on for a few seconds. Sooo, guessing bad connection inside somewhere? I am hoping that it is something like the DI window ecu where there is a known solder problem or something (wishful thinking?). It is out of any warranty/guarantee since it is over 3 years old, but has anyone worked with Cobra over something like this? Reasonable repair costs if I can't do it? Thanks, any info appreciated. | ||
| Alan Yim (Alan) Senior Member Username: Alan Post Number: 868 Registered: 09-2002 |
Robbie, I don't have one of these CB's but I remember reading a post here last year about someone who had a similar problem and I think it was John Lee who had a simple solution. I think it involved a rubber ring or something like that to apply pressure to push a contact point down. Maybe do a search for "Cobra 75WXST" on last year's archives (or early this year) and I think you'll find the thread I'm talking about. | ||
| Jamie (Rover_puppy) Senior Member Username: Rover_puppy Post Number: 401 Registered: 05-2003 |
Robbie, I have not had any trouble with it, but I have the firestick external speaker mounted in my truck - so I've never even used the internal speaker it came with. There is a page on the ExpeditionExchange.com website about those little rubber rings. Good Luck, Jamie | ||
| Jamie (Rover_puppy) Senior Member Username: Rover_puppy Post Number: 402 Registered: 05-2003 |
Here it is. I break alot of stuff, so I try to keep track of how to fix things (in advance): http://www.expeditionexchange.com/cobra/indexmain.htm | ||
| Robbie Donaldson (Robbie) Senior Member Username: Robbie Post Number: 463 Registered: 02-2002 |
thanks for the link and info Jamie and Alan. i have seen this on ee before, but i think this is something different. my squelch and volume controls have always been pretty good and they aren't the issue here. the speaker just plain does not work, unless the handset is jolted, then it works for a few seconds and drops out again. | ||
| Robert Pate (Racerx) Member Username: Racerx Post Number: 42 Registered: 08-2003 |
Robbie where did you mount the remote box??? | ||
| Joey (Joey4420) Senior Member Username: Joey4420 Post Number: 373 Registered: 04-2003 |
I would just open it up and look for a very loose wire or broken one... shouldn't be that hard to find or fix. I have been working on various CB radios for years. They really are not that hard to work on. Unless you have some of the new radio shack one, they are a pain. | ||
| Robbie Donaldson (Robbie) Senior Member Username: Robbie Post Number: 464 Registered: 02-2002 |
thanks Joey. think that may be the next move. I did open it up, hoping to find an obviosuly loose wire, but didn't see anything that hopped out at me. just haven't had the time to go poking and prodding to see if it is a loose solder, plus i don't want to fry something, so was hoping maybe there was a quick been there done that. Robert, I just mounted it with zip ties to my seat rails. I don't like to go swimming or mudding, so flooding isn't too high on my list of worries. you can look at some pictures here: http://cloud.prohosting.com/~rbd4a/my_disco.htm and here: http://cloud.prohosting.com/~rbd4a/CB%20flipped.jpg (might have to copy and paste this link) | ||
| Joey (Joey4420) Senior Member Username: Joey4420 Post Number: 374 Registered: 04-2003 |
As per Cobra, you can get a schematic by emailing them for it. This might help. http://www.cobra.com/index.php?page=corporate/cservice&id=1&ps_session=4620da449 3d0d99ea0ff7240d4291a443fb3f482 | ||
| Robbie Donaldson (Robbie) Senior Member Username: Robbie Post Number: 465 Registered: 02-2002 |
thanks Joey, just emailed them for some tips. |
