Broken speaker cable

Craftylee

Hi all,

My drivers side front speaker recently stopped working, I removed it today and confirmed that the speaker itself is fine by testing it on my PC setup. So this narrows down the issue to being either the wiring or a loose connection.

I checked behind the radio and everything seemed tightly connected. Is there a way to test the speaker wire? I saw online a multimeter is a good way to test but I don't have one to hand. Are there any other ways?

Thanks for any advice!

Skatedude

basic multimeter will do it, or stick a torch bulb on the wire for the speaker, then a battery on the speaker wire at back of radio once you disconnect it.

Craftylee

managed to borrow a multimeter, seems it's the wire thats the issue. I'd imagine having a new one put in will be expensive?

mik_da_man

Depends on the car, might be easy enough.

endacl

Craftylee wrote: »

managed to borrow a multimeter, seems it's the wire thats the issue. I'd imagine having a new one put in will be expensive?

You could try a pull-through. Tape the new wire to the end of the old one at the speaker end. Pull through from the radio end. Use the old one to guide the new one in. Tape lengthways to avoid getting the join caught up on any turns.

greasepalm

ha you will be lucky in doing that with modern car builds as block connectors are used at door frames and wires break very often behind the rubber gaitor due to door opening and closing all the time.check between door frame and door as your issue lies there.

Craftylee

unfortunately the wiring loom all sticks together with the electric windows etc so i cant use the pull-through technique. I checked behind the rubber gaitor and it wasn't wires like I was expecting, but instead a giant plug thing. I think i've checked all the basics at this point and im outta my depth skills wise, so im gonna hand it over to a car audio pro to handle. good few highly recommended people in galway city

thanks all for the help

greasepalm

if you could see the colours of speaker cables it would give you a guide to what to look for.