What's the best way to fix a pulled out RCA jack from the back of gear?

elgato8905

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I have a Yamaha C-60 Pre amp and the metal cover for one of the RCA jacks on the back pulled out. I'm sure I could just push it back in again and it would probably work but I don't think it would be too long before it pulled back out again. My question is... What's the best way to fix this problem so it doesn't happen again? Would it be okay to use glue to adhere the sleeve to the plastic piece? If so what kind of glue to use? Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Below are pics of the problem.

Thanks in advance!

-Greg-
 

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funny, I just had the same thing happen to my M-70 just the other day. I would be interested in a long term fix as well.
 
I've had this happen on two Yamaha preamps. Replacing the jack assy is the only permanent fix I know of, but interested in other opinions/suggestions otherwise.
 
My guess would be to say that since it doesn't look like it was soldered to anything in the first place that you could put a very small dab of glue on both the top and bottom where the sleeve goes over the plastic part so it doesn't move again. If you use something that takes a couple of minutes to dry I'm figuring that you could find a spot where it makes a good connection and hold it there until the glue sets. Once that's done I'm thinking the fix would be fairly permanent. That's all in theory of course and that's also providing that you could push the sleeve back in and that it would even make a connection but I don't see why it wouldn't.

Has anyone ever tried anything like this?:scratch2:
 
elgato8905 said:
My guess would be to say that since it doesn't look like it was soldered to anything in the first place that you could put a very small dab of glue on both the top and bottom where the sleeve goes over the plastic part so it doesn't move again. If you use something that takes a couple of minutes to dry I'm figuring that you could find a spot where it makes a good connection and hold it there until the glue sets. Once that's done I'm thinking the fix would be fairly permanent. That's all in theory of course and that's also providing that you could push the sleeve back in and that it would even make a connection but I don't see why it wouldn't.

Has anyone ever tried anything like this?:scratch2:
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:no: It will probably hum like a bitch...The outer sleeve needs to be electrically grounded.
 
Pop the cover and see where that slides into, might be able to get it in place and solder it to keep it in place.

Problem is, you need to make a good mechanical connection or you'll just break the solder loose over time.

Scott
 
Thanks everyone but I didn't need to do any of it...

My original plan worked out great. I had a feeling it would because the outside jackets were never soldered into anything in the first place. I'm sure they make a connection somewhere but from what I can tell they were never soldered. First I tried pushing the jacket back on to see if it would make the connection with no hum and it sounded perfect and even in both channels. After that I roughed up two small parts of the inside of the metal RCA jacket and the corresponding plastic parts that it fit over. Then I mixed up a small batch of 1 minute epoxy and put a small dab on on both the top and bottom of the plastic piece that the sleeve goes over. I made sure that the epoxy wouldn't get on anything important and would only get between the sleeve and plastic. I then mated the two together then turned everything on again and hooked it up to make sure it was still making a perfect connection and it was. After that it was a done deal. I waited for the epoxy to dry and now the fix is perfect. It's much more stable than it ever was before!:thmbsp:
 
I was guessing that it would involve a Yamaha piece somehow before I opened this thread and I see I was right. I'm babying my mx600 right now because the same problem is about to happen. Good luck in your fix.
 
This happened on a Denon I had too.

The sleeve makes mechanical contact at the base. The epoxy trick is a good solution as these were only press fit initially with bond being at the base.

Ifcyou notice any hum some time later down the road then check at the base where itcfits in.
 
This also happened on the rather expensive Meridian 200 series electronics I used to sell. Customers were not amused and telling them not to use high end cables was not appreciated.
 
Something I learned in the 60's.

When removing them, you don't just pull them straight off. If you gently twist them as removing them they will last a lot longer.
 
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