Hilfloskind
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So I spent the weekend upgrading my 12 speaker Shaker Pro system. I put in new speakers for every location except the factory tweeters and flattened the EQ with FORScan. After riding around for a few days, I decided there was too much brightness with the factory tweeters intact so I reached in and disconnected them.
Shortly after, I took a ride and during the ride the left side door speakers started crackling and then went out. Initially I thought it was just the 3.5 in the door because I could still hear low end. I pulled the driver side door back off and played around with the 3.5 connections. It would crackle if I turned the volume up beyond 5 and sound terrible. I then swapped out that specific speaker, but the problem remained.
I retraced my steps and decided to reach into the a-pillar again and low and behold, unlike the passenger side, when I disconnected the tweeter on the driver side I actually had pulled the pins out of the harness entirely. They were contacting each other and causing the entire left side to go out.
I wrapped the pins in electrical tape and secured them in the a-pillar. I then tested the sound and everything was back to normal. I put the door back on and found that it STILL is giving no sound out of the driver side. Not only that, but even the center channel is virtually non-existent. If I fade to the rear, I can hear the rear left side panel a little, but basically the whole left side is without sound.
At this point, I am at a loss. I can only think it could be a few different things still causing this, but I need some guidance.
1) the amp is now messed up due to the wires making contact repeatedly in the a-pillar.
2) one of the other door speakers is somehow making contact with the metal of the door and causing the whole side to go out
3) ???
Anyone have any suggestions for what I should check and try out to fix this? I'm now hundreds deep into this system and the left side is basically silent. Any help would be greatly appreciated!
Shortly after, I took a ride and during the ride the left side door speakers started crackling and then went out. Initially I thought it was just the 3.5 in the door because I could still hear low end. I pulled the driver side door back off and played around with the 3.5 connections. It would crackle if I turned the volume up beyond 5 and sound terrible. I then swapped out that specific speaker, but the problem remained.
I retraced my steps and decided to reach into the a-pillar again and low and behold, unlike the passenger side, when I disconnected the tweeter on the driver side I actually had pulled the pins out of the harness entirely. They were contacting each other and causing the entire left side to go out.
I wrapped the pins in electrical tape and secured them in the a-pillar. I then tested the sound and everything was back to normal. I put the door back on and found that it STILL is giving no sound out of the driver side. Not only that, but even the center channel is virtually non-existent. If I fade to the rear, I can hear the rear left side panel a little, but basically the whole left side is without sound.
At this point, I am at a loss. I can only think it could be a few different things still causing this, but I need some guidance.
1) the amp is now messed up due to the wires making contact repeatedly in the a-pillar.
2) one of the other door speakers is somehow making contact with the metal of the door and causing the whole side to go out
3) ???
Anyone have any suggestions for what I should check and try out to fix this? I'm now hundreds deep into this system and the left side is basically silent. Any help would be greatly appreciated!
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