Author Topic: Shouck mount SNAPPED!! (Read 4755 times)

The Kilted Taper · « **on:** November 23, 2004, 09:40:27 AM »

So I guess I don't know my own strength and tightened my AT Shock Mount to the vert bar a little too much. My wife was trying to help break down the rig, and she literally BROKE it down. The mount snapped off the base.

Any easy, reliable fixes? Superglue? JB Weld? Gum? Anything? Need one by Saturday, but don't know that spending $45+ and overnight shipping is what I want to do right now to get a new one. Thanks!

fozzy · « **Reply #1 on:** November 23, 2004, 09:43:39 AM »

I'm surprised i haven't broken one of mine. I have gone to using pliers on the part where it attaches to the vert bar. I would say JB weld should do the trick till they can slow boat you a new one, overnight would still be iffy w/ the holiday.

jpschust · « **Reply #2 on:** November 23, 2004, 09:46:57 AM »

see if someone has an extra and then send yours back to at for a replacement.

pfife · « **Reply #3 on:** November 23, 2004, 09:58:27 AM »

I've fixed my ADK Supermounts w/ superglue before. You could try that JB Weld stuff too...

Chris K · « **Reply #4 on:** November 23, 2004, 12:07:10 PM »

buck up and get a new one, and have piece of mind that it wont be a problem at your next gig

Chris K · « **Reply #5 on:** November 23, 2004, 12:22:01 PM »

oh, and dont let your wife touch your gear anymore

The Kilted Taper · « **Reply #6 on:** November 23, 2004, 12:29:33 PM »

Quote from: Chris K on November 23, 2004, 12:22:01 PM

oh, and dont let your wife touch your gear anymore

Being the loving husband I am

, I put the initial blame on me for putting it on there to damn tight.

I'm gonna go the JB Weld route for this weekend, but then pick up a new one that can be slow boated to me...After Saturday I don't have any open taping for a few weeks.

hexyjones · « **Reply #7 on:** November 23, 2004, 01:08:20 PM »

Another unrelated tip...

In time...the hoop has a tendency to pull away from its mount stub...so they get lose. If you remove the big screw at the swivel point and look down in the joint (toward the hoop) -- there is a hole with a small screw that you can tighten that will draw the hoop snug with the stub...hope that makes sense...(I'm making some of those terms up!)

(Not totally sure if I'm talking about the mount in question...)

The Kilted Taper · « **Reply #8 on:** November 23, 2004, 01:13:37 PM »

I think I follow you. at first the hoop was just spinning, then it just came off. You can hear raddling now if you shake it. Maybe the screw just came loose? I'll check that out when I get home tonight.

mirth · « **Reply #9 on:** November 23, 2004, 01:50:54 PM »

I'd say it just needs to be screwed down then.

Where's a good place to get replacement bands? Mine are getting a little stretched.

hexyjones · « **Reply #10 on:** November 23, 2004, 03:27:12 PM »

Quote from: mirth on November 23, 2004, 01:50:54 PM

I'd say it just needs to be screwed down then.

Where's a good place to get replacement bands? Mine are getting a little stretched.

not sure if they would work...but you can buy black elastic ponytail bands....they at least - look- like the same thing...

plus...check...somtimes the bands get pulled too tight on whatever holds them on the hoop....leaving them seem limp...pull more of the band back on the hoop part...(again...doing this from memory...)

sygdwm · « **Reply #11 on:** November 23, 2004, 03:33:44 PM »

happened to me. jb weld did the trick. i used a popsicle stick to apply and made a fucking mess. try something smaller if you want it to be pretty.

F.O.Bean · « **Reply #12 on:** November 23, 2004, 03:59:11 PM »

not being a prick, but this is the reason i got the AT 8415 shocks, theyre metal construction and alot less for me to break on them, add the super shocks and this is what you have

http://www.taperssection.com/yabbse/index.php?topic=30549.0

and the basic 8415 is the same price as the 8410's, but YMMV

mirth · « **Reply #13 on:** November 23, 2004, 04:39:12 PM »

yer such a prick bean.

F.O.Bean · « **Reply #14 on:** November 23, 2004, 04:40:46 PM »

Quote from: mirth on November 23, 2004, 04:39:12 PM

yer such a prick bean.

damnit, i know

+T

Nick Graham · « **Reply #15 on:** November 23, 2004, 05:49:03 PM »

I had the exact thing happen to me once, only I didn't have a wife to blame - only myself, and superglue did the trick. Kept using it for another couple of months and eventually just forgot. One night I left my stand (with the mounts attached) in my car for a couple of days in the extremely hot July sun...and the mount just fell off again. I finally ordered a new one, and kept the broken mount (re-superglued) as a backup.

If I hadn't let the mount get so hot, it'd probably still be holding together fine.

The Kilted Taper · « **Reply #16 on:** November 23, 2004, 09:56:42 PM »

It did just need to be rescrewed. Still a little loose, so I may JB weld and screw. Thanks all!

Gordon · « **Reply #17 on:** November 25, 2004, 12:34:28 AM »

duct tape and super glue got me through about three or four shows before I had to get a new one.

jhirte · « **Reply #18 on:** November 27, 2004, 11:56:49 AM »

here is an extreme hardcore fix:
remove the stripped screw. See if you have a replacement kicking around the house, make sure its not too long, or it'll hit that little bent metal peice on the shockmount where the screw comes thru.

JBWELD. buy it! Apply it to both surfaces before putting the shockmount back together. screw tight! but dont bust the screw. run a bead of JBWEls around the parts. smooth it out a bit.... carefully.... there ya go!

let it sit overnight. and WABAAAM!! You have a shockmount that wont bust apart anymore. unless you drop it, step on it and then your foot gets run over by a steamroller.

kevin p · « **Reply #19 on:** November 27, 2004, 10:54:22 PM »

Quote from: BornAgainTaper on November 23, 2004, 09:56:42 PM

It did just need to be rescrewed. Still a little loose, so I may JB weld and screw. Thanks all!

Just a little tip that may prove useful. I have to occasionaly tighten my mounts and those plastic washers give me a bitch of a time when I'm trying to re-assemble it. so what I do is lick them lightly and they stick just enough to the joint, so i that can free up my fingers to screw back in the big screw in the swivel part.

spcyrfc · « **Reply #20 on:** November 29, 2004, 10:12:07 AM »

how bout replacement bands?
i bought some used at4810a' on the board and the bands are hair ties, they do not provide enough support IMO for the mics - esp. when running guns.
what other solutions have people found?
does AT replace them?
luke

jhirte · « **Reply #21 on:** November 29, 2004, 11:53:00 AM »

call at. they will send replacements.

Author Topic: Shouck mount SNAPPED!! (Read 4755 times)

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