Bose Amp repair???
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From: FT. WALTON.BCH FL. FL
Bose Amp repair???
Well, my amps are finally going haywire. I've blown 1 if not two in the past month. Does anyone have any ideas (besides ripping out the Bose and getting a totally new system) on who or where I can send them to get repaired? There used to be a place where you can send the bad amps to get fixed and they "beef them up" for you for about $50 per amp.
Anyone have any good contacts out there?
Thanks!
Anyone have any good contacts out there?
Thanks!
Drifting
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From: Las Cruces NM
Re: Bose Amp repair??? (FLYNGUN)
If your decent with a soldering iron and have access to some pretty common resistors, caps and diodes, there's several sites on the internet that go step by step on how to fix them yourself for about $10 and amp. I don't know them off hand, but they'll come up if you search in google or yahoo.
I think there's also a tech tip on this site for it.
Chris
I think there's also a tech tip on this site for it.
Chris
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From: Summerland B.C. Canada
Re: Bose Amp repair??? (FLYNGUN)
Thanks Chris...
Has anyone actually tried this??? How much of a PITA is this to do???
Has anyone actually tried this??? How much of a PITA is this to do???
From what Iv'e read, it's fairly simple. Remove cap, replace cap.
Here's some good reading for you :cheers: http://12.212.62.128/old_proj15/old_proj15.html http://www.zr1.net/amp.html http://www.zr1.net/Bose2.pdf https://www.corvetteforum.com/techti...D=91&TopicID=2 https://www.corvetteforum.com/techti...D=58&TopicID=2
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Re: Bose Amp repair??? (AGENT 86)
AGENT 86, thanks much for those links, though the 1st one doesn't work, the others have given me some valuable file info. I think one of my amps is going south and will be a spring project.
It looks like a pretty easy job, though I suggest anyone trying it should brush up on de-soldering/soldering skills first. And if you are putting some heat (with a small iron of course) near one of these FETs you should use a heat sink to protect them.
It looks like a pretty easy job, though I suggest anyone trying it should brush up on de-soldering/soldering skills first. And if you are putting some heat (with a small iron of course) near one of these FETs you should use a heat sink to protect them.
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From: Yucaipa CA
Re: Bose Amp repair??? (oldace84)
For de-soldering he caps, go to Radio Shack and buy their solder sucker. It's basically a low power soldering iron with a suction bulb attached. The iron melts the solder and the bulb sucks away the melted solder. Makes the removal a snap. :cheers:
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From: Summerland B.C. Canada
Re: Bose Amp repair??? (cash's90)
For de-soldering he caps, go to Radio Shack and buy their solder sucker. It's basically a low power soldering iron with a suction bulb attached. The iron melts the solder and the bulb sucks away the melted solder. Makes the removal a snap. :cheers:
And if your cheap like me, you can buy some solder wick and hope it works like it's supposed to. :jester
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From: Las Cruces NM
Re: Bose Amp repair??? (AGENT 86)
Yeah, we've used both at work with satellite equip. Either method, bulb or wick will work. You really shouldn't ever let the iron actually touch the components or board when you're removing the cap.
From what I understand, it's not that hard if you know your way around a soldering iron and use a small tip.
Oldace84, not everyone wants to spend $600-800 on parts that can be fixed good as new with $20-40 worth of components and a few hours of time.
Chris
From what I understand, it's not that hard if you know your way around a soldering iron and use a small tip.
Oldace84, not everyone wants to spend $600-800 on parts that can be fixed good as new with $20-40 worth of components and a few hours of time.
Chris
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From: Schmuckville SA
Re: Bose Amp repair??? (FLYNGUN)
If you're not electronic/solder savvy, I would advise having them rebuilt.
I bypassed my front amps after blowing one and it sounds fine, I ran new
wire and it sounds great. I am not using the Bose head unit, but it's not
the end of the world if you lose an amp, there are ways around it.
The other thing on the "do-it-yourself" rebuild, there are transistors
that may need replacing and you need to know if it's a PNP or NPN
transistor you're replacing. These parts aren't easy to get either..
If you wanna stay stock, just pay the cost to keep it stock and go
for the rebuild..
I bypassed my front amps after blowing one and it sounds fine, I ran new
wire and it sounds great. I am not using the Bose head unit, but it's not
the end of the world if you lose an amp, there are ways around it.
The other thing on the "do-it-yourself" rebuild, there are transistors
that may need replacing and you need to know if it's a PNP or NPN
transistor you're replacing. These parts aren't easy to get either..
If you wanna stay stock, just pay the cost to keep it stock and go
for the rebuild..
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From: FRANKFORT KY
Re: Bose Amp repair??? (FLYNGUN)
just got mine back from doctor don's
check this site http://corvetteaudio.homestead.com
check this site http://corvetteaudio.homestead.com
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From: Smithfield VA
Re: Bose Amp repair??? (FLYNGUN)
Through the Bose website, you can get the number for their automotive division and they will rebuild your Bose speaker for $75.00 each and give you a warranty for as long as you own the car. This is the best deal out there (other than soldering them yourself.) I sent all 4 of mine in and my system sounds great. Beats paying more for less.
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From: NEwhere Ohio
Re: Bose Amp repair??? (Unriced)
Digikey (search online for it) has all kinds of electronics stuff you can buy and theres no minimum order.
They are like the Radio Shack of the yesteryears.
They are like the Radio Shack of the yesteryears.
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From: Roseville CA
Re: Bose Amp repair??? (FLYNGUN)
Hi
I repaired all four of mine. I found the link on this page some where? It has been awhile. It cost about $30 in parts from digikey. I changed the caps and four fets per amps. The hard part was getting the amps out of the front doors. I had to cut fiberglass to get them out! the back were a breeze. I had some amps whinning and one was dead. It sounds great now. Good luck
89bluec4
I repaired all four of mine. I found the link on this page some where? It has been awhile. It cost about $30 in parts from digikey. I changed the caps and four fets per amps. The hard part was getting the amps out of the front doors. I had to cut fiberglass to get them out! the back were a breeze. I had some amps whinning and one was dead. It sounds great now. Good luck
89bluec4
