1/4 jack broke in unit ! now what?

[kayakfisher]

Anyone had this problem, brand new jack came apart in my GT. I am pretty unlucky about taking things apart and putting them back together. I hate to send it to minelab and pay big money for the repair. Looks like the bottom part stayed in the GT. Thanks for looking!

 

[badarse]

If the large locknut just unscrewed it should be fairly simple to fish out the bottom end and catch the locknut. maybe a bit tricky, perhaps a pencil or thin nosed pliers could be useful working it out. please remove your battery before you attempt this. If not successful there's only a couple of screws holding the box together. once opened up you can get at the jack with not too much trouble. Just take your time, I think you can handle it.

Bob

 

[Ron from Michigan]

Kayak,before you take your box apart try to plug in your headphones to pull the threads back through.Good Luck Ron

 

[kayakfisher]

thanks everyone for the help, just took it apart and the very tip of the jack was left in came right out, had to bend the metal pieces to let it out, now the connection is not so good, have to go back in and bend them some more, got the headphones to work but now the speaker does not work, but I can live with that. Had to take it a part 4 times to get it right. Think I will leave well enough a lone. Someday I will get it repaired to 100%