Axiom Home Page Forums General Discussion Home Theater HELP, My EP500 got damaged!

UPS can be very rough, I had a 21 inch crt shipped from the west coast and it looked like they rolled it down a hill then used it as a soccerball. It worked for like 5 years and then one day boom, no more picture. I hate UPS!

If it worked for five years, I'm willing to bet UPS's handling had no effect on it.

Here are links to the pics of the damage. Not sure if I formed the syntax right. If it doesn't work just copy and paste link into browser with the <url> tags

<URL>http://www.echocommerce.net/images/subdamage.jpg</URL>
<url>http://www.echocommerce.net/images/subdamage2.jpg</url>

Ok here are the images...it helps to read the FAQS

During my garage band era… that was a very common occurrence on guitars/bass amps knobs. What we used to do if we couldn’t find a replacement potentiometer is to use a small saw blade and saw thru the center of what remains of the knob. It has to be wide enough to fit a dime or a quarter to rotate the control.
Hope it helps...
~Jaime

Unforunately it sheared off flush so there isn't anything sticking out of the back of the amp. I couldn't even get a pair of needle nose on it to try and turn it that way. I posted pics of the damge. I think they are on the 2nd page

Thanks

Looks pretty scratched in the area around the volume post. If the post is metal, can you tap it?

Just saw the pictures... Only as last resort, you can saw right thru the bolt, not all the way. I’ll say about 25-35%. I've done it before and worked, but I dont recomended 8^0

What you mean by 'tap'? [English is not my native tongue] Is it soldering? if that’s the case, I wont recommend that, the heat may damage the potentiometer. I believe we damage a few doing that.

A "tap" in this context is a special drill-like thing used to put threads on the inside of a hole. In other words, drill a hole in the shaft (don't go too deep) and then tap the inside of the hole so you can bolt on a new knob.

The other option would be to have a local repair shop see if they can replace the potentiometer with a new part. That's probably the best way to go.