Equinox coil ear stiffener and repair

Rawkfist said:

Bought this in April of 2019. Both ears were broken off. Put this away on Sunday and all was fine. Just noticed today that it was hanging off.

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Donut said:

If your detector is still under warranty it covered.
Surprisingly the ear protector only help a little.
THIS IS ONE OF THE BEST THING YOU CAN DO FOR YOUR NOX IF YOU CARE ABOUT IT.
If anyone looks at their coil ears now without touching anything you can see the ears bending inward. That is close to the breaking point.
If you make and place washers/spacers behind the existing rubber teardrop in the shaft.
Make the washers out of a common gallon milk jug.
Place one behind each original washer.
The washers are a perfect thickness.
My ears barely bend before the become lightly snug.
YOUR FREND; Doug

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ChrisMD said:

Don’t pay $15, it’s like 2 cents worth of plastic and 5 cents of electric. If you want let me know what color you like and how many you want for which coils and I’ll send them to you.

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davemercier said:

Hi, i would very much like to get one of those stiffeners from you in black for the equinox 800 stock coil before i manage to break an ear. Please advise me on this, and i'll happily pay for it.

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Rawkfist said:

Thankfully it was still under warranty.

Just got a brand new coil today from Minelab. Whole process took about 10 days. Even with the new one I think I'm going to take your advice Doug with the milk jug washers. Thanks for the reply.
Steve

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Dan B. said:

I came across this 3D printer program that solves the issue of coil ear breaking off. I went to our local library this morning they saved the program to their 3D printer and created me this part. With a little cleanup with a razor blade it fits perfectly. I sure hope this is helpful. Here is the link so the file can be downloaded.

https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:3949618

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