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Step 9Secure it.2
for even more security, i added a larger piece of heat shrink to the outside of that metal coil. electrical tape would work as well.
if you have extra headphone cord to work with you could take it one step further. a sound tech friend of mine would do this to all his clear com headphones. wrap the cord forward toward the connector then back to the headphones (making a flattened 's' shape) and wrap with electrical tape. it really adds a lot of strain relief.
(to shrink the heat shrink, you could use a heat gun, you could wave a lighter underneath- but make sure you don't melt it, or you could use the heat exhaust on the side of a butane soldering iron.)
the end result isn't as slick looking as the manufactured ones, but it does give you a real sense of pride. for instance, after checking my newly fixed headphones out, i paraded around the living room announcing, "I am a GENIUS!" to anyone who might have been in earshot.
if you have extra headphone cord to work with you could take it one step further. a sound tech friend of mine would do this to all his clear com headphones. wrap the cord forward toward the connector then back to the headphones (making a flattened 's' shape) and wrap with electrical tape. it really adds a lot of strain relief.
(to shrink the heat shrink, you could use a heat gun, you could wave a lighter underneath- but make sure you don't melt it, or you could use the heat exhaust on the side of a butane soldering iron.)
the end result isn't as slick looking as the manufactured ones, but it does give you a real sense of pride. for instance, after checking my newly fixed headphones out, i paraded around the living room announcing, "I am a GENIUS!" to anyone who might have been in earshot.
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what i was trying to do was re-solder the old broken head-jack because i thought that was the problem. it was impossible to get to it without getting tremendously angry and just ripping it apart lol. i didn't even think about buying a new top because i thought it be more complicated. this was way more simpler than i thought! I had the same feeling as you did in the end! XD thanks again!
Just fixed my own headphones couple of days ago and I really wish there would have been some heatshrink around. Right earphonecord was partially disconnected, cause: cord was on the floor, I rolled my seat on it and when I lifted my headphones... This action prodused one angry human being and lots of newly discovered curse words because of one little piece of wire. About an hour after when I discovered my soldering supplies the job was almost done; reconnecting wire to the speaker was easier than i thought, thanks to Seinheiser for making some of it's products easy-to-dismantle and to put back together...
ANYHOW (babbling like my aunts), heatshrink added (like you did) on wire-to-earphone connection point would have made my repair outcome much nicer looking. Your instructable reminded to buy this godly stuff next time when given a chance. Insulating tape meld hot with lighter made it tough to break again but this cruel outlook makes the baby-Jesus cry...