# Did some bose head unit repair on my 92 GXE yesterday...

Posted by awsm66 (93SE) on September 29, 2003 at 09:03:47: I got a DD bose unit a while back and it was rebuilt not long before I got it (maybe a year). About a month or so ago it started to get staticky on the radio stations. The actual channel would drop because the ST would blink. I am thinking easy fix...probably cold solder joints on the ant. hookup in the radio because you can tap the radio and it starts working again. I have been lazy and hadnt wanted to mess with it but the other day the cd started messing up and had err on it after it played about 5 or 6 seconds. I got tired of my wife complaining about that and the clock so I decided to fix them yesterday. I took the radio out and noticed on the CD part that one of the gel pads (or whatever they are called) that the cd shuttle floats on was collapsed and leaking. Thankfully I had an old bose that someone gave to me a while back because it didnt work at all. I took the cd unit out of it and swaped it over...didnt work. I then proceded to take the unit apart and get that pad off to swap it. That did the trick and fixed it. I also re-soldered the FM connections on the board and the antenna connections which appeared to fix that problem too...will know with more driving time but am pretty sure it did it pretty regularly. Finally replaced the cap in the clock too so the wife doesnt have anything to complain about...right now that is. Of course the speedometer messed up last week for a day or so...seems to be fine now. I think I am going to go ahead and get another one anyway just to make sure. I wish I had the money to go ahead and buy a new system for the car but the bose is fine for her and I like the fact that everything looks nice and factory (yeah I know I am weird that way). I actually have a Pioneer cd player that I stuck in there for temp. use a week or so ago but wanted to get the bose back in there since my wife has some childrens tapes that she plays. Anyway just thought I would share in case anyone else wants to attempt to repair their bose radio that has had a similar prob. Replys: No shame in looking factory> David (94SEL) 11:45:52 9/29/2003 (0)

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: I got a DD bose unit a while back and it was rebuilt not long before I got it (maybe a year). About a month or so ago it started to get staticky on the radio stations. The actual channel would drop because the ST would blink. I am thinking easy fix...probably cold solder joints on the ant. hookup in the radio because you can tap the radio and it starts working again. I have been lazy and hadnt wanted to mess with it but the other day the cd started messing up and had err on it after it played about 5 or 6 seconds. I got tired of my wife complaining about that and the clock so I decided to fix them yesterday. : I took the radio out and noticed on the CD part that one of the gel pads (or whatever they are called) that the cd shuttle floats on was collapsed and leaking. Thankfully I had an old bose that someone gave to me a while back because it didnt work at all. I took the cd unit out of it and swaped it over...didnt work. I then proceded to take the unit apart and get that pad off to swap it. That did the trick and fixed it. I also re-soldered the FM connections on the board and the antenna connections which appeared to fix that problem too...will know with more driving time but am pretty sure it did it pretty regularly. : Finally replaced the cap in the clock too so the wife doesnt have anything to complain about...right now that is. Of course the speedometer messed up last week for a day or so...seems to be fine now. I think I am going to go ahead and get another one anyway just to make sure. : I wish I had the money to go ahead and buy a new system for the car but the bose is fine for her and I like the fact that everything looks nice and factory (yeah I know I am weird that way). I actually have a Pioneer cd player that I stuck in there for temp. use a week or so ago but wanted to get the bose back in there since my wife has some childrens tapes that she plays. : Anyway just thought I would share in case anyone else wants to attempt to repair their bose radio that has had a similar prob.