Where / how to find the "plug" that secures the "ear" to the headband for the "Creative Aurvana Live!" ?

Question

Do it yourself

With Creative Aurvana Live! the bolt / hinge connecting the headband and the “ear” broke.

It's easy enough to fix.
The first, the easiest option.
The "plug" that is attached to the "ear" should be replaced with the original one. By "fork" is meant the part of the "ear" that rotates freely (about 160 degrees) and attaches it to the headband.
Next, insert the "ear + new fork" design into the headband
and voila.
What keeps me in this option:
1) Finding a "fork" is not possible. at least ebayfor requests "repair headphones forks", "headphones forks for Creative Aurvana", "headphones forks for Aurvana", "headphones forks", ... does not find what you need. However, he answered the requests for "hinge", but found only hinges for beats (as I realized later, the hinge will not save me). Perhaps what I mean by "fork" is called differently.
The second option, heavier, more Russian.
Somehow connect the broken bolt / hinge with that part of it left in the "fork". Ideally, the following will happen: Further according to the plan of the first option.
Cons:
1) Connect? How? Instant glue? Or special glue for metal? Rather, it is an option for one day / month.
2) Solder? Hmm ... But will the plastic in the "fork" melt?
Option three, even more Russian.
Remove the rest of the bolt/hinge from the "fork".
Heat up a small nail and stick the head of the nail into the darling. Next, quickly stick the sharp part of the nail into the place where the bolt / hinge remained in the fork and go through it. Then bend the nail so that it does not fall out.
Cons:
1) Indeed, very Russian. From the outside, it will look very flawed.
2) Rather, not so much "ears" will be pressed against the head.
As you can see, the best option is the first one. But how to find this "plug" on ebay, amazon, etc., or what is it called in another way? Yes, topics about repairing cables and connectors for headphones are well known on the same hub, but alas, I did not find topics on this issue. Surely this problem has occurred in people more than once. I would very much like to hear your opinion, but in general everyone I have somehow interested in.

Answer 1

I have the same problem. Just got on my aurvana.
1) Glue is not an option. The stage already passed on other headphones is enough for a couple of months.
2) Soldering the original metal will not work (It is made of aluminum)
3) The metal part of the "plug" can be removed by heating it with a soldering iron and grabbing it with tweezers. Before that, you will need to cut down a little plastic (so that you can hold the part) I
suggest further repairs with replacing the original part with a bolt. The nut will be planted inside the "Fork", and the cap will be inside the hoop. The bolt head will be ground off so that it matches the original as closely as possible.
After 5 minutes I found a video about soldering aluminum. Today I will try to sleep. I'll post here!
After 10 hours I bought a flux and it turned out to be soldered. Pretty easy even.
Then he poured epoxy glue into the hole of the plug and stuffed the part there
. And here is the result:
And which earpiece was faulty? Outwardly not visible.
They sit the same as before, only the earpiece rotates tighter due to the friction of the plastic. Maybe in the future I'll put some lube in there.
After 1 hour, the hinge fell apart. It turns out that tin does not tolerate long-term heavy loads, therefore it falls apart. So soldering the hinge does not make sense. I return to the original idea.
I made a hinge from the cap of the knitting needle . I
installed it on the headphones. As long as it keeps. Ergonomics has not changed, although now one earpiece can turn 360 degrees. The turns are really tight so it does not bring any inconvenience.
If something goes wrong, I'll write back soon.
It's been more than a day. The flight is normal. True, it was necessary to better strengthen the hinge in the fork, so that it would sit rigidly. I first used epoxy glue (but it does not have sufficient hardness) and then added super glue. Sits perfect. Now the question is about durability.

Answer 2

I fixed mine even easier,
found a cable with Com connectors, removed the screw from there,
simply melted the old fastener through with a soldering iron, covered the hole with cold welding and screwed in the screw (the screw was screwed in, which is very good, it turned out to be slightly thicker than the hole, removed the squeezed out remnants of cold welding). The screw turned out to be a little longer, shortened with a diamond file. Then he simply connected it to the top as it was, tightened the screws. It doesn't look any different from the old version.

Answer 3

don't eat your brain. do something and forget about it