Not so easy fix - Brian H P - Speaker Asylum

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Not so easy fix

In Reply to: RE: Decision Time posted by jadevo on July 2, 2015 at 16:43:50:

I've refoamed a dozen or more pairs of woofers over the years, and it's not hard but requires extreme patience, a steady hand, and ability to follow instructions to the letter. The most tedious part is the first -- carefully removing the old surround and scraping off ALL glue remnants from the basket and cone edge. Make sure you clean up ALL the crumbs and dust before the next step, removing the dust cap so you can insert the centering shims in the voice coil prior to gluing on the new surround. There are several companies that can either sell you the replacement kit or do the work for you for a fee. Parts Express in Ohio, Speakerworks in Oregon, and some outfit in I think San Diego are among them.

That being said, your damage may go beyond split surrounds, given your description of the distortion it now puts out. If the unfortunate bass blast bottomed out the voice coil against the backplate, the coil former itself could be bent, and the coil is scraping in the gap. This means the driver is FUBAR and must be replaced. First place to check is with the manufacturer of your speakers, see if they have any replacement woofers in stock. If that fails, get in touch with Madisound to see if they have any "close" replacements in their database.

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Not so easy fix - Brian H P 11:19:48 07/03/15 (2)

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RE: Decision Time - airtime 09:18:30 07/02/15 (0)

Think you have the right order, just invert it. - Edp 08:54:57 07/02/15 (1)

RE: Think you have the right order, just invert it. - jadevo 09:13:32 07/02/15 (0)

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