Regis
02-18-2005, 07:48 AM
Hi all,
I was at my friends house last night working on his L-150's. The surrounds are rotted of course on both woofers and PR's. I have a pair of 128H's in good shape that I was going to pop in, until we get Rick's kit (just so we can test them out).
JBL must've installed all these speakers in the 70's with the paint still wet/sticky on the cabs, because they ain't coming out for nothing. It's like they're super-glued. I ended up using my fingers behind the cone on the P/R's to pry it out with brute force. This allowed me to access the back of the woofers. Beating on them with my fist does nothing. So I ended up using a short 2x4, braced internally against the back of the bottom, angling upwards and them taking another piece of wood and used the 2x4 as a fulcrum for the lever. I aligned it with the frame and pushed and they popped out.
What other methods to the rest of you use to remove 25 year old speakers out without using a screwdriver to the front and marring the wood?
I was at my friends house last night working on his L-150's. The surrounds are rotted of course on both woofers and PR's. I have a pair of 128H's in good shape that I was going to pop in, until we get Rick's kit (just so we can test them out).
JBL must've installed all these speakers in the 70's with the paint still wet/sticky on the cabs, because they ain't coming out for nothing. It's like they're super-glued. I ended up using my fingers behind the cone on the P/R's to pry it out with brute force. This allowed me to access the back of the woofers. Beating on them with my fist does nothing. So I ended up using a short 2x4, braced internally against the back of the bottom, angling upwards and them taking another piece of wood and used the 2x4 as a fulcrum for the lever. I aligned it with the frame and pushed and they popped out.
What other methods to the rest of you use to remove 25 year old speakers out without using a screwdriver to the front and marring the wood?