Hi All-
I have recently purchased a pair of L250's. The speakers just arrived on friday and since then I have been planning and beginning the process of getting them into as near original condition as possible.
The cabinets are in very good (but not perfect) shape, but a couple of the drivers need repair.
The LE14H-1's need (at least) to be re-foamed. The foam is deteriorating and broken around the edge of the driver; so I've purchased re-foam kits, and have started to take the old foam off one of the cones, but am not sure how to proceed, so I'd like some advice.
I have a picture of one of the drivers, as I received it, and a couple if pictures after beginning the re-foam process on the other driver. I've removed the old foam, and can see how the new foam will attach to the back of the cone, on the inside edge of the foam, to the outer edge of the cone. But I don't see how to attach the outer edge of the foam to the speaker frame and gasket.
Specifically, the frame of the transducer has a metal flange or face, with what appears to be a thin rubber ring around the inside edge of it (about 1/8 in. thick by 3/8 in. tall). Is this called the gasket? Do I need to remove this to put the foam underneath it and then glue it back? There is also a rubber gasket like material protruding out the back of the frame (4th photo with the terminal posts showing). I've heard that these transducers are notoriously difficult to get fixed, and in fact I've been told by two local speaker repair shops that they won't fix them period.
I feel like I'm in the deep end without my water wings...
Thanks in advance,
Jim