jbl 4301 intermittent voice coil rub on woofer. recone or purchase used

[muscmp]

i have a pair of 4301s that have had the surrounds replaced a couple years ago. one has developed intermittent voice coil rub. it works fine one day and the next it sounds terrible. trying to figure out whether to recone, which i figure would be about $100-110 or to go for a replacement woofer, most likely from ebay. the guy who would do the recone is fairly local so i would save shipping both ways.

edit: the guy says he is unable to find a recone kit for it at this time. it is a 116A woofer so i guess i'll be looking for a replacement woofer.

thanks,
mikeB

[JeffW]

You're in SoCal, get ahold of Edgewound at Upland Loudspeaker Service. He may be able to repair what you have -

http://www.repairspeakers.com/

[muscmp]

You're in SoCal, get ahold of Edgewound at Upland Loudspeaker Service. He may be able to repair what you have -

http://www.repairspeakers.com/

will do.
thanks,

[muscmp]

i've found a recone kit with speaker exchange but the guy who will be doing the recone says OEM would be better. anyone have a source for that? speaker is 116a. i've checked with edgewound but haven't heard back yet.
thanks,

[SEAWOLF97]

before messing with it (my L-19 has same issue) , I'd locate
where it is rubbing , remove the driver and rotate it 180 , remount
and see if improvement ?

[macaroonie]

^^^^^^^ YUP , good advice , might take a while to settle out , it's taken 40 years to reach this condition.

[muscmp]

before messing with it (my L-19 has same issue) , I'd locate
where it is rubbing , remove the driver and rotate it 180 , remount
and see if improvement ?

thanks seawolf, i've done that twice and struck out. after doing so, it is ok for a day or so and then starts rubbing again. i've ordered an oem recone kit, outrageously priced and will have someone else do the reconing. so, quite a bit of money but will be worth it in the long run. great sounding speakers, and, now quite old, so once they go, time to get them fixed.
thanks,
mikeB

[DerekTheGreat]

You try calling or emailing Edgewound? I'm from Michigan and I had my 128H's refoamed, then reconed locally & they still weren't right.. Due to all the garbage I went through in my area, I thought I'd chance sending them to him. Now he's the only person I'd trust to do my stuff- one and done. If you call, be sure to leave a message with your number, he'll get back to you.