S 45-2 bass driver issue

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GlennB (archived2)
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Posted December 24, 2012 at 11:58 GMT
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Congratulations :-)
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mexking
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Posted December 24, 2012 at 14:08 GMT
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Dillen wrote:
I always preferred to repair rather than replace.

Thank you Orava, I will see my P45s (Tex-Mex 🙂) speakers Wednesday or Thursday, will report back with condition, top job you did here, congratulation.

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zeckomat (archived2)
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Posted February 12, 2013 at 08:36 GMT
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Good job! I really thought there's no way 'round seeking a new woofer. I will try that with my non-woofing S45-2 soon.

 

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orava
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Posted February 12, 2013 at 10:26 GMT
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Good luck. Really, it is not rocket science, but requies handy work. 🤒

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freddy63 (archived2)
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Posted February 14, 2013 at 19:24 GMT
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I'm impressed, i wish i had read a thread like this a few years ago. I might have saved my S45 woofer !

I am curious about the types of glue used.

The white glue looks like wood glue, can anyone explaine what types of glue are used on the dust-cap ? and spider/chassis ? and rubber suspention/chassis ?

Frédéric

 

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orava
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Posted February 15, 2013 at 07:28 GMT
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freddy63 wrote:

I am curious about the types of glue used.

The white glue looks like wood glue, can anyone explaine what types of glue are used on the dust-cap ? and spider/chassis ? and rubber suspention/chassis ?

Frédéric

 

Hi

I used Hempels Epoxy (danish🙂) on magnets, it is slow hardening and never let me down, I also use it on my boat so has to be good. And yes the white glue is ordinary good quality PVA-glue, someones might shake threir heads, but I didn't found reason why not, in these places it doenst, in fact it cant be flexible like when glueing surroundings. On these rubber surroundings I used Danalim(again danish) contact-glue, not like contact, but immedially wet-glueing.

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freddy63 (archived2)
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Posted February 15, 2013 at 16:42 GMT
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Thank you for making that clear.

I looked up Danalim glue, the yellow, universal adhesive 300, seems to be what you used.

Frédéric

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orava
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Posted February 18, 2013 at 09:07 GMT
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Those I mentoned were those I did use, not saying that there is no better ones.🤔 Anyway, they did work allright and I will use them in future if I do these again

 

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chartz (archived2)
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Posted February 18, 2013 at 12:37 GMT
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I used plain compound epoxy glue about 30 years ago to repair Kef B200 bass drivers, with a HUGE ferrite, almost the size of the speakers themselves and they are still working.

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eugene1960 (archived2)
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Posted July 16, 2013 at 01:25 GMT
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Following Orava's wonderful instructions

 

 

All ready to be cooked up in the Microwave for a few hours and Voila my drivers should be ready to rock n roll.

 

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