replacing a woofer in my totem rokk

sleepkyng · « **on:** 31 Oct 2004, 12:17 am »

Totem sent me a new woofer to replace the faulty one in my rokks.

how do you remove the woofer in the speaker?

i don't want to damage anything so...

cheers

ooheadsoo · « **Reply #1 on:** 31 Oct 2004, 12:24 am »

Aren't there screws in the basket? Just unscrew them and pop the woofer out...carefully. The thing to be worried about is the finish on your speaker and yanking the xover inside, but you should be ok.

sleepkyng · « **Reply #2 on:** 31 Oct 2004, 12:42 am »

i unscrewed it but it won't pop out!

should i try to pry it out?

Mad DOg · « **Reply #3 on:** 31 Oct 2004, 12:48 am »

Quote from: sleepkyng

i unscrewed it but it won't pop out!

should i try to pry it out?

try angling it out...the magnet structure of the woofer is probably pretty big and is a tight squeeze to get out...

ohenry · « **Reply #4 on:** 31 Oct 2004, 12:54 am »

There could be adhesive around the edge of the basket holding the driver to the baffle. If so, carefully do some prying with something like a putty knife in a manner as to not scar the baffle.

ooheadsoo · « **Reply #5 on:** 31 Oct 2004, 12:57 am »

That happened to me. It's most likely the rubber gasket, or at least it was in my case. ohenry's got the idea

Music Maven · « **Reply #6 on:** 31 Oct 2004, 01:28 am »

Personally I'd put it on Totem as the manufacturer. Let them take the responsibility to give you proper instructions. Then they can't say later that you performed unauthorized service...

Jerry

bubba966 · « **Reply #7 on:** 31 Oct 2004, 08:05 am »

One trick I've seen talked about to remove drivers is to lie it down on it's face so that the driver isn't supported by anything, and has an inch or so to drop. Then let gravity take it's course.

So if you took a pair of books, or thick magazines and used those to support the speaker so that when it's laying on it's face it's resting on the books and the driver you want to remove isn't being supported.

It might take a bit of time for it to drop out on it's own if gravity is the only thing pulling it out. So you might just want to leave it for a day or so.

mcgsxr · « **Reply #8 on:** 31 Oct 2004, 07:21 pm »

getting anywhere on this sleepkyng? I hope so, since the Rokk is a good speaker when properly sorted.

Have you called Totem?

Mark in Canada

rosconey · « **Reply #9 on:** 31 Oct 2004, 08:01 pm »

gravity works the best

sleepkyng · « **Reply #10 on:** 31 Oct 2004, 08:26 pm »

ah, nothing like tryin to read 4 books in two days, fix a speaker, calm down a crazy manhattan girlfriend, pay my bills and write an 8 page essay.

cheers fellas, your suggestions are very helpful, i'll let yah know when i get time to the speaker.

the ball and chain doth tug, regardless of space and time!