Fixing driver surround attachment

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I have a Vandersteen speaker with a buzz. The high bass driver cone
has become separated from its surround. How can I fix it best? The
cone is some sort of plastic and the surround is rubber. The speaker
is far past warranty.

[Arny Krueger]

> wrote in message


> I have a Vandersteen speaker with a buzz.

Stop using it immediately. You probably have a rubbing voice coil. If this
continues for any amount of time, the voice coil will rub through, and
become open.

> The high bass
> driver cone has become separated from its surround. How
> can I fix it best?

Someone who knows what they are doing might be able to shim the voice coil
to recenter it, and reglue the surround.


> The cone is some sort of plastic and
> the surround is rubber. The speaker is far past warranty.

It may already be far past help. Contact Vandersteen for a new driver if one
is needed.

http://www.vandersteen.com/pages/Pdffiles/RepairIns.pdf

[Clyde Slick]

On 25 Dec, 10:49, ScottW > wrote:
> On Dec 25, 6:43*am, "Arny Krueger" > wrote:
>
> > > wrote in message
>
>
>
> > > I have a Vandersteen speaker with a buzz.
>
> > Stop using it immediately. You probably have a rubbing voice coil. If this
> > continues for any amount of time, the voice coil will rub through, and
> > become open.
>
> * It could be the separated edge of the surround buzzing.
> * Try securing it with a piece of tape and see if the buzzing quits.
> *If it is the voice coil rubbing, you're on a path to replace the
> driver.
> *I've fixed surrounds on 3 different drivers succussfully without
> ever needing to shim the coils. *The repair is fairly easy,
> getting it to look factory new is not.
>
> You can probably get the necessary parts here
> or have them repair the driver.
>
> http://www.speakerrepair.com/
>
> or you can get surrounds at a half dozen surround suppliers
> on e-bay and the web.
>
> ScottW

he probably should replace both surrounds, if the surrounds
are the only problem. It would be best to take them
'to someone experienced in glueing them together properly.