Going to keep this short, car in pieces, it's dark and the mood of the wife is getting darker.

Had a nasty rattle from the sub. Tried the one accessible fixing bolt, was loose, tightened it, no better.

Stripped the panel out, found by tapping the cone of the sub, I could hear a metallic rattle.

Took the speaker out, found the following:

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probably better with a silicone sealer as it will be more flexible 
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If something can't be fixed with a hammer....... You have yourself an electrical fault!

Hot melt glue should be OK, you may need something stronger ultimately as the 'bit in the middle' is the driver of the speaker (not technically accurate but you know what I mean) and makes the whole cone panel move - On a sub the movements can be quite violent so it needs to be a strong bond.

Let us know how you get on

Been watching some YouTube stuff from the states. One recommends a 2 part epoxy. Had been leaning towards silicone, but don't think the cone flexes much that close to the centre so now starting to think about araldite. Got the time it takes me to finish my take away curry ( wife not cooking ) to decide!

Thanks for input so far.

David

Araldite now on, so not better suggestions now please! 10 mins to set before handling, so will install it tonight, but not going to exercise it til tomorrow.

David

Why not try a local audio specialist store and see if they have anything in that could replace it??

No better suggestions - pretty sure epoxy was the best way to go.

No audio specialist is going to have speakers in that shape and size, so if it doesn't hold, you either do some adaption of another speaker or look on the bay or a breakers. 
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Why not try a local audio specialist store and see if they have anything in that could replace it??

Because they are all shut.

That may well be the next move if plan A goes belly up.

All back together now, getting to the sub is trivial once you have done it once. Will report back.

David

Early signs are this just may have worked, no more odd rattling thumps from the back (even to Britney, Dan).

It is even possible that a 2 part epoxy was not just the best available option last night, but was actually the right thing.

http://www.simplyspeakers.com/speaker-repa...-1500.html

Will report back if the fix does not hold, but looking good so far.

David

Top job David - that explains why the sub looked OK when I looked at it!

Just go easy on Britney from now on! 

Just to close this out.

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