I started blundering down the path of repairing a speaker and realized I have many questions so I thought I would put up a post and hope someone is out there who knows what I'm talking about:
1) I have one stator on the non-membrane side (Mid/Treble) that needs to be completely removed and re-glued. I de-soldered the contacts for the wiring and I'm wondering if anyone has any tips on the best way to re-solder them, it seems like it could be some tricky/ugly soldering.
2) I have a corner that has come loose on another stator. I don't want to take it all apart but how to I ensure all the old glue has been removed before regluing? It seems like if I pull the stator back to get in there more glue starts to fail at neighbouring spots.
3) What would be a good replacement wire for the connections between the two mid/treble panels? I'm reusing all the other wire.
4) I am going to gauge the tension required in the diaphragm by using stacked coins. I have a reference from good panels that it takes 31 nickels for the membrane to touch the stator on a bass panel ( I realize this may transfer some coating to the stator). The mid/treble stator is only 24 nickels. Does that make sense? I thought the mid/treble is supposed to have more tension.
5) While the "good" panels don't have holes they have spots of white material, maybe 20 or so. If I'm going to re-membrane two mid panels out of 4 does it make sense to go the whole way and do the other two as well or should I try and maintain original stock as much as possible?
1) I have one stator on the non-membrane side (Mid/Treble) that needs to be completely removed and re-glued. I de-soldered the contacts for the wiring and I'm wondering if anyone has any tips on the best way to re-solder them, it seems like it could be some tricky/ugly soldering.
2) I have a corner that has come loose on another stator. I don't want to take it all apart but how to I ensure all the old glue has been removed before regluing? It seems like if I pull the stator back to get in there more glue starts to fail at neighbouring spots.
3) What would be a good replacement wire for the connections between the two mid/treble panels? I'm reusing all the other wire.
4) I am going to gauge the tension required in the diaphragm by using stacked coins. I have a reference from good panels that it takes 31 nickels for the membrane to touch the stator on a bass panel ( I realize this may transfer some coating to the stator). The mid/treble stator is only 24 nickels. Does that make sense? I thought the mid/treble is supposed to have more tension.
5) While the "good" panels don't have holes they have spots of white material, maybe 20 or so. If I'm going to re-membrane two mid panels out of 4 does it make sense to go the whole way and do the other two as well or should I try and maintain original stock as much as possible?