How to remove woofers that are too tight in the box?

[johngalt47]

I have a couple of woofers in boxes that I can't remove because they are too tight. Any suggestions on how to remove them?

[humphreyblowdart]

Re: How to remove woofers that are too tight in the box?

Apply ice to the area and the swelling should subside in 30-45 minutes, and then never buy gas station "male enhancement" pills again.

[fpitas]

Re: How to remove woofers that are too tight in the box?

I'm not sure what you mean by too tight in the box, but threading a bolt through one of the mounting holes and gently tightening it will usually pop the woofer off the surface.

[rhodesj]

Re: How to remove woofers that are too tight in the box?

Plug any ports, then play some low freq sine waves so the drivers have some excursion, see if they work themselves loose?

[Face]

Re: How to remove woofers that are too tight in the box?

Plug any ports, then play some low freq sine waves so the drivers have some excursion, see if they work themselves loose?

Leave the screws in, but only a couple of turns when doing this. Otherwise your woofer may fall out all the way.

[jonasz]

Re: How to remove woofers that are too tight in the box?

Take out the tweeter and push the woofers magnet with a tool.

[Jay1]

Re: How to remove woofers that are too tight in the box?

If all of the above suggestions fail, as a last resort

http://www.homedepot.com/p/Husky-Precision-Pick-and-Probe-Set-4-Piece-60004H/204314893

You will likely have minor damage to the surface around the woofer hole, but it wont be anything that cant be repaired.

[dcibel]

Re: How to remove woofers that are too tight in the box?

Plug any ports, then play some low freq sine waves so the drivers have some excursion, see if they work themselves loose?

You can build up more pressure by leaving the ports open.

[rhodesj]

Re: How to remove woofers that are too tight in the box?

You can build up more pressure by leaving the ports open.

Good point, just have to run the tone at the box's tuning frequency.

[bret191]

Re: How to remove woofers that are too tight in the box?

Drill a small hole directly behind the woofer that is stuck and use a dowel wood or metal depending on how bad it is. After you try the loose screw and low frequency trick... I would try all low frequencies starting at the bottom.

[ROTECH]

Re: How to remove woofers that are too tight in the box?

32oz ball peen.

[billfitzmaurice]

Re: How to remove woofers that are too tight in the box?

I have a couple of woofers in boxes that I can't remove because they are too tight. Any suggestions on how to remove them?

You need to better explain what 'too tight' means.

[johngalt47]

Re: How to remove woofers that are too tight in the box?

I cut the rebate hole with no tolerance. The woofers were a press fit and now I can't get them back out.

One of them is a RS225-8 but the other is a SS 18W/4531G and I really don't want to damage it.

[ROTECH]

Re: How to remove woofers that are too tight in the box?

Tolerance is necessary with any wood. But thats spilt milk now.

[r-carpenter]

Re: How to remove woofers that are too tight in the box?

can your speaker fit in the fridge? I am not kidding BTW.