Woofer dust cap repair advice, HELP

I've seen a tweeter dust cap massaged out with a finger before. The guy rubbed around the dent and it popped out. The dust cap on your woofer is probably thicker...

I have also heard of people using a vacuum cleaner. This can probably do more harm than good, though, unless you have an attachment with an adjustable vent so you can make the vacuum less severe.

Others will hopefully have some first hand experience to offer you. Good luck.

I sorry guy.

Thats really to bad. You could try using low tack painters tap and lay it across the cap. Then you can try to 'pop' it back out.

If that does not work you could move your way up to regular painters tape and then possibly masking tape. If that still does not work you could try the clear packing tape.

I am not sure what the caps are made of on your speaker. If it is some form of plastic it will be harder to pull back out, but it will take more force and a sticky tape to do it.

If cap is paper it should come back out pretty easily but a stronger tape could take some of the cone with it.

I would experiment of similar surfaces before you try anything.
Hope you have good luck fixing it.

Let is know how it turns out.

Cheers,
Nick,

P.S. You could also let your nephew and any other small children know that any poking will result in there finger be severed with a butter knife and then feed to the birds. :) Just kidding. But you might want to look into getting some sort of grill for them. Then when kids come over you can have a little more peace of mine.

I am always worried about some one knocking my speaker over of its stand. My wife says if I am that concerned I should put them in the corner.
She just doesn't understand. :(

buy the cheap breast pump(for breast-feeding moms), it'll work!

If you have access to tools, you might consider cutting a hole slightly bigger than the dented area in a bracing material, perhaps 1/4" plywood would work. If the dent is say 1', cut the hole about 1 1/2" and bevel the edge that will go against the cone so no sharp edge will damage the speaker. This would be held against the perimeter of damaged area while you try to pull the dent. Not knowing the textural characteristics of the area that is dented, your options might be; if the area is smooth, an appropriately sized suction cup might work nicely. If textured, an implement tipped with a ring of something like blu-tack might allow adequate suction to pull out the dent. It all depends on how sturdy the dented area is, the material, and if you can devise some means to get a pull on it. Perhaps a call to the speaker manufacturer would be in order for suggestions. Good luck!

Just another good reason NOT to have kids!.....or anyone else's too!