Mr2die4

The last thing I did was add some carpet padding the interior. I cut it to fit the cabinet well, and used a spray adhesive to hold it on. I rpelaced the original grey padding as well. Back together again and they sound great. Im going to give them another week before I really crank em up.

Inside the cabinet I used tight fitting peices of some cheap quarter round trim from Home Depot. The drying process for this step took quite a while. I let them sit for five hours before I moved on.

My man George at Ace told me the best stuff he had was the Gorilla Wood glue. I filled the gap (much larger without the thick original glue) with this stuff. I found these clamps and strapped them on nice and hard. The towel is on there because the orange clamp was raw metal, and its keeping the cabinet from being scratched.

I used a sharp chisel to scrape the old glue from the cabinet im preparation for my own glue. The factory glue was the consistency of hot glue and had considerable "give" to it. Here the glue has been removed and the rough wood is showing. After this step I took the cabinet outside and used en electric sander to further remove the glue from the wood frame. I went through a few pieces of sand paper as the glue just stuck in the grit. I was careful to clean the interior of the cabinet with denatured alcohol after the sanding process to remove as much dust as possible. Also, before replacing the back of the cabinet into the frame I scuffed the laminate with heavy grit sandpaper to give the glue something to grip on.

Inside the cabinet Apllying a bit of pressure to the back of the cabinet. Notice the gap. A bit more pressure and the back of thecabinet fell right out. I guess this is where my rattle was coming from.

So, here we go. I got the computer to work and I'm posting the results from my KG 5.5 rebuild. Here I have taken the speakers apart.

So, I finished the rebuild, but the computer that reads my SD card is broken. I have to wait for the parts to come it before I can upload pictures. SHould be next week.

When I opened them up i pushed on the back wall of the cabinet and it just fell out of the speaker. The glue thefactory used is pretty slickstuff so I scrapped it all off. I am rebuilding them now, expect to post the pictures of it later today or tomorrow. I decided to take your advice and reglue them, and add some batting.

Iv'e been driving these beaties for years now and have developed a rattle in one of the cabinets. Has anyone here had similar problems with their cabinets. I was thinking of removing the drivers and insulation and laying some fiberglass on the seams from the inside. I figure that would stiffen them right up. Any audiphiles out there please dont hold back if you think is a crazy idea and would kill my speaks. I understand that placing too much overlap on the cabinet wold cut down on the reverberations they produce, but Iv'e got to get rid of this rattle. Yes, this is a repeat post from the home theater section.

Iv'e been driving these beaties for years now and have developed a rattle in one of the cabinets. Has anyone here had similar problems with their cabinets. I was thinking of removing the drivers and insulation and laying some fiberglass on the seams from the inside. I figure that would stiffen them right up. Any audiphiles out there please dont hold back if you think is a crazy idea and would kill my speaks. I understand that placing too much overlap on the cabinet wold cut down on the reverberations they produce, but Iv'e got to get rid of this rattle.