MikeFord Posted August 17, 2014 Share Posted August 17, 2014 I am pretty sure my Forte speakers sounded fine for a couple weeks before I noticed a scratchy sound. VC clearly rubbing on something when the cone is moved. I bought a pair of replacement drivers from Crites, and set the old woofer aside. Today I was looking at it, and the large round ferrite magnet on the rear is clearly off center. Any thoughts on fixing this? My first thought is heat and a soft hammer, but too much of either and its fubar. OTOH driver is useless as is unless I tried to transplant the apparently perfectly good cone/spider/VC. Any screws hiding, or is it just glued and clamped somehow? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jason str Posted August 17, 2014 Share Posted August 17, 2014 If you throw up some pictures we could get a better idea of what's going on but the basket is probably junk by the sound of it.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeFord Posted August 17, 2014 Author Share Posted August 17, 2014 With the woofer face down on the table, the Ferrite disc portion of the magnet structure sticks out about 3/16" on one side and about 1/2" on the other, presumably it shifted. The basket and rear plate seem fine, as is the cone. Did a google, not sure it applies, but Orange County Speakers (10 miles away) shows magnet realign $55. I may give them a call on Monday. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
djk Posted August 19, 2014 Share Posted August 19, 2014 It also requires a re-cone, plus the magnet fee. Remove the cone assy, throw away. De-mag, re-align, re-mag, re-cone, done. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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