Replacing RF-35 Woofer

[atomicskiier01]

My wife's wonderful siamese cat decided, I have no idea how, to put a

small dent in one of my RF-35 woofers. My guess is that she tried

to jump up on it and her claw pushed into it. I was planning on

contacting the Klipsch parts department to get a replacement, but I

wanted to gauge on how difficult this might be to do. I wanted to

get this done before the RF-35 goes away, and I can still get parts for

it. Have any of you on here ever had to replace the woofer cone

on a reference product? I will post some pics later if I remember.

[DrWho]

I can't imagine trying to do a recone on those woofers so I would

suggest just leaving it be (perhaps try to reinforce it), or just get a

whole new driver for it []

[MarkBK]

Just replacing the driver should be easy. I used to manage a service center that did a huge volume in reconing - JBL, Altec, Tannoy, EV, etc, etc and in all likelyhood replcement driver will be more cost effective. it may be the only option available today too - not sure if Klipsch offers recone kits. The driver replacement is as easy as removing the screws holding the driver - remove speaker leads from terminals, install leads on new driver - watch for polarity - remount driver and your done.

[DrWho]

I recone all the time too, but these cerametallic cones are way too

brittle for such an operation. Heck, you barely have to touch them to

leave a dent.

[mtbsej]

My son was playing with a spoon and dented my rf25 woofers. Just

give Klipsch a call and they will be able to help you out. The

speakers are very easy to change out. you just need the star

shape tool. Good luck.

Jonathan

[atomicskiier01]

Thanks for the tips. I was never planning on re-coning, and the

driver replacement is my plan. Does anybody know how much this

might set me back? What did it cost for your RF-25 driver?

[DrWho]

Well you'll have to call them anyway, so here's the number:

1-800-Klipsch

I can't imagine it being any more than $50, but who knows. If you're patient you might get lucky and find someone parting out an RF-35 on ebay or something. I'll keep an eye out if I see anything come up.

So how bad is the tear? And is the cat still alive? []

[atomicskiier01]

Well you'll have to call them anyway, so here's the number:

1-800-Klipsch

I

can't imagine it being any more than $50, but who knows. If you're

patient you might get lucky and find someone parting out an RF-35 on

ebay or something. I'll keep an eye out if I see anything come up.

So how bad is the tear? And is the cat still alive? []

The tear is very minor and there has been no change in sound

quality at all. I was waiting for someone to ask about the cat,

and yes, she's still around[]

[fastlane]

Too bad. I have a k-1083-sb woofer I would sell to a forum member for $35 + shipping. It goes to the RF-5 and has the black dust cap, though.