How Do You Take Speakers Apart?

[Max]

I have an old set of speakers (Bose 501's). One of the speakers has a
blown woofer. I'm tempted to try to get the parts from the factory and
fix them myself and use them in my den. My first problem is that I don't
even know how to take them apart. Do you just take a knife and cut the
fabric off? Looking in my Radio Shack catalog, it looks like they sell
replacment speaker grille cloth.

Thanks in advance,

Max

[ULTRAA]

In article <4a016h$4...@chekov.sim.es.com>, Max writes:

>'m tempted to try to get the parts from the factory and
>fix them myself and use them in my den. My first problem is that I don't
>even know how to take them apart. Do you just take a knife and cut the
>fabric off?

The grills on the bose speakers are staple-nailed on or glued on. Use a
putty knife or screwdriver to pry the grill off. (the cloth is wrapped
glued onto thin hardboard)

[Warren_...@csource.com]

I> I have an old set of speakers (Bose 501's). One of the speakers has a
> blown woofer. I'm tempted to try to get the parts from the factory and

> fix them myself and use them in my den. My first problem is that I don't
> even know how to take them apart. Do you just take a knife and cut the

> fabric off? Looking in my Radio Shack catalog, it looks like they sell
> replacment speaker grille cloth.

I came across the same set ( Bose 501). Took them apart by carefully prying
out the staples. And there were many of them -- hidden throughout the fabric
and the sides. Once you remove most (all) of them the you can swing the
three sides out and around: Kind of like a piano hinge.

One of my speakers had a bad foam surround. I thought about contacting the
factory for a replacement. Also thought of picking up some type of replace-
ment speaker at RS or Parts Express. Just haven't had the time.

Inside was a green tag affixed to the bottom :
===============================
| MODEL# 501 M.O. # 11477 |
| ------ ------ |
| SER # 314157 ELECTRICAL |
don't know what M.O. means? | ------- |
| |
===============================

I thought the speakers (drivers)inside looked cheap : 10" paper cone woofer
and 2 - 4" (or was it 5") paper cone midrange drivers. The crossover
was a capacitor and coil (I think-- it was a while since I started this
project). I have no idea when this system was manuf. or sold- probably 1970s.

If you have any info on this system and ordering instructions (prices) from
the factory please forward.

---
ş SPEED 1.20 [NR] ş

--
---------------------------------------------------------------------
| Courant SOURCE OnLine - (203) 246-2425 |
---------------------------------------------------------------------

========================= !!! Automated Notice !!! =======================
E-mail replies to this user should have the following on the first line
of message text: TO: Warren Winalski
============================================================================