Passive rattle w/ stripped screws

dagame27

I have recently heard an intermediate rattle in my SRS 2's. Upon examination, it's coming from the left passive radiator. I also noticed that two screws aren't grabbing. Using search, I found that Noel (ND13) had the same issue, (these are his old speakers), which ended up being a loose crossover. I am going to mess with that this weekend, but was wondering if there is anything I can do about fixing the screws. I am not very skilled when it comes to this kind of stuff, so hopefully it is not too difficult.

nooshinjohn

I would fill the holes with wood putty, packing them as tightly as possible, and then redrill some new pilot holes and reinstall the screws

treitz3

Or you could stick a toothpick [part of] in the hole and screw it back in for a temporary fix.

SCompRacer

Hardwood dowels is another solid repair. Drill a hole and glue them in, then drill the screw hole. Either buy a dowel rod and cut to length, or purchase a bag of splined dowel rods in various diameters at the hardware store.

zarrdoss

set the speaker on its back and put some tape over the hole on back to prevent glue from running out then squirt some elmers glue in the hole and let it dry. re-drill pilot holes and then put the screw back in but hand tighten the screws be careful not to overtighten. it worked fine for me.

F1nut

SCompRacer wrote: »

Hardwood dowels is another solid repair.

That is the ONLY proper way to repair the damage. Nothing else is worth the bother.

Face

If you feel like replacing all of them.

http://www.madisound.com/catalog/product_info.php?cPath=404_18_393&products_id=350

Systems

Edit:see above.,Mike beat me to it.

BAD ASP

Two things I would recommend:
Remove the passive
1.Carpenters glue (kinda yellow) and a few toothpicks, fill the hole tightly with the toothpicks dipped first in the glue. Wait for the glue to dry and cut off the exposed ends with an endcutter. Sand or file the surface smooth.
2.Match up a drill bit to the screw you are using. Do this by holding the screw over the bit and make sure that at least the screw threads are wider than the drill bit. You want to make sure that the screw shank is slightly larger that the diameter of the drill bit.

or
Abandon the exising mounting holes.

Rotate the passive radiator about an inch and mark all of the holes and redrill. Remount the passive. The speakers gasket will bridge the old holes. Don't overtighten, just snug them you don't need to crank down, you don't want to compress / flatten the gasket hard to the speaker mount.

MY2c FWIW

comfortablycurt

I've been noticing a rattle coming from one of my 7A's lately. It only occurs when I have it really cranked up, like way above my normal listening level, or during really deep bass passages. I finally got around to tracking it down, and it turns out that one of the screw holes on the tweeter is stripped out.:(

I don't really wanna fix it with the toothpick method, so I'm gonna have to pick up a hardwood dowel and fix it properly.:)

nooshinjohn

comfortablycurt wrote: »

I've been noticing a rattle coming from one of my 7A's lately. It only occurs when I have it really cranked up, like way above my normal listening level, or during really deep bass passages. I finally got around to tracking it down, and it turns out that one of the screw holes on the tweeter is stripped out.:(

I don't really wanna fix it with the toothpick method, so I'm gonna have to pick up a hardwood dowel and fix it properly.:)

I think an MRI would reveal the true cause as being a case of a loose nut operating your system:D:p

BrettT1

F1nut wrote: »

That is the ONLY proper way to repair the damage. Nothing else is worth the bother.

My guess as to why he is THE PRES.



:cool:

treitz3

comfortablycurt wrote: »

I don't really wanna fix it with the toothpick method, so I'm gonna have to pick up a hardwood dowel and fix it properly.:)

That's why I said a "temporary fix". It'll getcha' by until.........

Sometimes tunes are really that important.

comfortablycurt

treitz3 wrote: »

That's why I said a "temporary fix". It'll getcha' by until.........

Sometimes tunes are really that important.

I was thinking about doing that for a temporary fix, but it's not really noticeable 90% of the time. For the most part, I only ever hear it during movies, during really deep bass passages, when I have it cranked up louder than I usually do. I just heard it during music for the first time today. I was listening to "Come Together" by the Beatles, which starts off with a really deep bass line, as I'm sure most of you know.;) I had it cranked up way higher than I do during normal listening. Actually it was probably the highest I've ever had them turned up since getting them. It sounded great just FYI.:D

I'm considering doing some XO mods, and adding some Moretite to all of the drivers later this year. I'll probably just fix it when I do that, rather than tearing it apart twice, since it's not really bothering me the majority of the time.

dagame27

Thanks for the advice guys. I tightened the other screws, as well as the crossover. It seems to be ok for now, but I will eventually have to fix the stripped screws. I figure that I'll do it the right way the 1st time so I don't have to do it again. Maybe it gives me an excuse to do some upgrades:D

dagame27

After hearing the rattle again during a movie tonight, I finally got to taking off the radiator. It turns out, it was just the internal wires hitting the back of the passive. A little tape and I'm all good to go:cool: