Dented subwoofer

[Awsomnes]

Hi, I've got a kratos s3 subwoofer. The side of the cone seems to have been slightly dented and I can't use a vacuum because of the dent being located on the side of the cone. Thus is there another way to fix it? I've bought some superglue and I thought that I could maybe put a tiny bit of it on the end of some kind of stick and then place it in the dent, let it harden and then carefully pull the dent out without actually breaking it. I will then remove the leftover glue somehow. It should work if I do it carefully right? Thank you for your suggestions and advises.

[spwath]

I would use tape instead of superglue.

Either way, it doesn't need to be fixed. That is just the dust cap, and should not affect sound.

[flibberdipper]

Like ol' fanboy above me said, it's just the dust cap. No point pulling it out unless the look really bothers you, in which case tape or a very fine pin bent over a bit would work fine.

[Awsomnes]

Yar i get what y'all be saying, and in all honesty then yes i too believe it shouldn't affect sound, but goddamn my brain is just going crazy over it haha. I've tried tape, ain't gonna stick thoe. So super glue is out of the question? Well then.

[johnt]

36 minutes ago, Awsomnes said:

So super glue is out of the question? Well then.

Definitely don't use super glue. You will ruin a lot more.

 

I see screws around the speaker. Why don't you just pull out the speaker and try to push out the cap by hand or a q-tip?

 

I'm a firm believer that adhesives should be the last option in any project.

[Awsomnes]

I see, well then. Thank yall for ya help! 

[spwath]

2 hours ago, JohnT said:

Definitely don't use super glue. You will ruin a lot more.

 

I see screws around the speaker. Why don't you just pull out the speaker and try to push out the cap by hand or a q-tip?

 

I'm a firm believer that adhesives should be the last option in any project.

Because the magnet will be in the way. You can't touch the dust cap from behind the speaker.

[JZStudios]

If it's not a paper cone then superglue on a toothpick might work, but it might also just tear off the material. If it does work you could use acetone to melt to glue,  but it might also affect the cone.

Pretty risky proposition all in all.

[johnt]

3 hours ago, spwath said:

Because the magnet will be in the way. You can't touch the dust cap from behind the speaker.

The cap doesn't sit against the magnet. There is a little room usually...

[spwath]

7 minutes ago, JohnT said:

The cap doesn't sit against the magnet. There is a little room usually...

But the voice coil is around the dust cap. And that goes into the magnet.

[johnt]

2 hours ago, spwath said:

But the voice coil is around the dust cap. And that goes into the magnet.

It's minor surgery. Small tools. I think it's worth a try before trying adhesive. 

[spwath]

27 minutes ago, JohnT said:

It's minor surgery. Small tools. I think it's worth a try before trying adhesive. 

I just don't get how you think it is at all possible?
Here is the back of a typical speaker:

You can see the back of the cone, but not the back of the dust cap. The magnet blocks it, and the voice coil goes around the outside of the dust cap and into the magnet. there is no physical way to access the dust cap from the back,

 

[johnt]

58 minutes ago, spwath said:

I just don't get how you think it is at all possible?
Here is the back of a typical speaker:

 

You can see the back of the cone, but not the back of the dust cap. The magnet blocks it, and the voice coil goes around the outside of the dust cap and into the magnet. there is no physical way to access the dust cap from the back,

 

Mmmmm??? Maybe. I still say it's worth a gander. You can usually move the dust cap.

 

I'm not saying this is the only way he can do it lol. It's just better, in my opinion, than adhesive.

[akio123008]

Just use the glue, it shouldn't be an issue. Just put a little of that glue on a stick of some sort, attach the stick to the deepest part of the dent and then carefully pull it towards you, while using your hand to stop the entire cone from moving with it. When done use a knife to remove the stick from the dust cap.

10 hours ago, JohnT said:

It's minor surgery. Small tools. I think it's worth a try before trying adhesive. 

How on earth would that work? I guess you'd have to destroy the surround of the cone, remove the entire cone from the basket and then push against dust cap through the voice coil attached to the cone. Yeah, that's waaaay better than adhesive... Oh btw what are you going to do about the surround you destroyed? super glue anyone?

EDIT: oh and that's without even mentioning the spider.

[Ross Siggers]

Put a penis pump onto it, a few goes on that and the suction will pull the indentation out.

Speaking from experience...? 

[SolarNova]

@Awsomnes

 

Plastic/styrene  cup, like you get form a coffee shop. Hole in the bottom. place it over the speaker cap, use vacuum on bottom of cup. Done.

[Awsomnes]

Welp guys! So um, lets just say that i tried each one of the methods that you guys told me and i thank y'all for that. But well, there was a bit of an accident. The methods that i was told didn't really work and thus i was like fuck it lets try the glue method and shit that also didn't work, which was to be expected. Now then, i honestly don't even care about the small dent anymore, specially considering that it doesn't affect sound and that i was just being goddamn picky. So is there like any way to remove the leftover glue from the speaker cone? Its dried pretty quickly but i'm assuming that nail cleaner should be pretty useful? Anyway, sorry for being a burden and thanks again fellows. Oh and, i should've listened to you JohnT, my mistake haha. At least i wont repeat the same mistake again.