Got some metal shaving in the spider of my W7....

[JL12W7INAGS300 10+ year member]

Well on my 13W7 I got some metal shavings... I drilling out a stripped screw that was holding the W7 in the box, and some of the shavings from that got in the spider. I have taken most of it off so far by hand, its just stuck on there because of the magenet. Should I be worried about this and pic every peice of or is it fine? thanks.

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[Jameseypoo 5,000+ posts]

You should be fine, but if you can see the metal shavings then you should be able to get them out. Try a pipe cleaner or something along those lines.

 

[squeak9798 5,000+ posts]

You definitely don't want any of those shavings falling down into the gap.

I'd get as much as humanly possible out. Grab a little shop vac and try to sweep the rest of them out.d

 

[Jameseypoo 5,000+ posts]

magnetic field > shop vac (for the most part)

 

[Raven 10+ year member]

Tweezers if you must, get the metal shavings out.

 

[~Magick_Man~ 10+ year member]

a little bar magnet or something like that should be able to grab them since they arent directly on the sub magnet.

~Magick_Man~

 

[Ctminime 10+ year member]

yea man just go to a hardware store and get a strong *** magnet and pull them babies off.... even if they dont fall into the gap u dont want them rubbin on that spyder.... bad stuff could def happen

 

[Mr. Opportunist 10+ year member]

ok I wouldn't listen to them unless you want a ****ed up w7, what you need is blue painters/ masking tape. 8ve had the same problem w/ a mid and when I called image dynamics they said that is the ONLY thing I should use otherwise you coul risk damaging the woofer.

 

[~Magick_Man~ 10+ year member]

how in the hell is a little magnet going to damage a w7?

unless you use it and beat holes in the cone/spider

~Magick_Man~

 

[chubby 10+ year member]

unless you get some ungodly magnet that is stronger than the w7s, those metal shavings are staying put.

im going with the tweezers, you definently DON'T want those shavings to fall into the gap

 

[JL12W7INAGS300 10+ year member]

thanks for all of the advice, i will try to get that crap off tonight. thanks again

 

[ballstothewall 10+ year member]

An aircompressor and blow them outa there???

 

[JL12W7INAGS300 10+ year member]

**** there is a tiny bit left, its really hard to get out even with a shop vac. How bad is it if its still in ther? I played it with the metal shavings... i am going to take out the sub here sooner or later to check it out...