HELP ME PLEASE!? Kicker L7 making "Rattling sound"

[Trancer 10+ year member]

I just read this thread from start to finish and I gotta say it cracked me up each page. LOL

Now, please DONT take what I say below the wrong way. Its probably the best advice you will receive and the guys here will agree.

Just some advice bro, it seems like everything of Car Audio Knowledge 101 is completely missing, and you will accomplish more of getting to know car audio from reading all over the message board than asking a bunch of guys who have 10+ years of experience. Your audiophiles only know how to talk one language and throw around car audio terms that are only confusing you. So in order to ask questions and get answers you will understand, brush up on your car audio language. Thats what I did 10 years ago, before I created a thread on this board. I learned probably 3x's faster by reading this board than asking questions. I think I read for a good solid 3 weeks before I even created a screen name. Its all I did in two different high school classes. I didnt even have a car, let alone a drivers license. I still remember 10 years ago when I asked a friend, "Which is louder? A 2 Ohm subwoofer or a 4 Ohm subwoofer?"

So like I said, jump around on the board from the Subwoofer section around to the Amplifier section, read up on the Sticky threads, and soak in as much learning as you can. Once you do, you probably would have saved yourself 5 pages of a thread of clueless questions, maybe even the thread all together, and would have saved yourself much more questions in the future. Just give it a shot. If you really read this board for a good two weeks, your knowledge of Car Audio will be so much more. Reading is knowledge my friend. Good luck //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/smile.gif.1ebc41e1811405b213edfc4622c41e27.gif

 

[Trancer 10+ year member]

the big cone shaped thing that moves and makes the boom

Or in his case with the Kicker, "Thud, Thud"

 

[akheathen Premium Member]

Or in his case with the Kicker, "Thud, Thud"

'eh...more like the square thing that makes the rumble-shake.... rockford makes the thud

 

[ktwagner 10+ year member]

yes true i have done lots of reading by now i know a lot more then i did about a couple weeks ago.

I just read this thread from start to finish and I gotta say it cracked me up each page. LOL
Now, please DONT take what I say below the wrong way. Its probably the best advice you will receive and the guys here will agree.

Just some advice bro, it seems like everything of Car Audio Knowledge 101 is completely missing, and you will accomplish more of getting to know car audio from reading all over the message board than asking a bunch of guys who have 10+ years of experience. Your audiophiles only know how to talk one language and throw around car audio terms that are only confusing you. So in order to ask questions and get answers you will understand, brush up on your car audio language. Thats what I did 10 years ago, before I created a thread on this board. I learned probably 3x's faster by reading this board than asking questions. I think I read for a good solid 3 weeks before I even created a screen name. Its all I did in two different high school classes. I didnt even have a car, let alone a drivers license. I still remember 10 years ago when I asked a friend, "Which is louder? A 2 Ohm subwoofer or a 4 Ohm subwoofer?"

So like I said, jump around on the board from the Subwoofer section around to the Amplifier section, read up on the Sticky threads, and soak in as much learning as you can. Once you do, you probably would have saved yourself 5 pages of a thread of clueless questions, maybe even the thread all together, and would have saved yourself much more questions in the future. Just give it a shot. If you really read this board for a good two weeks, your knowledge of Car Audio will be so much more. Reading is knowledge my friend. Good luck //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/smile.gif.1ebc41e1811405b213edfc4622c41e27.gif

 

[AMPHEAD]

Hi there, i was wondering if any one knew what might be wrong with my sub when it hits the higher notes it makes a rattling sound and i was thinging its a blown voice coil? any info on how to go about repairing it? ive been looking high and low and just cant find a diagram or pics or any info on how to go about this. please anything will help. Thanks, -Kev

I know its been a while since this was originally posted, but I came across a similar issue recently. The noise only occured when the bass got really kicking. Try this.....Take the speaker out of your box, and physically shake it. If you can hear something rattling around, then on to the next step. The rattling that occured in mine was an inner cardboard support inside the voice coil that had come loose. It was plastic/cardboard, 1/4 inch wide, and 1 inch long. This is not an ideal fix, but it does fix your problem. I took a drill bit about the same size as the vent on the back side of the speaker, (the hole in the center of the magnet) and I drilled a hole in the metal screen. I was then able to shake the cardboard piece through the hole. Be patient, because it has to hit the hole perfectly. I was lucky and it bounced out the first time I shook it.

 

[slvrado28z 10+ year member]

kickers just sound like that