please tell me im not screwed here....

[pbnj22 10+ year member]

long story short i kneed the center dustcap thing on my sub in and new its all puched in and what not... can i just pop this out or what?

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[mylows10 5,000+ posts]

yes as long as there is no holes in it you may be ok

 

[pbnj22 10+ year member]

yes as long as there is no holes in it you may be ok

no holes... i didnt hear any bad npises either lol.. do i pop it out or just leave it?

 

[skitzafit 10+ year member]

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[Z1NONLY 10+ year member]

Sometimes you can stick some tape to the "dent" and pull it back out. Depending on what the dust-cap is made of.

Be careful though, it's also an opportunity to push it in further.

 

[pbnj22 10+ year member]

Sometimes you can stick some tape to the "dent" and pull it back out. Depending on what the dust-cap is made of.
Be careful though, it's also an opportunity to push it in further.

i tried to **** it out with a vacuum.. didnt work at all lol... maybe ill try something else...

 

[sacsking916 5,000+ posts]

"you are not screwed here"

 

[Z1NONLY 10+ year member]

The good news is that the dust-cap itself isn't that big of a deal as far as the operation of the speaker goes. If you dent it in too far, and then play it loud, it could bottom out. (which would be bad) But it's otherwise just there to keep crap out of the voice coil gap, maybe force air around for different cooling schemes, and look pretty. Some claim to help "stiffen" the cone, but all the ones I've seen make that claim are inverted and thus already "dented" in.

You should be able to get a new dust cap and replace the dented one without drama. A generic cap may not look as cool as whatever it came with, but it should "function" as well as the original and defiantly look better than the dented one you have now.

 

[cdimic25 10+ year member]

welll since its already been popped down its gonna be more prone to happen again through play.. however if their is a pole vent you can push a wooden spoon handle up there and slowly push it back up.

 

[pbnj22 10+ year member]

welll since its already been popped down its gonna be more prone to happen again through play.. however if their is a pole vent you can push a wooden spoon handle up there and slowly push it back up.

how would i know if there is a pole vent? its a 15 inch cascade omega. d2

 

[Kangaroux 5,000+ posts]

If there is a whole on the bottom of the motor (magnet). A lot of times there is some metal at the top of the pole to prevent any crap from getting through there

 

[Imtjnotu 5,000+ posts]

Just buy a new one and cut the other one off slowly then glue on the new one

 

[Rich B 5,000+ posts]

It doesnt look like theres a pole vent.

 

[pbnj22 10+ year member]

yeah i dont see a pole vent either.... well ef me

 

[TheUnderFighter 10+ year member]

I liked the idea of sticking some tape to it. maybe some double sided 3M, wait for it to stick, try to pull it out, rubbing alcohol to un-stick it.