- Sep 13, 2001
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Okay I'm looking for some help trying to get this one damn screw off of one of my speakers. I realized that neither of the outer 3 drivers were outputting any sound the other day so I am trying to get inside and see if something is up with the wiring. Behind this driver is where the PCB is mounted to the side so I need to get this off.
The problem is that the thing that tightens the screw inside the housing has come loose and the screw just spins. I don't know what it's called but it is one of those things that goes into the wood and has threads in it, and it was somehow sealed/mounted to the hole where the screw went through. But it came loose and now when I try to unscrew it it just keeps spinning as you can see from the video below. This is a view from inside the speaker housing looking up at the underside as I'm turning from outside the speaker.
I have tried vice grips to grab the thing but it is such a pain in the ass to get them in there and grab that thing because it's so tight and because the f'ing magnet keeps grabbing the vice grips. I have grabbed it a couple times but since it's grabbing it perpindicular, as soon as I start turning the grips let go and I can't loosen it.
I can't hold it with my hand too because it has sharp edges.
I have tried wedging stuff between the driver and the housing and putting pressure on it to pull the driver up as I turn, hoping it causes the metal part spinning to grip the wood underneath but it's not working.
I tried using gorilla wood clue to the underside applying it with a paint brush and I let it dry overnight, and as soon as I tried to turn it slowly, it unstuck.
It is this one last god damn screw here in this pic on the top right of the driver.
Anyone have any ideas?
EDIT:
This is similar to the thing that you see spinning from the underside. This is what I mean by the threads are attached to the spinning piece.
The problem is that the thing that tightens the screw inside the housing has come loose and the screw just spins. I don't know what it's called but it is one of those things that goes into the wood and has threads in it, and it was somehow sealed/mounted to the hole where the screw went through. But it came loose and now when I try to unscrew it it just keeps spinning as you can see from the video below. This is a view from inside the speaker housing looking up at the underside as I'm turning from outside the speaker.
I have tried vice grips to grab the thing but it is such a pain in the ass to get them in there and grab that thing because it's so tight and because the f'ing magnet keeps grabbing the vice grips. I have grabbed it a couple times but since it's grabbing it perpindicular, as soon as I start turning the grips let go and I can't loosen it.
I can't hold it with my hand too because it has sharp edges.
I have tried wedging stuff between the driver and the housing and putting pressure on it to pull the driver up as I turn, hoping it causes the metal part spinning to grip the wood underneath but it's not working.
I tried using gorilla wood clue to the underside applying it with a paint brush and I let it dry overnight, and as soon as I tried to turn it slowly, it unstuck.
It is this one last god damn screw here in this pic on the top right of the driver.
Anyone have any ideas?
EDIT:
This is similar to the thing that you see spinning from the underside. This is what I mean by the threads are attached to the spinning piece.
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