HELP! Frustrated with a Kef 104/2

OK, here is my problem. I need to do work on the woofers in my Kef 104/2's. One is dead, so I am replacing it, and they all need surrounds in the middle, so I am fixing those too. So, how the hell do these things come apart. I assume that the bottom comes off, and has the crossover on it. But it is SOO tight and I don't want to tear up my beloved speakers. If anyone has experience with these, I could really benefit from it.

Yes, the bottom comes off. It is sealed air-tight, or is supposed to be, which is why it is difficult to remove. Remove the bolts, but not the spikes, then you can use the spikes for leverage to pull the bottom off.

The chamber for the top woofer, the hatch is behind the midrange/tweeter pod. After you remover the midrange/tweeter pod, you can't miss it.

Unbolt, but do not remove, the force-canceling bar between the woofers. There is a big foam cylinder around it, and that is glued to a crossbrace. Leaving that all intact will make reassembly much easier. You will need a socket extension to get the top bolt out.

After the force-canceling rod is loose, you will find that the woofer mounting nuts are much easier to remove. It is actually the tension of the force-canceling rod that seals the woofers in place, so don't crank down too hard on the woofer mounting nuts when reassembling.

The crossover does not have to be removed for any of this, it is in the ported chamber.

Hey thanks, I'm going to give it another go this week. I really appreciate the pointers, might keep me from ruining the poor things in the process.

The bottom panel is sealed with a continious bead of the grey automotive equivalent of Blu-Tack.

So warm the edges thoroughly with a hair drier to obviate the use of sharp thin "levers" which may result in veneer damage.

Great info. I've always wanted a pair of Kefs. A pair will turn up sooner or later.....