Hey everyone, I am starting this thread to document the restoration of my recently acquired KEF 104/2. After a thorough inspection, the two internal woofer donuts have rotted pretty badly so I took on the process of disassembling the cabs so I can pull the woofers out.
First, I pulled the front pods off the front by removing two top hex head bolts and two bottom hex head bolts with an allen wrench.
After removing the pod and disconnecting the color coded wires for the pod, there is an access hatch in the front top with six phillips head bolts.
After removing the access panel, there will be some white filler and a yellow foam wrap that will need to be removed to access the woofer.
Next, I flipped the cab upside down. On the bottom, you will need to remove eight phillips head bolts. It is best if you leave the spikes attached to the bottom. I used a pair of slip joint pliers to grip one of the feet and carefully pulled upward to remove the bottom access panel. You will then need to remove the white filler and yellow foam wrap to access the woofer.
You will then need to unsolder the wires to the woofer. Then remove the center bolt holding the force canceling alloy bar. Once that bolt is removed, you can then remove the three nuts and washers holding the woofer in place. Then remove the woofer.
Turn the cab back upright. Twist the force canceling alloy bar in a clockwise direction while holding the center bolt with your finger in the center hole of the top woofer to remove the center bolt. You can then remove the three nuts and washers holding the top woofer in place. You will not need to unsolder these connections as it is easy to just disconnect them from the crossover terminals which are labeled. Make sure to label the woofers as the top and bottom and which cab they came out of.
Also, make sure you put all your bolts, washers, and any other separate parts in a plastic bag labeled with which cab they came from. After removing all four woofers, I took my vacuum and vacuumed out the cabs and lightly rubbed the remaining foam with my suction tool so as to not get any of the foam pieces in the voice coil.
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I have ordered the refoam donut kit from this link: https://www.simplyspeakers.com/mobi...pair-Kit-105-107-B250-FSK-KEF-PAIR_p_586.html Once I get the kit in the mail, I'll report back with the last few things I have left to get done before they go back together.
Jared
First, I pulled the front pods off the front by removing two top hex head bolts and two bottom hex head bolts with an allen wrench.
After removing the pod and disconnecting the color coded wires for the pod, there is an access hatch in the front top with six phillips head bolts.
After removing the access panel, there will be some white filler and a yellow foam wrap that will need to be removed to access the woofer.
Next, I flipped the cab upside down. On the bottom, you will need to remove eight phillips head bolts. It is best if you leave the spikes attached to the bottom. I used a pair of slip joint pliers to grip one of the feet and carefully pulled upward to remove the bottom access panel. You will then need to remove the white filler and yellow foam wrap to access the woofer.
You will then need to unsolder the wires to the woofer. Then remove the center bolt holding the force canceling alloy bar. Once that bolt is removed, you can then remove the three nuts and washers holding the woofer in place. Then remove the woofer.
Turn the cab back upright. Twist the force canceling alloy bar in a clockwise direction while holding the center bolt with your finger in the center hole of the top woofer to remove the center bolt. You can then remove the three nuts and washers holding the top woofer in place. You will not need to unsolder these connections as it is easy to just disconnect them from the crossover terminals which are labeled. Make sure to label the woofers as the top and bottom and which cab they came out of.
Also, make sure you put all your bolts, washers, and any other separate parts in a plastic bag labeled with which cab they came from. After removing all four woofers, I took my vacuum and vacuumed out the cabs and lightly rubbed the remaining foam with my suction tool so as to not get any of the foam pieces in the voice coil.
Before:
After:
I have ordered the refoam donut kit from this link: https://www.simplyspeakers.com/mobi...pair-Kit-105-107-B250-FSK-KEF-PAIR_p_586.html Once I get the kit in the mail, I'll report back with the last few things I have left to get done before they go back together.
Jared
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