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Originally Posted by savofenno
I got today a Jensen P10R speaker for my SCXD. One of bolts, just under one of 6V6 tubes is drawn in so tight i could not take it and OEM speaker out.
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That's aggravating! Maybe it will be easier if you take the metal chassis out of the wooden cabinet. It's easy, just remove the wooden strip across the back of the cabinet (four shiny screws), then remove the four black screws on the top of the cabinet (hold the chassis in place with your other hand when you remove the last two screws, so that the chassis doesn't fall down!) and slide the chassis gently out of the back of the cabinet.
With the chassis removed, you will at least have good access to the speaker to work on that stubborn screw. And you don't have to worry about an accidental tap with the screwdriver shattering a 6V6 tube.
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Originally Posted by savofenno
And speaker cable contacts seem to sit so hard as if they were solded in place.
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They are tight, but if they were loose they would not be reliable. The contact could vibrate loose when the amp was being used. So it's good that Fender used tight contacts here.
Use a pair of pliers (gently!) to remove them. Position the pliers so that they don't actually squeeze the connector even tighter onto the speaker, and also make sure you're pulling on the end of the metal connector and not the actual wire.
I couldn't remove my speaker connectors with my fingers, but using pliers they pulled off without trouble.
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Originally Posted by savofenno
I could not find a suitable piece for my power tool to loosen that tight speaker bolt with it.
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I assume you tried a large Phillips screwdriver? That's the proper tool. If it did not work, then you have to resort to other tricks. If the Phillips head has already been damaged by your attempts to remove the screw, then use a fine metal saw blade or a cutoff wheel in a Dremel or similar rotary tool to cut a slot in the screw head so it looks like a regular (non-Phillips) screw. Then use the biggest (non-Phillips) screwdriver that will fit the head.
As far as I know that screw goes either directly into the particle-board speaker baffle, or into a flimsy, thin metal
Tee-nut. So once you have good access to the screw head it should not be too difficult to remove.
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Originally Posted by savofenno
Oh, a 50`s Classic Strat followed with Jensen speaker and other small things, but i have to write separate NGD! post for it.
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Congratulations!
-Gnobuddy