Speaker repair...is it easy?


The speaker cone separated from the surround.  Is it easy to reglue it?  

Plastic cone and rubber surround.

The speakers are a pair of Dunlavy SC-I.

Thanks, and stay safe.
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Remember to put spacers around the voice coil to keep it centered!  Any decent diy kit will include them....if not, 3 or 4  pieces of 'stiff paper spaced eq in the gap will do.....

This assumes a complete recone & surround repair, which removes the center dust cap.

Just trying to reglue the surround to the cone will be an exercise what leads to a Fail.  It requires pushing the cone down into contact with the surround evenly while the spider pushes back against you.

As one who replaces the Entire cone/surround assemblies with entirely different ones of a major design, I would not try to do so without spacers @ the voice coil gap.

If you've no experience with this routine, I would seek professionals to do this for you.

As one who has heard the sound of the voice coil coming in contact with the magnet gap....you've been warned.

If the qualities of your driver means Anything to you, I'd pass on DIY.

I 'do' this routine....with all the intentions and concerns of brain surgery with pliers, and still thinking of Dr. Frankenstein with his subject.

Sober, late at night, no interruptions, no rush....and no shortcuts.

If my exhortations mean nothing to you....good f'n luck, J
Thanks for the +s' and the kudos, but MC held the nail...

I just drove it home. ;)

In my unfortunate example, it was one out of four prototypes.
I had expected 'issues', and wasn't disappointed.
But it was a stupid error on my part, and hasn't been repeated since.

Since Speaker Repair doesn't list Dunlavys, call 1st.  But do, whoever you go with eventually, follow SRs' suggestion:
Remove the driver from the cabinet, and ship it 'raw'.  They'll charge you for both removal and remount, a simple screwdriver routine. And shipping a cabinet is just heavier and more $'s for packing and weight.

This you can DIY; PM me for the routine I've used before. I'll even send you a drawing of the how-to in a jpg or pdf... I 'do' that sort of thing daily.
I've shipped a pair of JBL woofers cross-country, had them reboxed in mine, and returned in perfect shape after a recone and surround swap.

If anyone else wants in on that, get in line.
@dinov, and all.....I've actually bought repair parts from Speaker Ex/Tampa in person.

Not swanky fancy, they look like an audio 'rehab' facility.  Shelves with lottsa parts with folks that know exactly where 'item X' is....

Email or call....;)