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Re: Has anyone here "de-rattled" the tailgate of an old caravan?

I replaced the speakers in the tailgate of my '94 Caravan. Unfortunately,

>the door rattles like crazy with significant bass in music. If anyone have >worked on this problem, I'd love to get some hints as to what likely needs >to be done to get rid of the rattles.

Disconnect the wires to one side or the other. Then (assuming there is more than one speaker in the l/r set) disconnect the other speakers in the set until you find out which side set/individual speaker is the problem.

I'm guessing but I expect when you replaced the speakers you reused some hardware that is designed for one time use.

Often what is intended as sound dead-ing will become resonate to the lows if it's disturbed.

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NotMe
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What's the depth of the speakers as compared to the depth of the old speakers. I guess (dangerous practice) they are just a bit deeper and the magnets are pulling on the sheet metal in sync with the bass.

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NotMe

Interesting theory. I wouldn't have thought of that, but it seems to make sense.

The other day, I soldered some wires onto some speaker terminals. The magnet was somewhat strong, and I could feel the soldering iron buzz whenever I touched the terminal to solder or (if i remember correctly) when I moved the tip near at all to the magnet.

Once the speakers have music flowing through them, I could imagine periods of the magnetic field being stronger than at rest.

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Nza

Interesting theory. I wouldn't have thought of that, but it seems to make sense.

The other day, I soldered some wires onto some speaker terminals. The magnet was somewhat strong, and I could feel the soldering iron buzz whenever I touched the terminal to solder or (if i remember correctly) when I moved the tip near at all to the magnet.

Once the speakers have music flowing through them, I could imagine periods of the magnetic field being stronger than at rest.

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Not a theory but an observation from when I operated a mobile installation shop. BTW 'bigger' speakers don't automatically equate to better sound as speakers should be matched to the ride.

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NotMe

no doubt. most speakers are way overpowered for the application. you don't need 10,000w to lose your hearing..

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Nza

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