Sub rattling like crazy.

Removed the cover and discovered the rubber ring is separated about 3 inches around the top as I had read about here.

I can press the rubber to the edge and the rattling stops.

My question is should I be able to hear bass from the speaker even if it rattles?

I cannot hear anything although the cone moves, etc. Is the reason I can't hear bass likely because of the separation only, or is that not likely(ie wistful thinking)?

Can someone tell me what specific type of glue or silicone or whatever I would use to repair the separation, cure time, etc?

I am afraid I will have to remove the sub to repair it as the separated place is near the front where I cannot see it from inside the vehicle.

Any other ideas or insights are much appreciated.

Alan

 

Read through this thread:

https://www.clublexus.com/forums/ls4...-the-boom.html

 

mine is good condition, I put in a aftermarket system, so I will sale it reasonable, PM me if interested.

 

I just decided to pull the sub out last night.
Found that the rubbber had actually separated all around.
Went to Lowes and picked up a tube of DAP silicone adhesive.
Ran a heavy bead all around the edge and let set last night.
I'll let it cure until tomorrow then reinstall it and see if it works.
Thanks for the replys,
Alan

 

I did that on my '03 and it worked fine. I took the speaker assembly apart and very carefully applied the silicone adhesive under the plastic clamp piece, all perfectly neat and all. Well..... it still rattled a little bit. Grrrr... So then I ran a bead deep in the joint between the foam-like surround and the plastic clamp piece and it's worked great since. Bottom line is, you don't even need to remove the speaker to do it.

 

My sub that is for sale

 

I reinstalled the sub last night and it seems to work fine.
Thanks to everyone who replied, and to Mikemareen, who I believe first posted this fix!

Alan