| How to replace front speakers on 1993 GL1500SE | Rate Topic |
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| Posted: Fri Feb 19th, 2010 12:54 pm | 1st Post |
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 Greetings all...to those who are going through riding withdrawals due to wintry weather...Spring is just over a month away!  Ok..enough with the pleasantries...I have a 1993 GL1500SE Wing  and am going to be changing out the two front speakers with new J&M's.  I know I can go to "the book" and, after digging for some time, find the poorly photographed procedures to get to the old speakers and switch them out,  but I also know that those of you in here have easier, faster, and clearer ways of obtaining my goal.  Does anyone have a set of simplified plans to replace the front speakers, or know of a web site that has them posted, preferably with photographs? Obviously I came here first, 'cause who does it better than Steve Saunders?  But there are no helpful hints that I can find here. any ideas? Thanks in advance!Robby "Grasshopper" Robertson Elysian Fields, Texas Proud member of the PGR and the CMA 1993 Honda GL1500SE Goldwing - "La-La"
____________________ Robby "Grasshopper" Robertson Elysian Fields, Texas Proud member of the PGR and the CMA 1993 Honda GL1500SE Goldwing - "La-La" "Then I saw Heaven opened, and there was a White Horse! Its rider is called Faithful and True...And the armies of Heaven, wearing fine linen, white and pure, were following Him on white horses!" |
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| Posted: Fri Feb 19th, 2010 01:56 pm | 2nd Post |
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I know there is a "cheat" for getting those stupid covers off, and I read it here some time ago, but darned if I can't find it! There is a way to carefully pry them off, but you can also bend/ break em unless you do this "cheat". Maybe someone else will remember and chime in. Good luck, and what a nice avitar! Made me and my wife smile! jimsjinx
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| Posted: Tue Feb 23rd, 2010 01:07 pm | 3rd Post |
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Anyone come up with any ideas yet? Looks like I'll have to yank the front end plastics off...this looks like a job for "Weekend Man"!!!  
____________________ Robby "Grasshopper" Robertson Elysian Fields, Texas Proud member of the PGR and the CMA 1993 Honda GL1500SE Goldwing - "La-La" "Then I saw Heaven opened, and there was a White Horse! Its rider is called Faithful and True...And the armies of Heaven, wearing fine linen, white and pure, were following Him on white horses!" |
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| Posted: Tue Feb 23rd, 2010 01:14 pm | 4th Post |
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I'm currently doing similar things with my bike. For mine, I couldn't see much of a short cut if any (I had to get to the instrumentation anyway). I wouldn't necessarily call it a job for "weekend man", but maybe a job for "Saturday Afternoon Man". Maybe it's because I'm tearing mine apart, it just didn't seem that tough.
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| Posted: Tue Feb 23rd, 2010 06:42 pm | 5th Post |
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No real 'safe' shortcut, as you may break the speaker panels as noted above. If you've never taken the Tupperware off before, then it will probably take you the better part of a day to pull the bit of Tupperware/mirrors/windshield adjustment levers and hardware/windshield/vent louvers/headlight aim knob/dash panel, replace speakers and reassemble. Don't worry .... the more you do it, the faster you become at it and it won't seem so daunting a task! Last edited on Tue Feb 23rd, 2010 06:45 pm by Dusty Boots ____________________ Ken - 1992 GL1500 Aspencade - Dorksider # 2 6th Officer/Road Captain - CMC, 034 Cannington Chapter Find your Path and share the Journey! "It's never too early to plan and never too late to go!" - Dusty Boots Hmm ..... wonder where that stretch of blacktop leads to ...... What has Dusty been up to Prevent/Repair those cracked 1500 trunk lids by installing a set of Rudy's Lid Reinforcement Panels to the underside of your trunk lid. |
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| Posted: Wed Feb 24th, 2010 12:24 pm | 6th Post |
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Just did a similar tear down to replace my speedo cable. I read pleanty of posts from you guys with small hands, could not do it that way. Its not to hard as long as you remember how you took things apart. Eliminate distractions and take plenty of shots with a digital camera. Good Luck PS Got my bike back together and still no speedo. Ordered more parts. Speedo hub on the way.
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| Posted: Wed Feb 24th, 2010 12:32 pm | 7th Post |
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Jsalpha2 how about posting those photo's please .
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| Posted: Wed Feb 24th, 2010 08:23 pm | 8th Post |
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Um, I was giving advice, not following my own. Sorry no pics.
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| Posted: Wed Feb 24th, 2010 10:19 pm | 9th Post |
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Jsalpha2 wrote: Eliminate distractions and take plenty of shots with a digital camera. I like the "plenty of shots" part until I noticed you meant take lots of pictures, not empty a bottle of Jose'!!! When I get around to it, I'll do my best to take lots of pics for myself and everyone else!  Last edited on Wed Feb 24th, 2010 10:21 pm by TXGrasshopper ____________________ Robby "Grasshopper" Robertson Elysian Fields, Texas Proud member of the PGR and the CMA 1993 Honda GL1500SE Goldwing - "La-La" "Then I saw Heaven opened, and there was a White Horse! Its rider is called Faithful and True...And the armies of Heaven, wearing fine linen, white and pure, were following Him on white horses!" |
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| Posted: Wed Feb 24th, 2010 10:48 pm | 10th Post |
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Reminds me of a story of doing something really easy to do like take the Harmonic Balancer off the boat engine. Well we started with a bottle of Yukon Jack, and after exploring our options we ended up using a HAMMER and PRY BAR most of the afternoon and gave up. Next day we took the bolt loose on the front and removed it quite easily. Yeah, booze and work just don't mix very well. 
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