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General => Car audio => Topic started by: dubba_87 on 14 December 2005, 14:26

Title: screws on dash speakers hard 2 reach 2 and unscrew!!!!
Post by: dubba_87 on 14 December 2005, 14:26
Has ne1 had any problems wiv this? or is it jus me? i bought 2 4inch pioneer components for my dash, i managed 2 take the grille off, but the problem is the screws. The position they are in makes it hard for me to allign the screw driver 2 successfully unscrew them and place my components in. Has ne1 got any tips for me 2 get rid of these screws without having 2 take the windscreen off? cheers.
Title: Re: screws on dash speakers hard 2 reach 2 and unscrew!!!!
Post by: Daz... on 14 December 2005, 14:30
small screwdriver bit in a socket worked for me...was a very small socket set though..thats if yours is a mk2  :huh:
Title: Re: screws on dash speakers hard 2 reach 2 and unscrew!!!!
Post by: steviem on 14 December 2005, 14:31
An allen key shaped philips screw driver?

By components, do you mean seperate tweeters to bass drivers?
Title: Re: screws on dash speakers hard 2 reach 2 and unscrew!!!!
Post by: VWDino on 14 December 2005, 15:12
I've used a small 1/4 " socket set with a phillips bit in it. Gets them nicely. They are a bastard tho.  :smiley:
Title: Re: screws on dash speakers hard 2 reach 2 and unscrew!!!!
Post by: baz_the_man62 on 14 December 2005, 18:20
i did basically same as others, used a small phillips bit (from cordless drill set) and a 6 or 7mm spanner to turn this, worked a treat.
Title: Re: screws on dash speakers hard 2 reach 2 and unscrew!!!!
Post by: dubslug on 14 December 2005, 22:04
chavfords sell bent screw drivers, philips on one end flat on the other, worked for mt
Title: Re: screws on dash speakers hard 2 reach 2 and unscrew!!!!
Post by: GolfChick24 on 15 December 2005, 09:38
when holding the end of a interchangable end on the screw head turn it with a pair of pliers. Once it's turned slightly you'll be able to undo it with your fingers.

If you're mounting tweeters in there do what Dizzie did and destroy the sh!te it once had and gluegun the tweeter onto of the old speaker :D
Title: Re: screws on dash speakers hard 2 reach 2 and unscrew!!!!
Post by: wellfan on 20 December 2005, 22:38
Offset screwdriver, surely pretty obvious if you stop to think about it. Though, I must admit that 'pretty obvious' is sometimes not that obvioous when you are struggling for a solution.