If they snipped the originals, and just resoldered the wires leaving the original snipped wires in place, they were either lazy, or afraid of doing some kind of damage. The VC wires from the cone are robust enough. Use a solder sucker to remove the original solder when melted so you start with clean tabs for reconnection and soldering the VC and speaker wires. I don't wrap the speaker wires, but hook them through the little tab holes. Mechanical enough for a solid connection.I am hoping to get the recap finished this weekend.
A question about the woofer voice coil leads. How delicate are they?
Whoever opened up the speaker last time was obviously concerned about them or lazy. They snipped off the original +/- wires at the connector. Rather than desoldering the wrapped bit of wire and reconnecting, they just sort of spot welded/soldered the wires on with no attempt to "mechanically" connect the wire. The connection seemed to be fine, but I was kind of surprised they didn't try to wrap the wire around the connector somehow.
Thx again for all the advice!
Glenn