broken woofer spider, wharfedale E70

[OskarBas1]

I receny bought a pair of wharfedale E70 speakers. And they really sound great. But today when o had a listen one of the woofers started to make a weird noice. I stopped playing soon after and unscrewed the woofer to find that the spider had come completely lose from the basket. If i hold the spider in place the speaker can move freely without any scratching so i think the coil survived without damaged. I also noticed that the cone was longer out on the other speaker than the broken one. How do I fix this? I don't have any previous experience repairing speaker elements. Can I just glue the spider back in place if i center the coil or should i take them to a repair shop? I don't have any huge amounts of money to spend on this but i don't want some crappy solution either. I really liked these speakers and i want them to be repaired properly.
If i hand the woofer over to a repair shop to fix it what should I ask them to do? Any point in making them do the same thing to the other woofer to prevent problems in the future?
I don't know anything about speaker repair and would like the know your opinion on what to do and how. Thanks!

 

[kfa888]

This is a typical issue with the E series. The rubber surrounds also come loose sometimes, mine were on my E50's. You should be able to just glue the spider back on. Location should be obvious by looking at it.

 

[wsissons]

They must have used glue from the dollar store I had the same problem as kfa888 said good to check the surrounds as my wharfedales surrounds were no longer sealed....

 

[OskarBas1]

The problem is the aluminium baskets, they oxidize and that's why the glue don't stick