Slotloading iMac G3 Speakers

[MacTCP]

How do you get them out? :?:

 

[Quadraman]

10 pound sledgehammer.

 

[MacTCP]

Do you want me to kill myself?! Indigo shards stabbing me everywhere!

 

[MacTCP]

I got them out.

 

[iMac600]

Any special trick to getting them out? I plan to swap the ones of our old G3 soon... would be handy to know how.

 

[MacTCP]

Look under Speakers in the service manual. It will tell you how.

 

[iMac600]

Thanks for the link... looks like there's some G4 manuals there as well that could come in handy later.

 

[MacJunky]

I have found the description of removal of the slotloading iMac speakers in the service manual to only bend the plastic tab and make the speakers loose. :\

 

[MacTCP]

I have found the description of removal of the slotloading iMac speakers in the service manual to only bend the plastic tab and make the speakers loose. :\

That's how. And then you slide them off the divider panel.

 

[MacJunky]

... but they get _really_ loose and don't get tighter. :S

 

[MacTCP]

... but they get _really_ loose and don't get tighter. :S

:?: After they're loose, can't you slide them off?

 

[MacJunky]

According to the manual, yes. According to my experience with multiple iMacs, no.

Perhaps I am just not bending stuff enough? I don't know, kinda scared to use more force as _all_ of the the plastic in G3 iMacs is not at all known for quality and durability over long periods of time.

*shrug* I have even tried using very small thin objects to pry the tab while I slide the speaker off with no success.

 

[MacTCP]

I bent and wiggled it with all my force since my iMac was already dead.