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My Night Just Trying To Replace A Speaker

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My drivers side speaker died so I picked a replacement one from a member on the board to put in. I found a picture tutorial online about it and all seamed easy.

 

Removed the door panel and I replaced the speaker, Man that was easy

 

THEN

 

I go to installl the 2 bolts under the handle above the exit handle and one doesn't catch. I look in the hole and the clip that it screws into isn't there. No problem I think. So I pull the door panel back off and I see that the clip is there its just facing down instead of sideways. Go to fix it and it won't stay so I go to remove it to bend it and make it tighter and BAM it falls into the door!

 

I spend close to an hour searching inside that door, I had lights and I can see almost the whole interior of the door panel but I can't seem to find that clip anywhere. I can't even hear it in the door. I pulled the speaker back out and ran my hand along the bottom on that side and No luck. I ran my hand along the other side and no luck. I checked the driveway and it didn't fall out. I just can't find this clip anywhere.

 

Ugh..the door panel is back on but I'm quite frustrated. Its like it just disappeared into space. So now my door panel only has 1 bolt in that space where there should be 2. I just can't believe I can't locate it. I even shook the door but don't even hear anything loose.

 

 

trucks a 2008 nbs Ext Cab 5.3

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Sucks, i used to work on my old diesel benz, the whole engine was so caked in black gunk if you ever dropped anything in there it was gone forever.

 

I use a magnet on the end of a stick and feel around, surprising sometimes a blind hog finds a nut ...

 

You've done better than me just by not breaking anything out of anger though ;) ... you didnt bust anything right ??

 

Nope nothing broken.

 

Although because the dome lights were on so long the battery was just about dead. When I went to turn it on it barely cranked but it did start. Went to turn on a xm channel while I took it for a drive and it said I didn't have xm and also the clock reset. :)

I parked the truck back at the house and let it sit. Went back out 10 minutes later and now the xm works. hmmmm

 

stupid clip

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Odds are the clip didn't fall out, those clips tend to just slightly slip out of place, take the panel back off take a good look at the hold see if you see it then with a pick pull it up and there is a tab you can bend to keep it in place.

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Odds are the clip didn't fall out, those clips tend to just slightly slip out of place, take the panel back off take a good look at the hold see if you see it then with a pick pull it up and there is a tab you can bend to keep it in place.

 

 

 

 

 

Could it have stuck to the back of the speaker?

Assuming it's metalic......?

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Could it have stuck to the back of the speaker?

DO check that. I lost a fastener when replacing speaker. Spent 5 minutes looking for it, then, duhh...

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