I have taken these apart in the past, and as one lister mentioned, they are
a unit.

However, if it were me, I'd take them apart as carefully as possible,
replace the blown speakers with the best same-size ones I could, and
reassemble.

Mind you, this will involve doing plastic surgery (literally), using
hot-melt, super glue (CA), and/or other types of glue.
The finished appearance depend on how carefully you get the pods open in the
first place.

good luck!

Ron Antaki

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM]On Behalf
> Of John-Reed Maffeo
> Sent: Monday, December 13, 1999 8:13 AM
> To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
> Subject: Ceiling Mounted Pod Speakers Blown. Is there a fix?
>
>
> Since I added sound to my van the rear speakers have become
> increasingly 'buzzy'. I removed one this weekend and found that
> the rubber between the cone and the rim had disintegrated.
>
> The speaker seems impossible to remove. The speaker and housing
> seem to have been made as a single component i.e. glued together.
>
> Suggestions?
>
> John-Reed Maffeo '86 Syncro - Glacie
> Mesa, AZ
>