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Have finally completed my Beosystem 7000, and it is in almost perfect condition now, however, the earlier owner had some kind of small figure sitting on top of the Beogram lid !!
So now when you look at it from the front, it is hanging by 3-4 mm at the middle..
Can this somehow be "bend back" again ? Im thinking by heat or pressure or something ?
Any ideas ?
/Weebyx
I seem to remember that someone on BeoWorld once suggested, that one could attach a piece of metal going from side to side to the underside of the lid. It could probably to the trick, but I'm not so keen on that idea...
I have tried to heat the lid of my BG6500 up with a hair dryer and bend it back in shape, but it didn't do the trick. A heat gun may have helped a bit, but I was afraid to melt the lid. I'd rather have a sagged lid than a broken lid! I had unmounted the lid btw.
Then I thought, that if it could sag over time, then it must be possible to bend it upwards over time as well, so I cut out a piece of foam to put between the platter and the lid when not using the BeoGram. I'm not using my BG that often, and had a platter in poor condition lying around, so I put that one on instead in case the foam would leave marks. The foam has probably been there for a couple of years now but hasn't really worked either though. I think it's because the lid is straight when the foam is there; it should probably bend a bit upwards instead. Maybe I should try a thicker piece of foam for some time to see if that could make it stay straight by itself...
EDIT: If the foam is too thick though, naturally the lid will stay open a bit. That was indeed that case at the beginning, so I placed a BL5000 on the front of the lid to hold it down. My initial intention was actually to bend the lid upwards and not just hold it straight - the foam has just been compressed over time.
/Dennis
I tried quite the same. Bending does not help, the foam does also not help.
Even brand new the lid is bent. I have several new lids... all bent.
If you remove the metal cover on the lid ... then it is straight aigain !!!
It is the glue on this metal sheet, the white or alumenum cover. I removed it on a damaged lid and it was straight again. The glue is shrinking, causing something like a bending bimetal switch.
Maybe it would help tu glue some aluminium sheet on the underside of the lid.
Die_Bogener: I tried quite the same. Bending does not help, the foam does also not help. Even brand new the lid is bent. I have several new lids... all bent. If you remove the metal cover on the lid ... then it is straight aigain !!! It is the glue on this metal sheet, the white or alumenum cover. I removed it on a damaged lid and it was straight again. The glue is shrinking, causing something like a bending bimetal switch. Maybe it would help tu glue some aluminium sheet on the underside of the lid.
Ok, it sounds like I will just live with it, don't want to disturb it to much :)
Thanks anyway....