Serious PC Problem

[MMMMRice]

Yesterday I put a coat of smw on my stepdads truck and it worked fine. I noticed he had very bad water spots on his back window so I grabbed an orange pad and the shr and started to buff. I spread it on and it worked fine, then I increased the speed to work it in and within seconds it made a horrible noise and shot the pad and backing plate off of the pc. Now i have a second backing plate with stripped threads and put a gouge about 1 1/2 inches long in his back window. What can I do to prevent this from happening?

[rb11701]

Did you use the washer? and was it tight enough?

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[Adam]

Yesterday I put a coat of smw on my stepdads truck and it worked fine. I noticed he had very bad water spots on his back window so I grabbed an orange pad and the shr and started to buff. I spread it on and it worked fine, then I increased the speed to work it in and within seconds it made a horrible noise and shot the pad and backing plate off of the pc. Now i have a second backing plate with stripped threads and put a gouge about 1 1/2 inches long in his back window. What can I do to prevent this from happening?

 

Hi Tom, did you take the polisher off the glass and let it rip at 5K+ OPM's??? that's what it sounds like, by your testimony here.

 

Also, the backing plate, was the washer there, and was it tightened with the wrench included with the PC?

 

At any rate, let us know if the PC came off the glass, and started to spin, as that is the kind of thing that can cause damage.

 

Another thing: Using a dual action polisher on an edge, like a rotary buffer, will cause the polisher to die, along with the pads and adapter!

 

Let me know, and thanks! -Adam:)

[MMMMRice]

I didnt lift the pc from the glass. It made the odd noise and before I had a chance to turn it off it bucked sending the pad/plate across the garage and me back onto the glass with just the pc.

 

I dont go around any bends with it after I shot a couple pads off lol. Now I get all of the big areas with my pc and the small ones with a drill and the 4"ers

[Team Adam's]

Did you have the washer installed and the backing plate fully engaged before starting??

I've literally got thousands of hours logged with a PC detailing more vehicles than I care to count and I've never had anything even remotely close to this happen.

[MMMMRice]

Did you have the washer installed and the backing plate fully engaged before starting??

I've literally got thousands of hours logged with a PC detailing more vehicles than I care to count and I've never had anything even remotely close to this happen.

 

 

Yep, Ive had about 50 hours on it when it happened the first time and about 30 minutes the second lol.

[Team Adam's]

One time I'd say maybe it was a defect, but to have it happen twice there is clearly something you are doing different than everyone else that is causing this issue, otherwise no one would ever use a PC.

 

So the washer was in place, the backing plate was tightened using the PC wrench... were you allowing the pad to freespin at any point??

[Mick]

You are not alone buddy. I had this happen about a month ago. It shot out like a rocket. Pad went flying, back plate came off, screw and washer came out, threads were stripped, scared the hell out of me. Was doing the back lid of the mustang pushing pretty hard, no damage, no foul, no complaints. I was able to rethread the screw on very slowly to sort of tap new threads. I had not tightened down the screw with the wrench in a while, so who knows. Keep up the good work Adam you your crew are still number one with me.

[Rich]

It's odd that this type of thing isn't happening more often. With all the people who use a PC on here, there are only one or two who have problems. I would think if it was a product defect then there would be a lot more.

 

Not saying it isn't a defect, because not everything is perfect. But it's unusual for sure.

[bigred vette]

You are not alone buddy. I had this happen about a month ago. It shot out like a rocket. Pad went flying, back plate came off, screw and washer came out, threads were stripped, scared the hell out of me. Was doing the back lid of the mustang pushing pretty hard, no damage, no foul, no complaints. I was able to rethread the screw on very slowly to sort of tap new threads. I had not tightened down the screw with the wrench in a while, so who knows. Keep up the good work Adam you your crew are still number one with me.

Theres the problem right there, all the vibrations the PC creates will loosen your backing plate eventually. That's why I always remove and re install my backing plate to make sure its good and tight.

[MMMMRice]

Maybe its because I used 2 washers. Someone at adams said to but it always seemed like overkill and a slight lack of threads but you guys are the pros. From now on Im just going to use one washer. Thanks again adam and junkman; both of these guys pmed me to help solve the problem.

[jjwvette]

Glad to hear problem solved Tom