Hi - Newer to the car detailing stuff, but not power tools. I have a slight issue with my PC. Just wondering if anyone else has seen this.
Bought it a few months ago, weather finally cooperated with me and so last Friday I started buffing my car with SHR/FMP.
I noticed the handle on the PC was very difficult to thread on to the left side. Looked like too much black plastic between the handle and the actual metal threads. I had to push and turn to engage the threads. (works on the right side no problem)
Anyway about halfway through the job I feel the hand get loose and basically falls off. This time I cannot get the threads to catch. So I cut about 1/8" off the handle to make the thread(bolt) section a little longer. It works but again near the end it come out again. I now see the handle threads are not in great shape. It looks like the power head threads are just a bit too wide at the top (1/4 " into the body) and all the vibrating eventually rounded the threads even more.
Thoughts? Return, take to a service center for PC? I have an original PC orbital sander (20+ yrs old) that is exactly what this polisher is built from. Never had any issues.
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Hi - Newer to the car detailing stuff, but not power tools. I have a slight issue with my PC. Just wondering if anyone else has seen this.
Bought it a few months ago, weather finally cooperated with me and so last Friday I started buffing my car with SHR/FMP.
I noticed the handle on the PC was very difficult to thread on to the left side. Looked like too much black plastic between the handle and the actual metal threads. I had to push and turn to engage the threads. (works on the right side no problem)
Anyway about halfway through the job I feel the hand get loose and basically falls off. This time I cannot get the threads to catch. So I cut about 1/8" off the handle to make the thread(bolt) section a little longer. It works but again near the end it come out again. I now see the handle threads are not in great shape. It looks like the power head threads are just a bit too wide at the top (1/4 " into the body) and all the vibrating eventually rounded the threads even more.
Thoughts? Return, take to a service center for PC? I have an original PC orbital sander (20+ yrs old) that is exactly what this polisher is built from. Never had any issues.
Thanks!
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