Ordered a PC today

[jcma81]

I ordered a PC from costal tool company today. It comes with a 6" hook and loop backing plate. Can I use the Meguiars pads with that backing plate? If not I noticed that some people had a order number that had Meguiar's backing plate plus pads. Does anyone know what that number is?

[Rockpick]

Here's a quick link to the Meguiar's Dual-Action Polisher Backing plates. For the DA, I would HIGHLY recommend going with the 5" plate and 6.5" pads as the 6" plate for the 8" pads is too large and will increase the wear on your DA.

I'm not 100% sure what backing plate comes with the Coastal deal but, I know the Meguiar's one will work!

You can also contact Meguiar's customer service center at 1.800.347.5700 where they'll be more than happy to help you place an order or assist you further.

RP

[TOGWT]

~One man’s opinion / observations ~

There are two different counter-weights, which are clearly marked to indicate use with either the 5-inch, or
6-inch backing pad. Therefore with a 6-inch backing pad for polishing you should use the 6-inch, 0.140 oz. counterweight PN 699933. The vibrations that are generated at higher speeds when using a 5-inch weight and a 6-inch pad are unacceptable for most people. For the 5-inch backing pad (or smaller) for polishing you should use the 5-inch, 0.120 oz PN 874011 counterweight.

A Porter-Cable company representative confirms that the increased vibrations can lead to bearing damage within the PC's drive assembly. My advice, use the right counterweight.

The only exception is when using the 6-inch foam-polishing pad PN 54745 supplied with the machine. Due to its lightweight and the small-diameter backing pad used (included with pad), it can be used with either the 5-inch pad or 6-inch pad counterweight.

~Hope this helps~

Experience unshared; is knowledge wasted…/ Jon
justadumbarchitect * so I question everything *

[jcma81]

So what you are saying is that if I buy meguiars 5" backing plate I should stay with the 5" counter weight. Even though I will be using the 6.5" Meguiars pads?