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Old 03-12-07, 11:04   #6 (permalink)
Eliot Ness
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Re: Backing Plate Broke?

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Originally Posted by Roger V
The foam on the pad?Or the foam on the plate? I could see it being the foam on the plate since it was ripped apart so jaggedly. What backing plate do you guys recommend? Any that I can pick up locally?
The foam on the plate where it tore apart.

Reading a story similar to yours a couple of years back (can't remember the brand of BP involved) made me order a spare BP just-in-case. I use a Meg's 5" BP w/o any problems, but I have read about them coming apart too. The spare I bought came from Exceldetail, but I haven't had to use it yet. I really think the LC's are decent BP's so a replacement should do fine. Bob might have a recommendation on what to replace it with, I'm sure he sells a lot of those so he should have a better idea of their track record in real world use.
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