pc am i missing parts??

steveo3002 · 01-06-06, 10:20

i got a pc today, the $189 sonus kit form autopia, i read somewhere that the counterweights should be changed depending on size of pads

i only got one weight that came fixed on the pc....should i have got spares included??

zippymbr · 01-06-06, 10:38

The PC does not come with spares. You can buy them at most places that sell the PC. Like here: http://www.autogeek.net/pccw.html. I have the 6 inch counterweight installed and have very little vib. using 5 or 6 inch backing plates

steveo3002 · 01-06-06, 11:18

okay thanks

3Dog · 01-06-06, 11:42

I have three PC's....one with 2 7/8 in pad, one with 5 in pad and one with 6 in pad, I have never changed a counterweight.

Accumulator · 01-06-06, 12:53

Porter Cable parts dept: 800 848-5175
6" counterweight pn: 699933

Don't remember what it costs but it isn't much, a few bucks.

tyusaf · 01-06-06, 01:10

You should check the counterweight that comes with the PC - when I purchased mine a few weeks ago, it came pre-installed with the 6" counter weight... should be marked clearly on the weight ("for 6" pads only") - or something like that...

--Tosh

ShaggonWaggon · 01-09-06, 02:12

I just got my hands on a PC to for the first time. I found that when I took the side handle off the vibrations were reduced considerably.

Neothin · 01-09-06, 05:01

I don't think that you screwed your handle in enough then... I hardly notice a difference with the handle on or off (besides being akward to hold w/o the handle of course)

Accumulator · 01-10-06, 08:33

Neothin- Nah, some of us do notice a big drop in vibration without the handle (and yeah, I was screwing it in all the way

). There's some proper explanation for it, regarding transmission of vibration from the source via a tangential appendage or something like that and it being exacerbated by the handle being hollow rather than solid, but I forget the specifics.

As to it being awkward, I suppose that it's just a matter of personal preference and getting used to it one way or the other.

3Dog · 01-10-06, 03:03

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Originally Posted by Accumulator

Neothin- Nah, some of us do notice a big drop in vibration without the handle (and yeah, I was screwing it in all the way

). There's some proper explanation for it, regarding transmission of vibration from the source via a tangential appendage or something like that and it being exacerbated by the handle being hollow rather than solid, but I forget the specifics.

As to it being awkward, I suppose that it's just a matter of personal preference and getting used to it one way or the other.

So thats what all those handles are for I have laying around!!