Joined the Flex family- 3401 Thanks Mike Phillips, Smack, Tato
Hey guys after eyeballing a Flex 3401 for sometime now and finding a deal to good to pass up I pulled the trigger today on a 3401. After getting some questions answered by Mike Phillips and also looking at the results from Smack and Tato it was a no brainer for me. I took Mike Phillips advice and got the 4-3/8" backing plate to accept the 5.5in Lake country pads. It should arrive Friday and I have a black SL550 to tackle on Saturday. Who knows it might make it's debut then I think it will compliment my DA and rotary well. Although if it works as good as I hope I might not be using either of those two again. LOL
I just wanted to say thank you guys and I look forward to learning more about this tool.
Re: Joined the Flex family- 3401 Thanks Mike Phillips, Smack, Tato
Hey that's great to hear! Congrats on the 3401 purchase and welcome to the Flex family.
As for the 5" Hybrid pads you should have grabbed the LC interchangeable plate system as the 4" plate that come with it fits the 4" Velcro on the 5" Hybrids perfectly. With the larger 4-3/8 plate being larger that the 4" Velcro it could potentially chew up the back of the foam on the pad if pressed hard enough.
Looking forward to seeing your thread on the Mercedes and your feedback on the 3401. It may feel awkward at first because of its forced rotation but its teaching you to keep that pad flat to the surface.
I'm sure you have seen this link but I'm going to leave this here for others to read through. Pretty good information to be read through. A FLEX comparision: PE14 vs 3401
Re: Joined the Flex family- 3401 Thanks Mike Phillips, Smack, Tato
Awesome choice the Flex 3401 is a beast of a DA. Smooth and powerful. IMO the best DA out there. No one can match the speed and power it has to offer as it is a forced rotational DA unlike all the others which are free floating DA's.
Nice choice and welcome to the Flex Force!!....LOL
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