Harbor Freight DA Polisher - New

[feslope]

Not sure if yoru trying to be funny or not.

@ Mikesal57 Works great out of box as stated by others. all mods noted on page 46 and maybe a few b4 that. also pictures on how to add a longer cord to it in a listed link. or look for HF cord upgrade by me.

as long as you ditch the original backing plate, you should be G2G!

I forgot that part. I needed to replace mine. As most of my pads are 5 1/2" I went with 5 inch plate.

[mikesal57]

Is Valvoline General Multi-Purpose Grease OK to use?

Theres one rated to 250 degrees
and another to 400 degrees

Might the 400 be too thick?

[beamerstrumpet]

Is Valvoline General Multi-Purpose Grease OK to use?

Theres one rated to 250 degrees
and another to 400 degrees

Might the 400 be too thick?

I dont see why not. I do know from personalexpeirance that bearing grease is too thick. If its not a heavy grease, it should be good.

[Biatchzxz]

How much of a difference you think it makes by doing this grease mod. I want to do it as well just gotta try to get the right grease and from where

[beamerstrumpet]

From all reports its quieter and stays cooler. Its not necessary, but it dont hurt either. I really like the longer cord I instaled also! I have not done to much since I got mine all done out. hoping to get something done this weekend.

[spitpolish]

Well I just finished doing the grease lube to one of these, and it was super easy.

One heads up I'd share is about the typical HFT quality of the fasteners - the flathead phillips screws that hold the shroud on were partially head-stripped (aka the screwdriver slots stripped not the threads) a little even before I touched them.

Being a clever lad of experienced years I had no issue removing them but I insisted on replacing them w/ hw store replacements (4mm BTW). A little blue loctite as well and they should be completely fine.

Sadly between the relube time and some other chores, my window to give it a practice shot evaporated yesterday afternoon - the car in the blocks ended up only getting a wash and wax refresh instead of an actual polishing and reseal. So real first impressions won't be for a while...

is there a way to just put some grease in the hole where u put the allen wrench at?

I had already been thinking about if a grease fitting would fit there (answer yes of course anything is possible but I mean easily... ) and if so I might try to top-off a little bit to really pack the grease in there... Problem is the red plastic grip-cover wouldn't fit on afterwards so you'd have to screw the grease fitting in, then remove it and tape or plug afterwards....

[jbjwallace]

Lucky417

Yes there is a way to put grease in that hole.

PM me and I will tell you how

At some point I would be taking photos and posting

[Biatchzxz]

So I def leaning more towards just doing the grease mod. I mean why not. If everyone is having great success by Doing it. And hey if it doesn't hurt why not. If its going to make run quiet and smoother/cooler. Perfect.

So I'm sure this has been answered 100 times. Abugt what type of grease do you guys suggest I use. And where can I get it. Sorry I just am a little lazy to look through the threads pages at the moment.

[CDot]

So I def leaning more towards just doing the grease mod. I mean why not. If everyone is having great success by Doing it. And hey if it doesn't hurt why not. If its going to make run quiet and smoother/cooler. Perfect.

So I'm sure this has been answered 100 times. Abugt what type of grease do you guys suggest I use. And where can I get it. Sorry I just am a little lazy to look through the threads pages at the moment.

I think it's the pic I posted here (post #510): http://www.autogeekonline.net/forum/...tml#post944848

[lucky417]

So pretty much you just take the bp off then take off the 4 screws and take it apart cleannas much grease off as you can then re pack and put screws back on then your good to go??