Oiling the Flex 3401 felt ring

At some point in time it is believed that some number of people had issues related to the Flex 3401.

Someone, not me, came up with the solution to lubricate the felt ring.

I spoke with Bob Eichelberg last week about this and he said there is no reason to lubricate the felt ring and no one needs to lubricate the felt ring.

My article was merely for the purposes of showing people how to do it if they chose to do it.

I've only lubricated one felt ring in my life and it's the one in the pictures. I've never lubricated any of the other Flex 3401 polishers in our garage and never had any problems.

We shot a brand new Flex video last week and we did "not" address or show this topic.


FWIW


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Seems to me like a "home remedy" that just seems to make sense considering the investment.
 
Nothing is touching the felt ring on mine and I don't really see a reason why to oil it.

The gap between the plate and the ring is more then 1mm, but even with old models where I presume plate was touching the ring oil wouldn't help much in preventing the overheating as a result of the friction.
 
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