Its here!

[GearHead_1]

Originally Posted by mrclean81

JI want to give Griots one more chance before saying their polisher is a pos because I may have been a little too aggressive with it. Now that I know its limits maybee I can make this one last.

Are you saying that the machine you're going to be using has limitations below the way you would like to use it? I'm sure you weren't throwing this machine against the wall.

[mrclean81]

Originally Posted by GearHead_1

Are you saying that the machine you're going to be using has limitations below the way you would like to use it? I'm sure you weren't throwing this machine against the wall.

In a way I am, but up until yesterday the machine ran very well and exceeded my expectations for it. If something similar happens to the new one, then its a differant story all together. Im hoping that it was just a lemon and my new one will be fine *fingers crossed*

[MDerleth]

Keep us posted, Mr. Clean.

I'm thinking about one for maintaining my daily driver. I don't need to run it 14 hours a day, but I'd like a DA that will hold up to serious recreational use and the Griots sounds like a good option

[Gus-Gus]

Clean,

Dave told me a story exactly like the one you told.. and i can almost guarantee that this one will break too.. if i remember correctly he told me all of the electrical soldering done inside was cold soldered... just not a good idea for a machine that will be under heavy strain..

[tuscarora dave]

It seems to me that if the factory would use a drop of loctite on each screw they would have a winner of a polisher. I have read a lot of posts where screws have come loose and caused the machine to fail. As a mechanical type of guy, I would be inclined to purchase one of these units and say forget the warranty and pull the thing apart and loctite every screw on the thing to make it a solid machine. But then with my luck the speed controller circuit would fail and I have read that it is impossible to get parts for that machine from Griot's Garage. Double edged sword I say. Good luck with your replacement machine.

[mrclean81]

Originally Posted by tuscarora dave

It seems to me that if the factory would use a drop of loctite on each screw they would have a winner of a polisher. I have read a lot of posts where screws have come loose and caused the machine to fail. As a mechanical type of guy, I would be inclined to purchase one of these units and say forget the warranty and pull the thing apart and loctite every screw on the thing to make it a solid machine. But then with my luck the speed controller circuit would fail and I have read that it is impossible to get parts for that machine from Griot's Garage. Double edged sword I say. Good luck with your replacement machine.

You know, thats not a terrible idea. This is my offical take on the Griots polisher as of right now. Its a very powerful machine. Such a powerful motor in fact that the rest of the polisher cant hold up to it. It seems that they are in self destruction mode. If someone was to do what you suggested and loctite the screws and things of that sort it would prob be a very good machine. I guess we'll see how polisher #2 holds up.

[Paul S]

Got the replacement yet ? After reading your story I checked mine for the screws coming loose. Everything still tight so far. Have only done a couple cars and one nasty boat as of now but its doing OK. I still find myself reaching for the Griots over my Megs v2 or the old PC. Getting spoiled by the power I guess.I tried a Flex 3401 before I got my current da's and didn't care for the forced rotation compared to the random action.The available backing plate size selection weighed in my decision also.Might be something that I would eventually get used to.I did like the Flex 3403 rotary but will have to wait till the Makita dies .Good luck no matter which way you end up going.

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[mrclean81]

Originally Posted by Paul S

Got the replacement yet ? After reading your story I checked mine for the screws coming loose. Everything still tight so far. Have only done a couple cars and one nasty boat as of now but its doing OK. I still find myself reaching for the Griots over my Megs v2 or the old PC. Getting spoiled by the power I guess.I tried a Flex 3401 before I got my current da's and didn't care for the forced rotation compared to the random action.The available backing plate size selection weighed in my decision also.Might be something that I would eventually get used to.I did like the Flex 3403 rotary but will have to wait till the Makita dies .Good luck no matter which way you end up going.

Not yet, but Im looking for it this week. Your prob gonna be waiting awhile for the 3403. Its hard to kill a Makita

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[Ruby13]

I weighed for a few weeks reading every thread between the Griot's and Flex. I almost pulled the trigger on the Flex but calmed down and realized it's just a hobby for me and the price difference on the Griot's paid for a lot of pads and product. The lifetime warranty was the clincher.
So now I've had the Griot's for a few weeks, have done two of my cars (Boxster and BMW) and my son has done his Saab and the machine has performed flawlessly.

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