Hey everyone,
I need to correct my AoE, and I figure I could try and hit two birds with one stone by trying to dampen the sound and impact of the piston head by adding a pad. I saw vinidcareassasin used foam from a mousepad in one of his threads and he said it worked for him, so I looked around to see what I could come up with.
It's been trendy to use Sorbo pads or TPE to do the same thing, and I've heard they both yield good results, but I don't have the time or extra cash to order that stuff - I think I'd sooner just cut up my mousepad like vindi did
I came across some of those blue gel insoles you put in your shoes (mighty comfy when I used them at work a few summers ago). Besides being a little dirty, they seem to be completely intact, and I pounded a small section with a hammer for a while to test it and it looked completely unchanged, so the durability seems good enough for the job. The material is softer than TPE but the compression still feels good - it doesn't squish all over the place. Around the arch there is enough thickness to make a 5mm spacer/pad for my piston head. Is this a bad idea?
Also, do I need to cut holes in the pad to match the ones on my piston head?
I need to correct my AoE, and I figure I could try and hit two birds with one stone by trying to dampen the sound and impact of the piston head by adding a pad. I saw vinidcareassasin used foam from a mousepad in one of his threads and he said it worked for him, so I looked around to see what I could come up with.
It's been trendy to use Sorbo pads or TPE to do the same thing, and I've heard they both yield good results, but I don't have the time or extra cash to order that stuff - I think I'd sooner just cut up my mousepad like vindi did
I came across some of those blue gel insoles you put in your shoes (mighty comfy when I used them at work a few summers ago). Besides being a little dirty, they seem to be completely intact, and I pounded a small section with a hammer for a while to test it and it looked completely unchanged, so the durability seems good enough for the job. The material is softer than TPE but the compression still feels good - it doesn't squish all over the place. Around the arch there is enough thickness to make a 5mm spacer/pad for my piston head. Is this a bad idea?
Also, do I need to cut holes in the pad to match the ones on my piston head?