Bauer 20mm Random Orbital Polisher - Building a Better Bauer Polisher v2.0 - Lower vibration, cooler

[@BAYRAKTAR_MAN]

This guy speaks my language. Such a gem of a channel. So glad I found you. 👍🏽

[@kostas4758]

Here you can find these labeled as Yato ΥΤ-82200 or Bulle 63490. Chinese copies , with different brand labels, exactly the same, only thing thats different is the colour. Change backing plate from 6'' to 5'' , maxshine's backing plates are affordable and decent quality , you get less stalling, much easier to use as demonstrated on the video and cheaper pads as well. What i do suggest , dont know if it matters that much but better use molybdenum grease. Cheers for the video

[@ScottHD]

Good to hear. Thank you for the info!

[@Sak-zo1ui]

Red wheel bearing grease works well.

[@coachtim6188]

Thanks for doing these videos by the way. They are really helpful for people like myself that won't be investing in a Rupes. Very helpful and very grateful.

[@ScottHD]

Not a problem. The RUPES are great machines, but if you're just going to use it once or twice a year or so, Bauer is a great choice.

[@dillon599]

Do you know what rupes recommends for grease for the gears i just got the new hlr15 and was wondering if I should change it out or not?thanks

[@cal48koho]

amazingly professional and unbiased review. Far superior to the usual sketchy KZbin level.

[@mikekopisz1227]

Great vid....I'm still running my 1st gen,Chicago, that I heavily modified...did everything from grease swap,the switch mod,and also decked the upper gearbox housing for a better mesh...also using the old style HF 6" backing plate...decking the gearbox,is where I got the best results...out of the box I couldn't run the unit for more than 10mins,without taking a break cause of the vibration,heat and noise....after I did all those mods,I can do an entire F150,without taking one break...like night and day,with only an hour of mod time.....as mentioned, I got the best results after adjusting my ring and pinion mesh(only decked a few thousandths)... Next,I may pull the grease,see if I can seal it and install a one way vent and fill with some 90w140 gear lube..

[@troywilliams2473]

Can you expand on 'decking the gearbox' I havent heard of this term and process.

[@mikekopisz1227]

@@troywilliams2473 decking means taking off small amounts of material of 2 mating surfaces and getting them completely flat and square for tighter fitments and tolerances....in my case,I took a few thousandths off of the gearbox housings so the drive gears would have a better gear mesh,in turn removing all the extra slop/play,making the unit run smoother and cooler

[@mowomedia4801]

Thanks! I just got this bauer for $75 when HF sent me a 25% off singe item in-store coupon via email. I'll use the saving to do the grease and backing plate upgrade. Seems many have been happy with the Torq or Maxshine. I have a Mercedes Benz van (Metris cargo) that needs more throw than PC 2474 was dishing out.

[@jeremiahgaskins7205]

Great video. I used Lucas Red N Tacky, personally. I have some concern that the other white lithium you use is not really rated for higher loads and Temps in the long term, but if you change it on some annual basis it would probably do just fine. Thanks again for this video!

[@ScottHD]

Great point! And thank you!

[@HeadsUP253]

Yeah i use the red n tacky better than white lithium

[@thisguy7340]

I used the red and tacky also. Made a big vibe difference. Fine tuned the counter weight with a #6 hex half a tightened turn and now it’s super smooth.

[@cristhomson9043]

Another great detailed video. I was going to throw out some tips as well, most everyone as already beat me to it. The grease was probably the biggest.

[@marceloacuna6479]

I believe the weight has an adjustment, turn the backing plate until it's aligned on the very front there's a whole you can stick the Allen wrench, I turned mine a quarter turn to the left, it feels better a little less vibration

[@ScottHD]

Good to know. I'll check it out

[@s3renity690]

Holy cow, talk about detailed. Much appreciated, thank you for the hard work you put into this video.

[@j.k.7807]

Thanks you for doing the testing, Scott

[@dustin3700]

I used Valvoline Palladium #2 3% Moly, Heavy Duty when I changed the grease in my rupes and milwaukee rotary vary sticky stuff, made a noticeable difference.

[@troywilliams2473]

I was wondering how a brake grease would work here since its moly or boron nitride or ceramic.

[@smnkm4ehfer]

Moly D grease is awesome stuff and significantly better than white lithium or red and tacky

[@haydenwatson7987]

It would seem that every time you change the weight of the pad, you need to change the counter balance. Given that vibration got worse with heavier, and less with lighter, I would wonder if increasing the weight of the counter balance with the original pad would produce the same results. I saw on a different video that there is an adjustable weight under the 2-screw cover.

[@jidissafi7413]

Next to my new canister vacuum, this has got to be the most nerve racking thing I've shopped for in ages... it sucks! it's great! it sucks! it's great! Almost makes you wish you were back in the pre-internet days. I'm sure someone's mentioned it, but I'm curious as to what part the stock bearings could play in any of this, or how bad they are. I know one other review mentioned it getting screechy after putting lots of use on it, but he liked the tool for the most part and never said anything about replacing them. Seems sort of trivial for guys who work on cars. - And much thanks for all the thorough testing!

[@scottmcbride2237]

I've watched a few videos doing this same thing and they all say that there is way better grease that you can use then the lithium grease. Specially to help with heat. And break down.

[@ScottHD]

The Lucas Red N Tacky maybe? I'm all ears. I can definitely give it a try.

[@helifan2346]

@@ScottHD high temperature red grease

[@bbdetailing9123]

Funny. When I did the regrease to my Porter Cable couple years ago, I used towels and Q-tips. Tedious process but nice difference

[@jafinch78]

Will be interesting to see what adjusting the counter weight does as well. Wondering if there are bearings inside too, that can be improved if they're cheap and might also benefit from packing with grease or better grease. Great videos and thanks for sharing!

[@huihup]

I change all my bearings to skf when I got my da ! And yes you can take some material from balancing weight! That’s what I dit and it works almost perfectly! You don’t even feel the vibration on it! But you got to be careful because if you take more weight that it should it will vibrate more! Cheers

[@huihup]

I do want to mentioned that is battery operated! I modified to fit and work with the Parkside 8amps! Brushless motor ! The hardest mod I ever dit! The controler doesn’t want to start with Parkside so I have to make some resistance between the minus and the other two wires that goes in the esc on it! Works fine

[@dawnkobs7652]

Another very useful information Scott! Thanks for creating videos like this. You are awesome!

[@Michael-ri2eh]

Wow Thank you for all of your research keep making blogs as such I grateful appreciate your work mad Respect

[@808drummerpercussionist9]

Mark the housing and gear removed to replace. Screws are the same distance holes are machined so I found that after rotating it screwed in fine.

[@huihup]

You can remove some material on the balancing weight to improve balance ! That’s what I dit! Now is vibration free! Almost perfect ! And the backing plate on my da is 10 bucks if I want to replace and get the same results

[@MrChow]

Here is a backing plate I've found to improve the maxshine pro m15 polisher "Torq TORQ200 TORQ22D Backing Plate (5 Inch)" It helped a lot with stalling and it didn't need the washer mod.

[@KRIL89]

Did you ever adjust the counter weight? I’m probably picking this up tomorrow since it’s $70 dollars right now.

[@omargonzalez-uw5ow]

Excellent video. When will you change out the bearings? Maybe add epoxy to field windings so they don't separate and short.....Thanks, keep up the informative work

[@ScottHD]

I may have to pick up another one for the bearing swap, as this one is on the way out after over a year of heavy use in our shop. Stay tuned!

[@krshultz]

Wow thanks for doing this. I'm ready to join the modern era and walk away from my rotary, and this feels like a pretty good way to transition.

[@aezarexxzarus4846]

I think rotary polishers are great as well. Much quieter and no drama like a d.a.

[@jusb1066]

Other more expensivr options would be bearing replacements, copper impregnated carbon brushes, and playing with the balance weight

[@ScottHD]

Definitely. Depends on how far you want to dive into it!

[@snail415]

Very original, creative and informative video.

[@ScottHD]

Thank you

[@jbanke1]

I see you used white lithium grease. A lot of the reviews say to use red n tacky grease. Wonder if that would've been any better. Great video, I enjoyed it. I have the same polisher

[@glennfelpel9785]

Super good video with super good information. Thank you!

[@andrewhulshart7982]

In the spirit of cost saving. How about the griot's 5" vented pad? They're available for $20.

[@Crappy.Consumer.Reports]

Also, you have to rebalance it when you change the backing plate. It is balanced for the OEM plate and anything heavier will throw it way out of balance

[@capolato3212]

Do you know how to do that?

[@Michael-ri2eh]

Have you posted the balance weight on this machine yet if not I will be check and Thank you for all of your hard work MIKE from Southern California

[@papas813]

Have you tried adjusting the counterweight? I'm wondering if it's useful at all to avoid replacing the backing plate

[@ScottHD]

The counterweight in mine wasn't adjustable, just removable. I could possibly machine off small amounts at a time and see if it helped

[@jaysworld707]

@@ScottHD Are you positive, did you check the underside of the counterweight after you remove it?

[@jaysworld707]

This video shows the adjustment. Would be interesting to see if you could further reduce vibration. kzbin.info/www/bejne/Z3zcan1sjal_qas

[@papas813]

@@jaysworld707 just saw that vid, yea it looks exactly as I imagined, if Scott can use that vibration measurement tool and figure out how to adjust it that would give us some great understanding on how useful it is

[@jaysworld707]

@@papas813 Hf may have updated the design and changed that part on new machines but I think Scott has 2 or 3 at this point. One of his has to have it. It would also be interesting to test the chemical guys 5 inch backing plate. The stock 6 inch backing plate weighs about 10 grams less than the 5 inch rupes. I'm not sure what the torqs one weighs but I'd guess it would be lighter than stock. Its fun tuning one of the cheapest polishers to perform with the big boys

[@1kontrabida]

Dope video Scott!

[@ScottHD]

Thank you!

[@noahkraft6453]

Just curious with all the hours used how are the bearings holding up.

[@ScottHD]

I'll be doing a follow-up video soon!

[@TheMrChaddles]

@@ScottHD thanks!

[@takahiroyoshiyuki]

You could probably press those bearings out and get ceramic ones probably make it less hot and quieter

[@functionaldoc5054]

Scott have you changed out the greases on your Rupe's machines are still using the stock grease?

[@ScottHD]

They use the Lucas white lithium grease when you send them out for rebuild...and I'd assume that's the stock grease too. (I use the same grease for them)

[@TheMrChaddles]

@@ScottHD really?! It’s good grease but I couldn’t imagine it would be the best for something like this. I just recently got this machine and haven’t used it, but I know during summer when I go to use this Lucas lithium grease and it’s very hot, it is not viscous at all. Would something like Lucas hi temp red grease be too thick?

[@MichaelAppleman]

Do you think there would be any improvement if you added weight to the head of the polisher itself? Should give it more inertia making it resist the vibration, and also transfer more of that work into the pad instead of your hands.

[@ScottHD]

As in more weight to the counterweight, or like a heavier handle?

[@MichaelAppleman]

@@ScottHD Heavier handle. Though tuning the counter weight to see if you can get gains there would probably be a more low hanging fruit to try for first.

[@blittzz008]

thanks for the detailed info!

[@OQDetailing]

Great content, greatly appreciated

[@Pete-from-Tn]

Would like to have seen the adjustments on the weight. Does not take much movement in or out. To take away the vibes. Rotate the counter weight, to line up with the adjustment hole and turn to get results. Looking face on to the front you will see the adjustment hole.

[@simasm.9757]

I myself use just basic JBL headphones for the noise and just so it would be nicer even when working with a pressure washer love the honesty, do a comparison with rupes 21 mark 3 and/or 2 like all these test on camera if you can, great video

[@ScottHD]

Already have it filmed for the RUPES. Should be up tomorrow or the day after.

[@coachtim6188]

Bought the polisher last week. Put the Rupes 5 inch from the other video and new grease. Vibrated just as much for some reason. And it's very difficult to get the screw that came with the polisher to hold the Rupes down. It tends to start sliding around. Trying to figure out how you didn't have to use an extra washer.

[@ScottHD]

May be manufacturing differences? Bolts right up with both of the ones I have. I re use the small little washer that is on the original backing plate.

[@coachtim6188]

@@ScottHD Yeah must be. Had to really crank down on it to get it tight enough. The rupes one will work just with a different Allen wrench so may just use it.

[@sergiodeleon860]

I change the greses in mind a work battle r thanks for your video

[@jeremyearnest9405]

Have you done a "best of" polishers?

[@ScottHD]

I definitely could do something like that in the future

[@soggyfries4347]

When I first swapped out the grease I was underwhelmed with the results. I decided to add a bit more grease and, holly fuck, night and day!!

[@TadpoleTrainer]

A 5 dB difference is still very significant. The decibel scale isn’t linear. I mean 60 to 70 is the difference between two people having a conversation and a full restaurant of people talking.

[@GR-zn8je]

Foist!!! I use anti vibrating rubber on my cheap polishers. Much smoother than my roops mark 2

[@ScottHD]

Great idea!

[@coachtim6188]

What do you mean? Where do you put the rubber on the polisher?

[@travisleonard4766]

Added to backing pad? Wrapped around the body?

[@aezarexxzarus4846]

Where do you add the rubber?

[@manfredodepaz4991]

Do you think if you were to do the same thing to the Popoman cordless polisher from your previous test, the noise would go down?

[@ScottHD]

I very well may try that. That's my only big gripe with that polisher is the piercing noise (but I generally wear headphones when using it)

[@richardfox3924]

Scott, which backing plate recommend popoman lower vibration?

[@GlassWolfLH]

Got the part # for those NTN bearings?

[@verdantacres4460]

Thank you for this video.

[@Owen_Charles.11]

By far my most trusted source of car care information. Off topic from the Bauer, do you put any toppers on your ceramic coated vehicles? I just put on Cquartz Lite and have Reset. Anything you recommend? Thank you again Scott!

[@aezarexxzarus4846]

Carpro Gliss is a great topper for coatings.

[@genekatauskas6904]

Well done 🔨

[@777AndrewR]

Great video! Make the polisher better by making it Cordless!

[@jdisdetermined]

Oh yeah I agree. They're coming, getting better and better all the time. I bought the new v2 SPTA cordless. Still only $200, but *vastly* improved in every way from the v1. A very good choice to have some fun with cordless for now until some really good high end options inevitably start coming. It's a surprisingly smooth and capable polisher.

[@ScottHD]

I know that Bauer and Milwaukee both have something in the works, but not releasing them yet.

[@richardaugustine1842]

Geat video I was just watching your first one deciding on if I wanted to buy the Bauer or not ,or just paying to have my cars done professionally

[@ScottHD]

It's a great polisher for the price, better with improvements, but still won't be super smooth like the high end ones. Tolerable, yes. The work they do is the same though!

[@richardaugustine1842]

@@ScottHD I've only ever used an old Makita orbital ,but both my cars are black little nervous 2001 camaro 2019 camry

[@Tallnerdyguy]

@@richardaugustine1842 Professional 2 stage paint correction usually runs about $450 in my area. For one time.....

[@rsngrl]

did you ever try and adjust the counterbalance?

[@Innovade]

this is on sale for $50 tomorrow

[@brucebaker6418]

I got one at 50 dollars!!!

[@chuckisbusy]

Same!

[@808drummerpercussionist9]

I had another brand and it appeared grease was not touching the gears

[@GDavis49]

Is that the new Vyper chair at 0:44? 😉

[@ScottHD]

Haha. Something like that!

[@daviddup1978]

Has anyone tried to mess with the adjustable weights to see if it takes more vibration out?

[@handymadness]

Great work!

[@MiguelGuevara-ru1vz]

How you get rid off the water spots?

[@MrLegacyGT]

Shoping for a 20mm long throw +/- few mm. Would you spend $160 on this ($80 for this +$5 grease +$75 for the better backing plate) or something else around that price without having to do any work?

[@ScottHD]

How often would you think you would be using it?

[@MrLegacyGT]

@@ScottHD do you have a answer for both a professional (but smaller side 3-5 cars a week) and a weekend warrior (1-2) cars a month? Doesn't seem like there are many around that price point and also that throw length so might have to expand budget for the sake of this opinion.

[@ScottHD]

@@MrLegacyGT I think that this Bauer polisher, if using it professionally, likely won't last nearly as long as something like a Flex or RUPES machine, but it can break 2-3 times and you're still money ahead. It's not nearly as smooth as a RUPES, but so far (1 year+) using the Bauer in our shop, it's held together.

[@MrLegacyGT]

@@ScottHD so starting out with smaller business as working from the weekend warrior to becoming more of a self run business this is a good starter and worth the $160 investment. As more cars and ability to take on more expense then move to the RUPES where the payback period could be drastically reduced.

[@MeliorIlle]

Which backing plate is best for the price to replace?

[@ScottHD]

For this one, the RUPES 5" is likely your best bet

[@TheMigs87]

Performance Popoman or this Bauer?

[@ref23]

Is the maxshine m21 better than the bauer ?

[@ScottHD]

I haven't tried the Maxshine - I may pick one up and compare it!

[@dustin3700]

Yes

[@aliaskink]

I second that although I have the m15 pro. The HF ones really do suck for vibration. The Maxshine is night and day better. I did have a HF DA until I threw it in the trash when I stripped the cheap housing screws trying to change the grease. At that point I knew it wasn't worth keeping

[@boomdoggy]

Scott, THANKS for providing rationale behind the science. I’ve added the Lucas Grease & Rupes 5” BP in my Amazon cart. Keep up the AWESOME vids!!! 🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸Let’s Go Brandon🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸

[@drewjohnson4673]

Does decreased vibration translate to finer finish?

[@ScottHD]

Not necessarily. Mainly easier on your hands.

[@drewjohnson4673]

Thanks. Will save the grease money and let the replacement plan pay for itself.

[@darthtater]

I wish they made it with a 15mm throw.

[@ScottHD]

Agreed. I think with some fine tuning in the manufacturing end, this would put some hurting on the professional polishers. The other Bauer I bought about a year ago is still going in our shop but its sounding pretty bad inside the electric motor...may just be the brushes, but I'm going to do a teardown on it soon

[@darthtater]

@@ScottHD I would be interested to see that tear down. I saw the original so it would be interesting to see how it held up.

[@dg7438]

The excel backing plate is discontinued, so I guess Rupes it is!

[@golf-n-guns]

The counter weight has an extra adjustable weight. Surprised you didn't adjust it. Good video, regardless.

[@alirazmjou2149]

Thank you so much for this video متشکرم

[@nathanaelayala766]

Hi Scott! I have a Torq 15DA and i swapped the grease from factory to Lucas Red N’ Tacky. Now I feel it hotter when polishing and I dont feel it working the same. What could I did wrong?

[@ScottHD]

Interesting. Perhaps overfilled it?

[@nathanaelayala766]

@@ScottHD it might be. I saw a little coming out from the union. I think I’re do it again.

[@TheMrChaddles]

Hmm that’s the grease I was thinking of using. It might actually be too viscous. Idk honestly but in another comment Scott said that Rupes (I think) used the Lucas lithium grease, which is way lighter than the Red n tacky.

[@nathanaelayala766]

@@TheMrChaddles thanks! I think Ill try the white lithium then

[@TheMrChaddles]

@@nathanaelayala766 cool deal, you should let me know what you think afterwards! I’m still on the fence of what kind I’m going to use.

[@MasteringHow-To]

Try Super Lube. It’s better than white lithium grease.

[@jackriley7967]

What brand is Super Lube?

[@YanCoenen]

Ou peux on avoir plate de 5 pouces au Québec ou modèle qui irais sur la bauer

[@martysender5539]

like your mask. LOL. good job from another Pocket 2 user, Marty of Marty Sender You Tube.

[@ScottHD]

Thank you! First vid with the pocket 2. Got it primarily for shooting B roll for future videos. Was testing out syncing things with two shots this time.

[@mikew6135]

Why thw high pricee backing plates? Try a Griots,maxshine, or Torq. Even a Duragold pro

[@michaelconnor5265]

nothing like project farm

[@ljcruz127]

Great, informative video. I'm a DYI're that polishes my own 30' motorhome. I'm in the market to upgrade from my Meguiers MT300 8mm throw. It's obviously way to small for large areas. I'm looking at the Torq 22. Which polisher would you recommend?

[@andrewcramer7214]

I don't have the experience Scott has, but Ive used a torq, I purchased a maxshine for my business and love it. In my opinion considering the pricing. Bauer then maxshine then Rupes. I'm so happy with my maxshine that until I've scrapped together the cash for the mac-daddy Rupes I won't be making any stops on the way up. Unless we get some actually good 5in cordless offerings.

[@aezarexxzarus4846]

Maxshine are great polishers for the price. I've used them. I've compared it besides rupes, both 15mm. Rupes was slightly quieter with a smooth start otherwise, the maxshine and rupes were same.

[@greggriffin3242]

Larry have you considered looking at the griots g 15 or g21 for larger areas

[@ljcruz127]

@@greggriffin3242 lol. No Thos post was a year ago. I've since purchased a polisher.

[@greggriffin3242]

@@ljcruz127 i realized that after I sent it

[@flawns]

At the end of the slide did you but not smooth as EXCEL

[@jaken528]

I have made so much money from my Bauer lol

[@donaldjones7058]

might as well but the griot for 20.00 bucks more after 40.00 plus 80 at harbor freight griot about 150 bucks and no work to do lol IMHO

[@robertbolding4182]

that wasn't ear wax in the gearbox , it was the grease HF bought to put in their brand name product, don't be stupid and replace it. after the gears have run long enough to heat the gears hone the contact points and melts and go all over the gears it now contains powdered metal that improves lubrication by reducing gear wear. don't shorten the life of your money. don't run out and buy vibration meters to make a video for youtube.

[@tooththrhr]

Do you also measure the decibels of your wifes farts ?

[@BigBear--]

It has an adjustable counter-weight for god sakes!!! Why are we playing with different weight backing plates instead of attempting to adjust the counter-weight adjustment in or out? You’re already half way there when you took it apart…just go all the way man. Come on…

[@KosmicHRTRacingTeam]

Ya. This was a popular mod on the old cheap Chicago version and on that one, you had to buy a new wt. this one is freaking adjustable, just do it. I don’t get why they are messing the grease and plate and NOT addressing that “while you in there”? The weights job is to counter the wt/vibration and get it isn’t addressed

[@BigBear--]

@@KosmicHRTRacingTeam I think in part either he doesn't know anything about the counterbalance weight. And partly because there's a bunch of reviewers that like to rag on Harbor Freight products for the video clicks, and don't actually care about how good of a deal, or how good of a tool it can be.

[@Crappy.Consumer.Reports]

This is helpful, but it could have been just as effective and only 2 minutes long. Some basic video editing classes as a prerequisite for KZbin posting would people years of pointless long-winded video watching.

[@airuzair2424]

which 5" pads do you recommend for the rupes backing plate swap?