[ARC5] Earphone pads...

[Mike Hanz]

All good points.  I might only suggest a tiny dab of white Teflon based 
lubricant rather than the silicone spray - the silicone magically 
migrates to a lot of stuff through simply touching it, and you may 
develop some harsh words if you need to do any black wrinkle repainting 
where it has migrated.  I eliminated anything to do with silicone in the 
shop years ago because of that characteristic.  Teflon lube also works 
well with most plastic bearing surfaces.  Ordinary paint thinner will 
remove it.

  - Mike

On 1/2/2015 9:50 AM, Jeep wrote:
> Those pads look very nice, indeed.  Let me just say, though, that if 
> you're looking for pads for the R-14-series elements, these "NAF" type 
> pads will work.  _Depending on the condition of the rubber,_ you may 
> have to gently heat them up a bit and use some silicone spray.  If 
> you're going to try and force some ANB-series elements in them... be 
> prepared for a real fight!!   The ANB elements were generally used 
> with the softer rubber-cap type pads.  The other, smaller hard rubber 
> pads were also meant for the R-14 elements but, again, can be made to 
> work with ANB's.  These pads, unlike a lot of them on the market, do 
> have the original designed molded insertion and cord relief 
> indentations.  Without these indentations, one has to cut them out, 
> lest the connections be chaffed and additional severe difficulty in 
> initial insertion of the element.  Been there and done that too many 
> times!!!