bad pad but...

Sup?

One of the pads on my 2kxl is not working like it should. I have to hit it really hard and sometimes it just won't trigger at all.

I'm guessing it's probably the pad itself. I copped it used so maybe the person i copped it from used the hell out off that one pad...
I know i can buy new pads for like 16usd.

The thing that's got me wondering though is, could it be the sensor underneath the pads? Does this have happened to anyone?
Is it expensive to replace it?

Thanx

It seems not to be caused by the rubber pad, but by the sensor or the wiring that connects the sensors to the mainboard.

-Try to clean the side of the rubber pads that get in touch with the sensors and clean the sensors as well.
This helped my former DR 550 improving its trigger behaviour.
-Try to reconnect the contacts of the printed copper wiring that the sensors are sitting on.
These contacts might be oxidated.
At my former 60, several pads were not working because their printed copper wiring has been rubbed off from the plastic.
Replacing the sensor plastic layer sounds expensive...

Maybe the MPC´s former owner used to hit the pads with drumsticks...

hey, i did what u said, the plastic underneath one of the pads WAS oxidated (but not the bad pad ). I managed to get all the air out, cleaned the sensor and the pads. It's working a little bit better now... but i think it really is the pad. The sensors look ok. I can't seem to find anything strange on them... hmmm... i'll just order new pads.. i wanted black ones anyway. See if it is what i think it is....

Keep in mind that you will have to order new sensors and not only new pads.

dukelido wrote:Keep in mind that you will have to order new sensors and not only new pads.

What he was just saying is that he doesn't think its the sensors, but the actual pads.

poast pr wrote:hey, i did what u said, the plastic underneath one of the pads WAS oxidated (but not the bad pad ). I managed to get all the air out, cleaned the sensor and the pads.

How the hell does that happen?! Was it like an air bubble? Were you able to just rub it out (no dirty jokes) or did you do something else?

You sure it’s the pads though? There could be something wrong with the sensor that you can't actually physically see.

Do a pad test and see what it says.

The sensors are more likely to cause the fault because they are the actual working parts. A sensor consist of metal and I don´t know what else, a pad consists just of rubber.
It can be the rubber pad, if the side that touches the sensor has became flat or raw or became anything that avoids the contact between the pad and the sensor.

Krux wrote:How the hell does that happen?! Was it like an air bubble? Were you able to just rub it out (no dirty jokes) or did you do something else?

Yeah it was an air bubble.. i rubbed it out a bit and made a little needlehole in the plastic... so the air could get out. Damn what would a new sensor cost me????

hey yall!

Thanx for the advise etc. I decided to open up my mpc again and carefully removed the pad sensor and placed it back. After that i disconnected the thing it was attached to and connected it back. Now every pad works even better then before!

When i bought the mpc i had to take it home on my bike, i guess sumthin went wroing there. Cos i've called the guy i bought it from and he's said he never had a problem with it.

Sad thing is that i already ordered new sensors and black pads.... But i'ma cancel the sensor and just get the black pads.. I like the way they look.

Peaz and thanx again!!!

damn! last night the stupid pad started **** with me again! I'll try to pull it off entirely this time and put it back, maybe there's still some air underneath it or sumthin.... damn it worked like a charm!