Great news. Yesterday's drive was wonderful. I forgot how nice the power curve is.

Quick but not thorough research indicated that it was appropriate to put a couple drops of oil, but not too much, now and then on the pad. I put it back in there and added drops.

I came across our esteemed member idle talking about sourcing felt. While in town I hit the dollar store, they got some of the koolest things for almost no $. In the tools/automotive area they had assortments of felt pads - like 60 in a package - of various shapes and sizes. For $1.25. I didn't bother to get any because the one in there was worthy of continued use. But now I know where to get felt bits