Oreck Orbiter Drive Pad Blo...
$25.99
Product details
This is the black plastic drive pad block for Oreck Orbiter floor care machines, part 53178-510327, which Oreck catalogs as 53178-51-0327. It mounts on the underside of the machine and holds a scrubbing pad in place with molded plastic teeth that grip the pad rather than relying on a clamp.
Oreck lists the block as holding a variety of scrubbing pads, so it is the general-purpose pad carrier for the Orbiter rather than a pad-specific fitting. This one ships as the bare block, less foam, so if the block coming off your machine has a foam layer on its face, that foam is not included here.
The teeth are the working surface, and they are what wears. A block whose teeth have rounded off or broken away will let the pad creep or spin loose instead of turning with the machine, which shows up as uneven cleaning or a pad that walks out from under the machine when you push into a corner. Cracks radiating from the center mounting hole are the other common reason one gets replaced.
Check the pad itself at the same time, since a badly worn or glazed pad will slip on a perfectly good block and produce the same complaint. Verify the block against your machine's part diagram before ordering, since Orbiter accessories are sold by part number rather than by machine year.
- Part: 53178-510327, cataloged by Oreck as 53178-51-0327
- Fits: Oreck Orbiter floor care machines
- Material: black plastic with molded pad teeth
- Supplied: bare block, less foam
- Symptoms of wear: rounded or broken teeth, pad creeping or spinning loose, cracks at the mounting hole