5 Inch Dia 8 Hole Sander Hook and Loop Replacement Sanding Pad For Makita BO5010, BO5030/K, BO5031K, BO5041K, XOB01Z Sander

The place where the screw heads go is not recessed. The screw heads stick up making it impossible to sand. Without modifying it it, is useless.

Replacement for a Makita orbital sander. It fits on the sander fine, but doesnt hold the hook & loop sandpaper at all. Didnt work for even 10 seconds.

Husband loves these. Work great. Definitely visiting this site again.

This is a cool Dia 8 hook it made my job so much easier and it was simple to put it on .

The text in the ad for this Makita hook and loop pad says that it will fit a Makita BO3050 ROS. It will, if you enlarge the holes for the 3 screws. The three attachment holes (as opposed to the 8 air holes) on the hook and loop side are too small. I didnt buy this pad to have to drill it out. It would probably not look good if I did that. Drill bits dont drill flat-bottomed holes. Forstner bits would do that, but I have none that small. The large hole on the backside of this pad is 1 and 3/32 inch in diameter, which is the right size for the Makita bearing box cap on the BO3050 random orbit sander. Also, as Amy G. has pointed out in another Amazon review, the three screw holes in the hard plastic backing of the hook and loop pad are not in the right position. They are too far from the center of the pad by about a millimeter or two. I did attempt to elongate these with a round file. A true Makita pad has holes for the three screws that are more like slots than perfectly round holes. There is no need to mess with the elongated holes on a true Makita pad. So, to make this pad fit a Makita BO3050, you will need to enlarge the 3 holes on the hook and loop side and you will need to elongate the same holes on the back side of the pad. I cannot recommend this product.

This pad does NOT work with the BO5010KX sander

These are awesome replacement pads for sanders. The price is around $8 which is about half the price of the original. They are great replacements. I replaced the original for my Makita sander. I bought a few since I had several large sanding projects. Just make sure your sander has the same screw pattern.

What the headline says. How difficult is it to get something this simple right? If I sound ornery, its because I am. The thing screws onto the sander through three holes. It should take half a minute. Except the holes are too small to accommodate the washers on the screws from the original Makita pad, and I couldnt get the washers off for the life of me. And of course the hardware store was closed when I got there to buy replacement screws and washers. Other than that this pad seems absolutely fine. Sanding discs stick to it, and Im looking forward to finishing the project I expected to finish today.

Easy to use, just what I was looking for. Used it for sanding wood.

I got this to replace the current sanding pad on a Makita rotary sander. The pad backing is made of cheap plastic and it lasted about 3 uses before the plastic wore down and the screws were no longer securing it to the unit. My takeaway? Pay a little more for a better replacement.