Ridgid R2601 トラブルシューティング

My sander makes noise every time I apply to the surface can you help pls

my 2601 sander spins the disk at high speed after I lift it off the surface and continues to spin at a high speed even after I turn it off. The problem this creates is when I put it back on the wood surface it puts swirles when the spinning pad hit the wood. Thanks

Where does the little switch spring actually go?!!

Mine popped out and I’m having trouble trying to figure out how it goes back in

Ridgid r2601 sander?

The Ridgid 2601 variable speed 5" hand sander is not engineered very well. when new, worked like a charm, loved the dust collection and the variable speed. My use is for small projects, and my use is infrequent. The first issue was the brake mechanism which stopped working which apparently is a common problem. This is the result of a poor design, the brake mechanism is stationary, rubbing agains the sanding pad, friction between the two wears it out, and with only a minimum amount of use! My porter cable hand sander has a belt mechanism that needed replacing after 15 years of hard use!

The second issue is that the sander will not take a load after it's soft start up. If the sanding pad is in contact with the work to be sanded, it won't start up at all, if not in contact the high speed of the disk damages the surface as it stops spinning. This is now about 2 1/2 years old! 2 Stars, because when it was new I loved it, but it's too high maintenance for me.