grinding wah pot

[jball85]

I purchased an aftermarket pot, out of consideration for the company I won't specifically mention which I purchased. It's a CTS enclosed plastic no maintenance pot like the new Dunlop Hot Pot. My problem is that it feels as if the gears are grinding or don't fit with the rack (regular crybaby rack) very well. If I loosen the clutch it helps, but the treadle tends to drop to the toe down position on it's own. It behaves this way when it was installed in my V847 as well.

So my question is, do all of these black plastic CTS wah pots have this feel to their "action"? I don't want to buy a Hot Pot if it's going to behave in the same manner. Anyone with experience or ideas why this is happening? Things I could try to amend the issue?

https://musicstorelive.com/dunlop-ecb424b-hot-potz-ii-100k-pot-for-wah-pedals.html?gclid=CjwKCAiAtdGNBhAmEiwAWxGcUuSnfvgj-8_7WJqJNd0fGwHdOtwQUscePWQW_zPs6R80skF_GA1tZhoCHW4QAvD_BwE