Jel Pad Damper

What’s with the jel pad for the dampening bar? Man my axe dampened so uneven, i guess the bar is bent, but still there should be some play in the thing! Some of the bars wouldn’t wring on the high end. so i had to wrap rope around the dampening bar to flatten the gel pad. That moved the gel down towards the low end, but it’s ok.

Anyone else had any problems with the Gel pad? John Piper loves them. I assume the problem is mostly mine. I have 3 sets and my oldest has been through hell and back.

Any solutions? I guess you can’t drain a little if the gel out can you???