I have had a favorite Makita cordless drill for about 4 years. It has always worked well and batteries hold a good charge etc. It took a dive off of the rafters of my shop onto the concrete floor about 3 months ago so I thought I would pick up another on ebay and fix mine (the plastic case cracked in half).
Well, the ebay drill worked ok except you couldn't lock the slip clutch in the "drill" position. It always slipped when you tried to drive a long screw home.
So today I am going to swap out the guts between the two drills. First thing I figure out that has to come off is the drill chuck. I broke a ball end allen head off in the socket head cap screw. I tried to get it out for a couple of hours!!! I even tried to weld a wire to the small part using the battery charger only to fry the dang battery charger!!! :mad: :mad: :mad:
So, I try taking apart the ebay drill instead and bend not one, but TWO allen wrenches trying to get the chuck off that drill. I grab one of my really high end bondhaus allen wrenches and snap the ball off that one too!!! :mad: :mad:
I am going to throw in the junk box - during lunch on Monday I am buying a brand new cordless drill - anybody have any recommendations on what is the best one to buy now? :o
