Thread: Cordless drill - Can it be saved?

Is it a name brand like Makita, Bosch or dewalt etc?

if it is you may be able to go down to your local tool repair shop and have a talk to them, they may have a case and/or chuck from a busted drill laying around. you could remove your locked up chuck and replace it with the spare.

Have you tried 2 sets of Multi Grips? One on the top half and one on the bottom half of the chuck? If it was soo tight to not undo it my guess it would stall the motor out first, so it prob wasnt done under the drills own power.

Look at the thread "Don't Chuck the Chuck" - answer may just be the Boa Constrictor"

Is it a name brand like Makita, Bosch or dewalt etc?

Well it is a name brand but only GMC

thnaks for the ideas!

Jenny

Not sure of how the little charmers managed that one except to run it full bore in reverse until it slammed home in the open position - rather than multi-grips which are certainly going to mark the chuck a possible solution [if the boa type is not a help] is to lock the chuck into leather/rubber padded jaws of your vice and triggering the drill to try and "break" the bond. Should this not work check out the auto stores for an old oil filter removal tool - the type which has a metal handle with a foot which will lock onto a canvass covered rubber belt - this works similar to the boa but is stronger with greater leverage.

Regards,
Bob

check the screw in the back of the chuck mine came loose & when I screwed it back into position,
regards michael

Thanks for the ideas. HWMBO tried and now everything turns with the chuck, but the chuck still refuses to release.... guess I'll have to get a new one ....... and it won't be a GMC and it won't be going to school. The batteries were testing my patience, so maybe all is not lost.

JD

iv done this a few times putting larger bits in the ryobi's.....

keep working it, back and forth back and forth, it will give eventually

G'day Touchwood,
I've got a chuck from GMC cordless drill that you can have if you want it.

Originally Posted by Bob38S

check out the auto stores for an old oil filter removal tool - the type which has a metal handle with a foot which will lock onto a canvass covered rubber belt - this works similar to the boa but is stronger with greater leverage.

Sometimes this is called a strap wrench.

Originally Posted by coffenup

check the screw in the back of the chuck mine came loose & when I screwed it back into position,

BEWARE

The screw that holds the chuck in place usually has left hand threads. e.g. Clockwise to loosen

i dont think it is the the chuck being too tight.....
im sure it was the pieces inside it jarring

Um, hate to be a doubter, but here are all you chaps giving sound and earnest advice on possible causes and fixes. What if it was deliberate. Superglue is my first thought. Modern equivalent of chewy on the teacher's chair. If it was left anywhere else it wouldn't occur to me. Maybe someone thought it would be heaps funny to see him battling with his beloved drill.

I would not be able to resist this course of action:

Decide to replace it.
Completely explode the thing at the risk of never being able to put it back together.


The possible outcomes

• You spot an easy to fix prob and put it back together good as new. No replacement needed.
• You can't fix it or put it back together but at least you've got a really good look at how that model works for future reference.
• You find a glumpy bit of sabotage and know you've got a bigger problem in your class than a broken drill. You find the problem and pull him apart (at the risk of not being able to put him back together)

Oh dear, have I become crusty and cynical in my doterage? Yup.
Do I have little faith in the youth of today? Nah, I have none!

superglue wont keep steel stuck to steel
its strong, but when itcomes to steel, it just doesnt do much...

speaking of superglue that hot stuff is expensive crap

Yeah, but it it's a demon with plastic! (is a gmc)
(Oops. Not dissing gmc, got a few meself - to help my makitas live forever.)
Besides, doesn't have to stick, only clog - stuff is so thin can get in anywhere.

Re hot glue, agreed - pretty messy and not real hot!
The pro stuff is ok, but not better than a decent adhesive. The white bendy stick stuff is only for crafts really. But it's a handy moulding thing if you work quick with wet hands. I've made good bungs for tubes and nozzles that have lost their lids. Form em, cool em - pull em straight off! Instant cap. Funny thing - this only works work because it doesn't blummin stick!.

Perhaps heating the chuck could help if the outside collar is too tight for whatever reason ( outward expansion is greater than inward expansion)