[Stuart Fields]

The Sears "Professional Drill Driver" continues to offer quick change
capability in its keyless chuck by performing the auto loosen function. It
does not however, always sense properly when I'm going to want to change
bits. In fact it does seem to have a sense of perversity by loosening up
and dropping the bit just when I have both hands busy. The wonders of
modern technology!!

[Winston]

Stuart Fields wrote:
The Sears "Professional Drill Driver" continues to offer quick change
capability in its keyless chuck by performing the auto loosen function. It
does not however, always sense properly when I'm going to want to change
bits. In fact it does seem to have a sense of perversity by loosening up
and dropping the bit just when I have both hands busy. The wonders of
modern technology!!

How 'Sears' can you get?

If you open the chuck all the way and look down the 'barrel',
do you see a fastener that will allow you to swap the junky
auto-loosen chuck for a proper key-type Jacobs?

Might allow you to limp along till March, when the motor quits.

--Winston