On the day of Wed, 15 Mar 2006 08:41:48 -0800...
Jim McGill
typed these letters:

Hi all

Need some demolition advice. Neighbor burned out his Dewalt cordless
(don't know how, but it's toast) so I thought I'd salvage the finger
chuck. It's all held together with Torx screws, but I've got the right
bits. The problem is once you get the case off, the drill was clearly
built from back to front. So how is the chuck held on? I can see a hex
shaped socket in the base of the chuck, but I totally wasted an Allen
key trying to undo it. Did they swage it in after tightening? Whatever,
how should I separate the chuck from the dead gearbox and motor?

Jim


Yep... That 's whats holds it on...
If the socket head screw is goofed up you probably can open up the
chuck and use another drill to drill the head off of the socket head
screw. You may want to lock the chuck in a vice for this purpose.

Devonshire