I just got my model 925 cordless hammer drill back from the shop the second
time and the clutch still doesn't do anything. The guy said it really
doesn't kick in except in high gear. Porter Cable works well enough in low
gear and so does Hitachi and Milwaukee. What gives with the Dewalts? Is
the repair guy correct? If so, why bother with a clutch at all? When I
need the clutch I also need low speed, not high speed, such as deck screws
and light fixtures and such. Do I really need to buy another drill just to
be able to use a clutch?

Mike D.

On Oct 10, 12:47 pm, "Mike Dobony" wrote:
I just got my model 925 cordless hammer drill back from the shop the second
time and the clutch still doesn't do anything. The guy said it really
doesn't kick in except in high gear. Porter Cable works well enough in low
gear and so does Hitachi and Milwaukee. What gives with the Dewalts? Is
the repair guy correct? If so, why bother with a clutch at all? When I
need the clutch I also need low speed, not high speed, such as deck screws
and light fixtures and such. Do I really need to buy another drill just to
be able to use a clutch?

Mike D.

If you mean the torque setting for driving screws so it only tightens
so far it should work at any speed contact dewalt instead.

"Mike Dobony" wrote in message
...
I just got my model 925 cordless hammer drill back from the shop the second
time and the clutch still doesn't do anything. The guy said it really
doesn't kick in except in high gear. Porter Cable works well enough in low
gear and so does Hitachi and Milwaukee. What gives with the Dewalts? Is
the repair guy correct? If so, why bother with a clutch at all? When I
need the clutch I also need low speed, not high speed, such as deck screws
and light fixtures and such. Do I really need to buy another drill just to
be able to use a clutch?

Mike D.


Clutch should work at any speed, never had one just work on high. With that
amount of torque you need a clutch that work on all speeds. Contact you
local Dewalt rep. or call/email the factory about this. Repair guy pulling
you leg or the 925 a poor design.

"Mike Dobony" wrote in message
...
I just got my model 925 cordless hammer drill back from the shop the second
time and the clutch still doesn't do anything. The guy said it really
doesn't kick in except in high gear. Porter Cable works well enough in low
gear and so does Hitachi and Milwaukee. What gives with the Dewalts? Is
the repair guy correct? If so, why bother with a clutch at all? When I
need the clutch I also need low speed, not high speed, such as deck screws
and light fixtures and such. Do I really need to buy another drill just to
be able to use a clutch?

Mike D.


My experience with Dewalt is completely negative. First, I has a 9.6V model
cordless. The gears stripped out of the tranny on that one. I bought a
spendy 14.4V XRP Cordless 1/2" drill to replace it. It does the same thing
as yours. The clutch only works right in second or third gear. As if that
wasn't bad enough, I think the brushes are going out on it. It belches out
smoke when you first use it, and continues to fan out a burnt smell during
use. The smoke started right after the warranty ran out, of course.

I also have a 12" Dewalt sliding compound miter saw. It is overweight,
overpriced, and underpowered.

I'm a 3 for 3 loser with Dewalt products, and everyone knows their stuff
ain't cheap.

I will never buy Dewalt again, no matter how much they pay Mike Holmes to
use their tools on his TV show.

"J.A. Michel" wrote in message
...

"Mike Dobony" wrote in message
...
I just got my model 925 cordless hammer drill back from the shop the
second time and the clutch still doesn't do anything. The guy said it
really doesn't kick in except in high gear. Porter Cable works well
enough in low gear and so does Hitachi and Milwaukee. What gives with the
Dewalts? Is the repair guy correct? If so, why bother with a clutch at
all? When I need the clutch I also need low speed, not high speed, such
as deck screws and light fixtures and such. Do I really need to buy
another drill just to be able to use a clutch?

Mike D.


My experience with Dewalt is completely negative. First, I has a 9.6V
model cordless. The gears stripped out of the tranny on that one. I
bought a spendy 14.4V XRP Cordless 1/2" drill to replace it. It does the
same thing as yours. The clutch only works right in second or third gear.
As if that wasn't bad enough, I think the brushes are going out on it. It
belches out smoke when you first use it, and continues to fan out a burnt
smell during use. The smoke started right after the warranty ran out, of
course.

I also have a 12" Dewalt sliding compound miter saw. It is overweight,
overpriced, and underpowered.

I'm a 3 for 3 loser with Dewalt products, and everyone knows their stuff
ain't cheap.

I will never buy Dewalt again, no matter how much they pay Mike Holmes to
use their tools on his TV show.

I went with Dewalt only because of the rotary cutout tool. RotoZip is
powerful, but the switch is NOT sealed and it goes out fast. The cordless
Dewalt has enough juice to do 3-4 rooms on one charge and is nice when
working on scaffolding. If it weren't for this tool I would have gone
Milwaukee as Porter Cable is now owned by Dewalt and are expected to destroy
the brand.

Mike D.

My experience with Dewalt is completely negative. First, I has a 9.6V
model
cordless. The gears stripped out of the tranny on that one. I bought a
spendy 14.4V XRP Cordless 1/2" drill to replace it. It does the same
thing as yours. The clutch only works right in second or third gear. As
if that wasn't bad enough, I think the brushes are going out on it. It
belches out smoke when you first use it, and continues to fan out a burnt
smell during use. The smoke started right after the warranty ran out, of
course.

I also have a 12" Dewalt sliding compound miter saw. It is overweight,
overpriced, and underpowered.

I'm a 3 for 3 loser with Dewalt products, and everyone knows their stuff
ain't cheap.

I will never buy Dewalt again, no matter how much they pay Mike Holmes to
use their tools on his TV show.
It is a crap shoot. I have had excellent luck with DeWalt, though my new
12v drill is harder to change gears in than it ought to be.

Who is Mike Holmes?

"Toller" wrote in message
...

My experience with Dewalt is completely negative. First, I has a 9.6V
model
cordless. The gears stripped out of the tranny on that one. I bought a
spendy 14.4V XRP Cordless 1/2" drill to replace it. It does the same
thing as yours. The clutch only works right in second or third gear. As
if that wasn't bad enough, I think the brushes are going out on it. It
belches out smoke when you first use it, and continues to fan out a burnt
smell during use. The smoke started right after the warranty ran out, of
course.

I also have a 12" Dewalt sliding compound miter saw. It is overweight,
overpriced, and underpowered.

I'm a 3 for 3 loser with Dewalt products, and everyone knows their stuff
ain't cheap.

I will never buy Dewalt again, no matter how much they pay Mike Holmes to
use their tools on his TV show.
It is a crap shoot. I have had excellent luck with DeWalt, though my new
12v drill is harder to change gears in than it ought to be.

Who is Mike Holmes?

Look he

http://www.holmesonhomes.com/

On Wed, 10 Oct 2007 16:49:00 -0500, "J.A. Michel"
wrote:


"Mike Dobony" wrote in message
...
I just got my model 925 cordless hammer drill back from the shop the second
time and the clutch still doesn't do anything. The guy said it really
doesn't kick in except in high gear. Porter Cable works well enough in low
gear and so does Hitachi and Milwaukee. What gives with the Dewalts? Is
the repair guy correct? If so, why bother with a clutch at all? When I
need the clutch I also need low speed, not high speed, such as deck screws
and light fixtures and such. Do I really need to buy another drill just to
be able to use a clutch?

Mike D.


My experience with Dewalt is completely negative. First, I has a 9.6V model
cordless. The gears stripped out of the tranny on that one. I bought a
spendy 14.4V XRP Cordless 1/2" drill to replace it. It does the same thing
as yours. The clutch only works right in second or third gear. As if that
wasn't bad enough, I think the brushes are going out on it. It belches out
smoke when you first use it, and continues to fan out a burnt smell during
use. The smoke started right after the warranty ran out, of course.

Did you fix the brushes and/or emery cloth the armature?


I also have a 12" Dewalt sliding compound miter saw. It is overweight,
overpriced, and underpowered.

My 12" non-slider cost $500. four or five years ago. I've made that
back numerous times with the saw.

My saw is mounted on RIDGID’s Miter Saw Utility Vehicle gives you the
maximum mileage from your miter saw.

I never carry my saw, but roll it around.

http://www.ridgid.com/tools/AC9940-MSUV/index.htm


I'm a 3 for 3 loser with Dewalt products, and everyone knows their stuff
ain't cheap.

I will never buy Dewalt again, no matter how much they pay Mike Holmes to
use their tools on his TV show.
--
Oren

"I didn’t say it was your fault, I said I was blaming you."

"J.A. Michel" wrote in
:


"Mike Dobony" wrote in message
...
I just got my model 925 cordless hammer drill back from the shop the
second time and the clutch still doesn't do anything. The guy said it
really doesn't kick in except in high gear. Porter Cable works well
enough in low gear and so does Hitachi and Milwaukee. What gives with
the Dewalts? Is the repair guy correct? If so, why bother with a
clutch at all? When I need the clutch I also need low speed, not high
speed, such as deck screws and light fixtures and such. Do I really
need to buy another drill just to be able to use a clutch?

Mike D.


My experience with Dewalt is completely negative. First, I has a 9.6V
model cordless. The gears stripped out of the tranny on that one. I
bought a spendy 14.4V XRP Cordless 1/2" drill to replace it. It does
the same thing as yours. The clutch only works right in second or
third gear. As if that wasn't bad enough, I think the brushes are
going out on it. It belches out smoke when you first use it, and
continues to fan out a burnt smell during use. The smoke started
right after the warranty ran out, of course.

I also have a 12" Dewalt sliding compound miter saw. It is
overweight, overpriced, and underpowered.

I'm a 3 for 3 loser with Dewalt products, and everyone knows their
stuff ain't cheap.

I will never buy Dewalt again, no matter how much they pay Mike Holmes
to use their tools on his TV show.


Odd.I see so many professionals using them.
That makes me wonder if you are a tool abuser,like some people I used to
work with,and you just blame it on the tool.
They didn't realize they were abusers,either.I ended up having to keep my
own tools in order to have working tools;anything they used quickly became
garbage.
(if you could find them,because they rarely put things back where they
belonged.)

Please do not consider this a personal attack,its not meant to be.

--
Jim Yanik
jyanik
at
kua.net

"Jim Yanik" wrote in message
...
"J.A. Michel" wrote in
:


"Mike Dobony" wrote in message
...
I just got my model 925 cordless hammer drill back from the shop the
second time and the clutch still doesn't do anything. The guy said it
really doesn't kick in except in high gear. Porter Cable works well
enough in low gear and so does Hitachi and Milwaukee. What gives with
the Dewalts? Is the repair guy correct? If so, why bother with a
clutch at all? When I need the clutch I also need low speed, not high
speed, such as deck screws and light fixtures and such. Do I really
need to buy another drill just to be able to use a clutch?

Mike D.


My experience with Dewalt is completely negative. First, I has a 9.6V
model cordless. The gears stripped out of the tranny on that one. I
bought a spendy 14.4V XRP Cordless 1/2" drill to replace it. It does
the same thing as yours. The clutch only works right in second or
third gear. As if that wasn't bad enough, I think the brushes are
going out on it. It belches out smoke when you first use it, and
continues to fan out a burnt smell during use. The smoke started
right after the warranty ran out, of course.

I also have a 12" Dewalt sliding compound miter saw. It is
overweight, overpriced, and underpowered.

I'm a 3 for 3 loser with Dewalt products, and everyone knows their
stuff ain't cheap.

I will never buy Dewalt again, no matter how much they pay Mike Holmes
to use their tools on his TV show.


Odd.I see so many professionals using them.
That makes me wonder if you are a tool abuser,like some people I used to
work with,and you just blame it on the tool.
They didn't realize they were abusers,either.I ended up having to keep my
own tools in order to have working tools;anything they used quickly became
garbage.
(if you could find them,because they rarely put things back where they
belonged.)

Please do not consider this a personal attack,its not meant to be.

--
Jim Yanik
jyanik
at
kua.net

No offense taken. :-)
You'd think they'd be good, because you're correct, you do see a lot of
professionals use them. As for my 9.6V drill, well, it was a cheaper Dewalt
model. That's why I bought the 14.4V XRP model. It was suppose to be a
professional quality tool, metal gears in the transmission, yada, yada. I
built a garage and a deck using it, (extensive use on the deck) but I can't
see that as a lot of use. I thought that's what those tools were made for.
Maybe it was bad luck? I do not consider myself a tools abuser, although
the tools abuse my pocketbook once in awhile. :-)

As for the 12" slider saw, it works oooook, but I'm just not super-impressed
with it relative to what it cost. I thought the 12" saw would be bee's
knees, but no dice. I'm not getting rid of my old 10" miter saw, because
sometimes it's easier and faster to use it instead of the slider.

My experience with Dewalt is completely negative. First, I has a 9.6V
model cordless. The gears stripped out of the tranny on that one. I
bought a spendy 14.4V XRP Cordless 1/2" drill to replace it. It does the
same thing as yours. The clutch only works right in second or third gear.
As if that wasn't bad enough, I think the brushes are going out on it. It
belches out smoke when you first use it, and continues to fan out a burnt
smell during use. The smoke started right after the warranty ran out, of
course.


Have you check the brushes? If I have a good parts diagram, I would take
apart the clutch and check it out - maybe a little grease or maybe a part
replacement.

I also have a 12" Dewalt sliding compound miter saw. It is overweight,
overpriced, and underpowered.

New blade does wonders. If its really under powered, try a thin kerf rip
blade.

I'm a 3 for 3 loser with Dewalt products, and everyone knows their stuff
ain't cheap.

I will never buy Dewalt again, no matter how much they pay Mike Holmes to
use their tools on his TV show.

Maybe certain people don't have luck with certain brand of tools - mine is
Craftsman power tools with the exception of the air compressor. But if you
buy DeWalt at twice the price of a Craftsman, you expect reliability and
more.

Good thing about DeWalt - my experience is the 12.5" wood planer anyway - is
you could buy parts at a very reasonable price years after the tool was
discontinued.

"** Frank **" wrote in message
. ..

My experience with Dewalt is completely negative. First, I has a 9.6V
model cordless. The gears stripped out of the tranny on that one. I
bought a spendy 14.4V XRP Cordless 1/2" drill to replace it. It does the
same thing as yours. The clutch only works right in second or third
gear. As if that wasn't bad enough, I think the brushes are going out on
it. It belches out smoke when you first use it, and continues to fan out
a burnt smell during use. The smoke started right after the warranty ran
out, of course.


Have you check the brushes? If I have a good parts diagram, I would take
apart the clutch and check it out - maybe a little grease or maybe a part
replacement.


I don't know about the 14V model, but my drill needs a special tool to
remove the chuck to get at the clutch.

I also have a 12" Dewalt sliding compound miter saw. It is overweight,
overpriced, and underpowered.

New blade does wonders. If its really under powered, try a thin kerf rip
blade.

I'm a 3 for 3 loser with Dewalt products, and everyone knows their stuff
ain't cheap.

I will never buy Dewalt again, no matter how much they pay Mike Holmes to
use their tools on his TV show.

Maybe certain people don't have luck with certain brand of tools - mine is
Craftsman power tools with the exception of the air compressor. But if you
buy DeWalt at twice the price of a Craftsman, you expect reliability and
more.

Good thing about DeWalt - my experience is the 12.5" wood planer anyway -
is you could buy parts at a very reasonable price years after the tool was
discontinued.

"ransley" wrote in message
oups.com...
On Oct 10, 12:47 pm, "Mike Dobony" wrote:
I just got my model 925 cordless hammer drill back from the shop the
second
time and the clutch still doesn't do anything. The guy said it really
doesn't kick in except in high gear. Porter Cable works well enough in
low
gear and so does Hitachi and Milwaukee. What gives with the Dewalts? Is
the repair guy correct? If so, why bother with a clutch at all? When I
need the clutch I also need low speed, not high speed, such as deck
screws
and light fixtures and such. Do I really need to buy another drill just
to
be able to use a clutch?

Mike D.

If you mean the torque setting for driving screws so it only tightens
so far it should work at any speed contact dewalt instead.


I emailed them 2 days ago and they have not replied. I am off again
tomorrow and will attempt to call them on the phone.

I also have a 12" Dewalt sliding compound miter saw. It is overweight,
overpriced, and underpowered.

My 12" non-slider cost $500. four or five years ago. I've made that
back numerous times with the saw.

My 10 yr old DW 705 12" mitersaw (no slide)cost $ 299.

I ve built a good part of 2 homes with it and its still running great.
They re still 299 and the updated model is the DW 715

"Mike Dobony" wrote in message
...

"ransley" wrote in message
oups.com...
On Oct 10, 12:47 pm, "Mike Dobony" wrote:
I just got my model 925 cordless hammer drill back from the shop the
second
time and the clutch still doesn't do anything. The guy said it really
doesn't kick in except in high gear. Porter Cable works well enough in
low
gear and so does Hitachi and Milwaukee. What gives with the Dewalts?
Is
the repair guy correct? If so, why bother with a clutch at all? When I
need the clutch I also need low speed, not high speed, such as deck
screws
and light fixtures and such. Do I really need to buy another drill just
to
be able to use a clutch?

Mike D.

If you mean the torque setting for driving screws so it only tightens
so far it should work at any speed contact dewalt instead.


I emailed them 2 days ago and they have not replied. I am off again
tomorrow and will attempt to call them on the phone.


Response was that it only works in 2nd and 3rd gear and that low speed is
for torque and doesn't need a clutch. Sorry, but this piece if junk will
strip out sheet metal screws , drive deck screws through the boards, strip
out outlet and switch mounting screws, etc., without a properly working
clutch. I am past the 90 day return period with only about 2 weeks of use
with it. The rest of the time it was in the shop trying to get the useless
clutch to actually work! If I could get my money back I would immediately
go out and buy the Milwaukee kit! Their clutch works!