My DeWalt cordless drill sounds like the clutch has slipped or is
broken.
I get no torque when drilling.

I've had it for over 8 years. While I know I'm going to buy a new
Festool soon (like several weeks), is there any reason to fix the
DeWalt?

Has anyone had experience in getting them fixed and what was the
damage?

Thanks,

MJM

wrote:


My DeWalt cordless drill sounds like the clutch has slipped or is
broken.
I get no torque when drilling.

I've had it for over 8 years.

As my mother would have said, "It doesn't owe me anything".

Heck, it wouldn't even made a bad boat anchor.


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Regards,


Lew Hodgett
Box 2302
Whittier, CA, 90610-2302
E-Mail:

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My DeWalt cordless drill sounds like the clutch has slipped or is
broken.
I get no torque when drilling.

I've had it for over 8 years. While I know I'm going to buy a new
Festool soon (like several weeks), is there any reason to fix the
DeWalt?

Has anyone had experience in getting them fixed and what was the
damage?

Thanks,

MJM


Shunk it.

On Mon, 21 Jul 2008 18:49:29 -0700 (PDT), wrote:

My DeWalt cordless drill sounds like the clutch has slipped or is
broken.
I get no torque when drilling.

I've had it for over 8 years. While I know I'm going to buy a new
Festool soon (like several weeks), is there any reason to fix the
DeWalt?

Has anyone had experience in getting them fixed and what was the
damage?

Thanks,

MJM
Keep it in a box somewhere... might come in handy for powering a flex shaft or
something later on..

I hate replacing tools, but nothing lasts forever and they usually aren't worth
having repaired.. It's a throw-away world now, unfortunately..


mac

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On Mon, 21 Jul 2008 21:11:39 -0700, mac davis
wrote:

On Mon, 21 Jul 2008 18:49:29 -0700 (PDT), wrote:

My DeWalt cordless drill sounds like the clutch has slipped or is
broken.
I get no torque when drilling.

I've had it for over 8 years. While I know I'm going to buy a new
Festool soon (like several weeks), is there any reason to fix the
DeWalt?

Has anyone had experience in getting them fixed and what was the
damage?

Thanks,

MJM
Keep it in a box somewhere... might come in handy.........

LOL, well that was my theory, on tools and most everything else. Now,
anticipating a move in the future, I'm cleaning out the "boxes" and
wishing I had never stored all that stuff.

Frank

mac

Please remove splinters before emailing

"Frank Boettcher" wrote:

LOL, well that was my theory, on tools and most everything else.
Now,
anticipating a move in the future, I'm cleaning out the "boxes" and
wishing I had never stored all that stuff.


During my career, worked for a company that had a policy that required
you to annually go thru your files and throw away anything that was
more than 2 years old.

The only exceptions were engineering documents and tax records.

It was a policy dictated by corporate lawyers.

The idea was based on the fact that if you don't have a document, you
can't be forced to produce it in a court of law.

It was a great discipline to learn and follow, especially when it
comes to move.

Lew Hodgett
Box 2302
Whittier, CA, 90610-2302
E-Mail:

On Tue, 22 Jul 2008 19:12:57 GMT, "Lew Hodgett"
wrote:


"Frank Boettcher" wrote:

LOL, well that was my theory, on tools and most everything else.
Now,
anticipating a move in the future, I'm cleaning out the "boxes" and
wishing I had never stored all that stuff.


During my career, worked for a company that had a policy that required
you to annually go thru your files and throw away anything that was
more than 2 years old.

Most corporations have a fairly extensive document retention policy.
Those that I worked for did.

The only exceptions were engineering documents and tax records.

Engineering documents from my perspective are retained from the
beginning of time. More often than not they will help you defend
against a product liability case if your records for drawing revisions
are exact and on hand and if you can actually prove that you did what
was on the drawing.

It was a policy dictated by corporate lawyers.

The idea was based on the fact that if you don't have a document, you
can't be forced to produce it in a court of law.

It was a great discipline to learn and follow, especially when it
comes to move.


When you close a plant you get to see how much discipline you have in
that area. Much gets saved in the spirit of "not sure". At least it
gave my teenaged son the opportunity for a summer job. He spent the
summer among other things, going through boxes, looking for SSN or
other sensitive data, then working the shredder, or palletizing boxes
for shipment to permanent storage in Minnesota.

Frank

Lew Hodgett
Box 2302
Whittier, CA, 90610-2302
E-Mail:

On Tue, 22 Jul 2008 13:16:43 -0500, Frank Boettcher
wrote:

Keep it in a box somewhere... might come in handy.........

LOL, well that was my theory, on tools and most everything else. Now,
anticipating a move in the future, I'm cleaning out the "boxes" and
wishing I had never stored all that stuff.

Frank

I hear that...
When we moved to Mexico, I had to decide how much of the 40+ years worth of
"still good stuff" went with us.. Quite a chore!


mac

Please remove splinters before emailing

Mine was repaired locally(central md.) 40 bucks need a clutch and brushes
works like new. the guy at the shop said it really mattered on which type of
tool ,harry homeowner or pro repair the pro and throw away the homeowner
one. the difference is the internals of the pro are metal and the other is
plastic and mostly non repairable anyway.


leonard

wrote in news:d65e4c97-02d4-4d14-a2ce-
:

My DeWalt cordless drill sounds like the clutch has slipped or is
broken.
I get no torque when drilling.

I've had it for over 8 years. While I know I'm going to buy a new
Festool soon (like several weeks), is there any reason to fix the
DeWalt?

Has anyone had experience in getting them fixed and what was the
damage?

Thanks,

MJM

How are the batteries? If they're still in like-new condition, I'd see
about repairing it. If they're weak and getting old anyway, replace it.
You might also try fixing it yourself, especially if you've got a
replacement anyway. (I'm a tinkerer so I do stuff like that all the
time. I almost never throw anything away without taking it apart first.)

Puckdropper
--
If you're quiet, your teeth never touch your ankles.

To email me directly, send a message to puckdropper (at) fastmail.fm

On Jul 21, 9:49*pm, wrote:
My DeWalt cordless drill sounds like the clutch has slipped or is
broken.
I get no torque when drilling.

I've had it for over 8 years. While I know I'm going to buy a new
Festool soon (like several weeks), is there any reason to fix the
DeWalt?

Has anyone had experience in getting them fixed and what was the
damage?

Thanks,

MJM

Hey MJM,
Is there a chance that the speed selector slide is not going all the
way into its proper postion? Maybe some wooddust is keeping it from
engaging fully. I thought my DeWalt was broken - damaged clutch - and
it turned out that the speed selector was slightly out.
Marc

On Tue, 22 Jul 2008 03:53:18 -0700 (PDT), marc rosen
wrote:

On Jul 21, 9:49*pm, wrote:
My DeWalt cordless drill sounds like the clutch has slipped or is
broken.
I get no torque when drilling.

I've had it for over 8 years. While I know I'm going to buy a new
Festool soon (like several weeks), is there any reason to fix the
DeWalt?

Has anyone had experience in getting them fixed and what was the
damage?

Thanks,

MJM

Hey MJM,
Is there a chance that the speed selector slide is not going all the
way into its proper postion? Maybe some wooddust is keeping it from
engaging fully. I thought my DeWalt was broken - damaged clutch - and
it turned out that the speed selector was slightly out.
Marc

I had exactly the same thing happen to my Ryobi 12V.

wrote in message
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My DeWalt cordless drill sounds like the clutch has slipped or is
broken.
I get no torque when drilling.

I've had it for over 8 years. While I know I'm going to buy a new
Festool soon (like several weeks), is there any reason to fix the
DeWalt?

Has anyone had experience in getting them fixed and what was the
damage?

Thanks,

MJM

Yes had same problem, some other brand though. Open up my drill and found
the motor not completely engaged with the transmission. Realigned the motor
and gear box to the original position and worked fine ever since.

On Mon, 21 Jul 2008 18:49:29 -0700 (PDT), wrote:

My DeWalt cordless drill sounds like the clutch has slipped or is
broken.
I get no torque when drilling.

I've had it for over 8 years. While I know I'm going to buy a new
Festool soon (like several weeks), is there any reason to fix the
DeWalt?

Has anyone had experience in getting them fixed and what was the
damage?

Thanks,

MJM

How are the batteries doing?

I had a Dewalt drill fixed that had a similar problem, about 5 years
back. It was about 5 years old at the time, had seen a lot of use.

The fix cost me $95; shortly after that one of the batteries went
south. Then the charger. I replaced those but in hindsight I didn't
save much money overall.

I still have the drill and use it and like it.