Really basic
The torque setting on my drill driver is missing a leaf spring, so when using less torque for the job, (the drill sounds like an impact driver) it vibrates the torque to a lower setting. So do I replace the spring or not. I am starting to save up for a new drill driver.
I am currently looking at and doing research on a Dewalt DCD706
I don’t like the sound of a impact tool, so they are off the list.
Deeper explanation
Okay, first of all, my mum is in Greece at the moment. So needing to either fix before she gets back or I just leave the drill driver as is.
It was about 3 years ago, I think… I kinda broke the drill driver, only a store named one, but I was fixing an old Xbox 360 controller, I used the driver and somehow hot glued, plastic welded, super glued and fused the Chuck via a missed placed soldering iron…
I had to take the drill apart to remove the Chuck, and noticed there was just one torque spring, so I either lost the other or it only came with one. So when I use the drill on something that is on the wrong torque for the job, the spring comes loose and vibrates to lower torque. The drill ends up sounding like an impact driver.
The thing is, I don’t think this would be happening if the spring tension was equal, so do I go and find/make a small leaf spring (from copper) - I have made a couple of these for things like my desktop mouse. Or do I just use as is?
I just want to say that Dean Doherty from YouTube is making me want to fix this slight problem. Should I try and get a different Chuck, one that is designed for this type of drill? I don’t know if the Chuck is lockable or just friction tight? I think this is the Chuck https://www.diy.com/departments/erbauer-3-8-keyless-chuck-cha72094/1474406_BQ.prd
Or this https://www.diy.com/departments/erbauer-3-8-keyless-chuck-cha86474/1738138_BQ.prd I could be completely wrong but they both look like they are the ones.
The torque setting on my drill driver is missing a leaf spring, so when using less torque for the job, (the drill sounds like an impact driver) it vibrates the torque to a lower setting. So do I replace the spring or not. I am starting to save up for a new drill driver.
I am currently looking at and doing research on a Dewalt DCD706
I don’t like the sound of a impact tool, so they are off the list.
Deeper explanation
Okay, first of all, my mum is in Greece at the moment. So needing to either fix before she gets back or I just leave the drill driver as is.
It was about 3 years ago, I think… I kinda broke the drill driver, only a store named one, but I was fixing an old Xbox 360 controller, I used the driver and somehow hot glued, plastic welded, super glued and fused the Chuck via a missed placed soldering iron…
I had to take the drill apart to remove the Chuck, and noticed there was just one torque spring, so I either lost the other or it only came with one. So when I use the drill on something that is on the wrong torque for the job, the spring comes loose and vibrates to lower torque. The drill ends up sounding like an impact driver.
The thing is, I don’t think this would be happening if the spring tension was equal, so do I go and find/make a small leaf spring (from copper) - I have made a couple of these for things like my desktop mouse. Or do I just use as is?
I just want to say that Dean Doherty from YouTube is making me want to fix this slight problem. Should I try and get a different Chuck, one that is designed for this type of drill? I don’t know if the Chuck is lockable or just friction tight? I think this is the Chuck https://www.diy.com/departments/erbauer-3-8-keyless-chuck-cha72094/1474406_BQ.prd
Or this https://www.diy.com/departments/erbauer-3-8-keyless-chuck-cha86474/1738138_BQ.prd I could be completely wrong but they both look like they are the ones.
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