Drill driver repair or leave?

[Gaogier]

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.

 

[big-all]

ok confusion here
you say drill driver ??--not suitable for rusted bolts that requires a impact driver or a 1/2 whatever they are called automotive driver
hammer action is forward towards the drill tip to hammer a drill bit into a hole impact is side to side to multiply rotational forces and drive or remove large fixings

aaannnd torque control is no more than slip control on rotation something i never use [well about 1-2% max]

 

[SFK]

Too many words.
Old drill was not suitable for your needs.
You will never fix it.
So throw it away.
And if in a budget buy this before family get back...

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Einhell-X-Change-Cordless-Batteries-Charger/dp/B00T6CBEP8?

SFK

 

[cdbe]

Too many words.
It was not suitable for your needs.
You will never fix it.
So throw it away.
And buy this before they get back...

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Einhell-X-Change-Cordless-Batteries-Charger/dp/B00T6CBEP8?

SFK

This is a forum where people give advice. This is good advice - why not follow it.

 

[^woody^]

 

[Gaogier]

Okay, after some sleep, a clearer brain (no heavy medication- yet) so I always end up in a chatty state and I do end up talking about stuff that isn’t relevant. So I have cleaned up the post.

 

[RepairingDave]

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.

... 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.

Can you use the drill/driver on a higher torque than you need to an be a little more careful when using it?
I doesn't sound like it would affect using it as a drill, so if you brought a new one then this could just be used for drilling.

 

[Gaogier]

Can you use the drill/driver on a higher torque than you need to an be a little more careful when using it?
I doesn't sound like it would affect using it as a drill, so if you brought a new one then this could just be used for drilling.

The drill driver is 100% usable in all torque settings as long as the job isn’t far too big.

Example if I use it to get a rusted on truck wheel bolt, it would just vibrate the torque setting down. But if the torque is the same as the job, I have no problems. Hence the fix or leave, if I use the driver on something that the torque doesn’t match like the truck wheel, the last time, the only leaf spring in the driver fell out. As there should be 2 in the driver, and I guess with the second spring the torque setting can’t fallout due to the tension of the springs.