New brushes on Bosch drill

[Bren]

I have an old Bosch CSB 500 RLE drill which has given years of service but lately it has started to play up. When I pull the trigger sometimes it works and sometimes not. I opened it up and it seems like the carbon brushes have worn down. They are only about 3-4 mm thick and look very short compared to a photograph of some new ones I saw on the Net. Do you think I'm right in my diagnosis of the problen and is replacing the brushes just a question of pulling the old ones from their plastic housing and pushing in the new ones?

There's a photo of the brushes here

[Bob Minchin]

Dead easy to change. Usually there are some genuine ones on ebay cheaper than list price spares from Bosch. Bob

[Bob Minchin]

Just seen your link pointing to ebay already DOH! Bob

[Bren]

Thanks for that Bob. Is it just a case of pulling out the old brushes and pushing the new ones into the plastic housings?

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[Bob Minchin]

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Some models involve a screw others are clip in fit. Not rocket science. A few spots of oil on the rear bearing whilst you are there will do no harm. Bob