Electric drill - chuck troubles!

[AL_z]

I bought my electric drill at Wickes about ten years ago. It has served me well. It has taken a lot more stick and lasted longer than the Bosch one I had prior. However, from day one, I noticed that the chuck became extremely stiff to loosen and/or tighten. I shpuld have taken it back, but being an optimist, I thought it would get looser with use. Not so! I tried lubricating but to no avail. Now it has developed a new problem... It won't stay tight. The drill bit keeps coming loose. Is there a remedy to all this, e.g. getting a new chuck fitted - or can one buy a new chuck and fit it onesself? Or should I toss the whole shooting match out of the window and buy a new one?

Al

[NT]

if you can open the chuck up, you can then inspect & clean it. And not apply oil to the threads. When I say open up, I mean once its removed from the drill, clamp the outer body (not the tightening ring), and tap the stem moves toward where the drill was. Probably best clamp the outer body in a vice in 2 indented bits of wood.

NT

[Spamlet]

If it is one that needs a key, chuck it out anyway: put the key in one of the holes and hit it smartly with a hammer in the same direction the drill turns. The chuck will then unscrew.

Make a note of the stem size and buy a new click stop one from Screwfix (or buy a cheap drill from Lidl or Aldi and swap them over.) Some examples:

may find cheaper places than Screwfix nowadays too: 'pound shops' and the like being good bets, or even skips where people have chucked them out just cos the fuse blew... Why didn't you keep the chuck from the Bosch? They used to be very good.

S

[John Rumm]

Above technique is fine - but check its not got a retaining screw as well (most drill with reverse will have one). Open the chuck wide and look down the end - there may be a screw to remove - possible with an anticlockwise thread.

[Grimly Curmudgeon]

We were somewhere around Barstow, on the edge of the desert, when the drugs began to take hold. I remember "Spamlet" saying something like:

After it shears the left-handed screw off inside at the base, you mean?

[Doctor Drivel]

Buying a new drill will be cheaper.

[Tabby]

Where are you going to get a new drill for single figures? A power devil =A35 special? No thanks!

NT