Keyless chuck slippage

[Mayayana]

Any clever cures for that? I have a fairly new cordless drill that slips even more than my old corded drill. I've never liked keyless chuck, but no one sells anything else anymore.

[Paintedcow]

Chucks are removable an can be replaced. I suppose you could use a keyed one too. Keyless have their limits, like dont try to hold a 3/8 bit and drill heavy steel.

[AL]

Try hex shank drill bits.

[bob_villa]

The better quality/designed keyless chucks have carbine jaws and an improved locking mechanism. I bought a used Milw. Magnum M18 drill with a half inch keyless that performs well.

[Mayayana]

"AL" wrote

| Try hex shank drill bits. |

That seems like a good idea, but I actually use it most with a phillips bit for screws, and that repeatedly comes loose, even falling out, despite having a hex shaft.

[DerbyDad03]

How new is "fairly new"? Any chance it's still under warranty?

I recently switched to Rigid and like the feel (size, balance and weight) much better than my trusty DeWalt (dead batteries). The lifetime warranty is attractive too.

[Mayayana]

"DerbyDad03" wrote

| How new is "fairly new"? Any chance it's still under warranty? |

About a month. But it works fine. It just slips. I've never had a keyless chuck that didn't slip, but this is a bit worse than most. I just thought maybe someone had come up with a trick. (I've considered trying to file the contact surfaces a bit, to rough them up.)

I actually haven't used a portable drill for many years. They always seemed expensive and limited. But I had to get one for an outside job and now I'm very impressed with the power and battery life.

| I recently switched to Rigid and like the feel (size, balance and weight) | much better than my trusty DeWalt (dead batteries). The lifetime warranty | is attractive too. |

Why not just buy new batteries? I can't assess Rigid. I've never tried them. But they seem to be a low-end Home Depot product, so I doubt I will try them. I'd be curious to know whether others have had good luck.

Lifetime warranty? Probably pro-rated, though? And when have you ever had a drill that's fallen apart? I don't pay attention to warranties. They're usually not worth the trouble. If it works for the first few weeks I figure it's my responsibility after that.

I have had some bad experiences lately with Samsung DVD players. One died young. Then a Blu-Ray player turns out to have funky DRM built in that sometimes rejects normal DVDs. But the players were only about $40. So I've learned my lesson. No more Samsung. They don't seem to be the dependable company they once were. If I'd filed for warranties on both players I'd still just buy a replacement rather than hassle with warranty requirements to replace a model I don't really want to keep.

[bob_villa]

These quick change adapters work well:

[gfretwell]

I have found,lubricating the chuck makes it work better. They seem to bind up before they get tight otherwise

[DerbyDad03]

I have never had a "slippage" issue with keyless chucks. I've been using cordless drills for decades, mostly DeWalt.

New batteries (18V NiCd) for the DeWalt would have cost me ~$100.

For less than $150 on sale I got an 18V Li-ion kit - Drill and Impact Driver.

I'll leave the reading of reviews to you. I think it would be worth your while to check them out and don't discount them just because they are from a borg.

Not Pro-rated, batteries included. Again, read the reviews and read the warranty coverage.

[Tekkie®]

Mayayana posted for all of us...

Another example of you get what you pay for. I use Milwaukee $$$, never had a problem.

I see many good answers but your symptoms seem to suggest a binding chuck. If Greg Fretwells lube job doesn't fix it I would return it.

[notbob]

Then it obviously does NOT work fine.

I have a DeWalt 13V drill motor and a 13V Hitachi impact/drill motor. Both have keyless chucks and neither "slips". ;)

nb

[dpb]

You don't say what brand, but the quality matters.

I've several Milwaukee one-piece keyless chucks that don't slip even with large bits and hammer mode in steel or masonry/concrete.

OTOH, the little cheapie two-piece chuck on an inexpensive B&D is nearly impossible to even use, what more tighten for any "real" work...

By quality and I'd expect you'd not be disappointed.

[DerbyDad03]

I'm curious about the brand in question also. It's must be a quality brand because Mayayana doesn't buy low end tools. When I mentioned Rigid he said "I can't assess Rigid. I've never tried them. But they seem to be a low-end Home Depot product, so I doubt I will try them."

I'm not sure how he determined that they were a low-end product (price does not always tell the whole story) so I suggested he read some reviews.

[dpb]

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I've not tried any of the Ridgid-branded stuff from HD, either; the only relationship with the Ridgid pipe tools is they've licensed the name; they have nothing to do with the manufacture of the products.

The outlet and the price points in general are what he's judged on doubt; altho most reviews I've read indicate the quality level is pretty decent for the price points...