greasing sds drills

Fred · 2010-05-11T09:00:04+00:00

Hi,SDS newbie question: I bought a cheap sds drill from Screwfix. It sayson the top to check the grease level regularly but it doesn't say howoften to check or how full it should be. I was chiseling some chasesand when I looked after, it appeared empty. I filled it to the brimwith grease and did more chasing and the walls got covered in grease!So is it that these will spit if overfilled? What is the right levelto fill to and how often should you check: before every job?I see that there is a rod in the bottom: is the important thing tokeep that covered? Is that the hammer mechanism?It can be quite tiring using a 6kg drill to chisel, and now that Iappreciate what sds can do, I think I might look for a 2kg drill. Itseems that some of these can pack as big a punch as the 6kg drills. Inotice that the branded 2kg drills do not need grease, why do the 6kgones?TIA

greasing sds drills

May 11, 2010 Last reply: 6 years ago 22 Replies

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nothanks 5 years ago

I thought there was an argument that this just caused grit to enter the gubbins. I've never greased my elderly DeW 2kg or Titan 4kg - heavily used and still going strong.

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charles 5 years ago

Using my Bosch today, I found it was quite difficult to pull out the bits, so may be a bit of grease might help?

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John Rumm 5 years ago

I keep a small tube like:

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in the drill case. It only requires very occasional use on a drill bit or chisel shank.

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