SDS Drill

It's not meant to be filled to the brim. You just need a fat coating over the parts.

Following on from this. When the supplied pot of grease has been used up, can any type of grease be used or is it a specific 'recipe?

Cheers

John

I will see what my local car accessory shop has (although I have not checked I was thinking wheel bearing grease)

Regards

Tony

Use molybdenum grease, available from car spares shops.

Yes, it must be rubber friendly (at least for the bit -- my Metabo SDS drill doesn't need the gearbox filling).

I asked my local garage, and they gave me a handful of molybdenum grease sachets. They come with each new CV joint, but the garage uses a large grease gun to load the joints with grease, for which the sachets are useless, so they get chucked out.

BTW, CPC have a special offer on a 3 piece SDS drill set,

I ordered them to arrive at my parents' house for christmas (one of the tasks this year was to Cat 5 cable their house). My parents fell about laughing when the things turned up, and I must admit I hadn't thought quite how monstrous they would be. However, at only some 30 seconds to drill through a cavity brick wall (or a minute if you include bit changes), they were well worth it. My dad used to do it in the best part of an hour using Rawlplug cold chisels, a spanner, and a 4lb hammer!

snip......

After some searching I found this set on the CPC/Farnell web site, but no mention of a 31/12 deadline, nor of some other original or normal price.

With 5.99 postage - making 16.56 in all with VAT - how good is this offer?

Also note largest is 24mm which is a gnat's whisker too small for 25mm conduit tube, alas :-(((

On investigation, the 31/12 deadline is for the 34p off price, after which it's TL08959 @ £8.45 + VAT.

Somehow, I never manage to place a CPC order which is small enough to attract a P+P charge.

Castrol LM grease would be ideal for that application, it's a standard wheel bearing type lithium grease and widely available from car accessory shops. For the end of the SDS bits where they fit into the drill, a light smear of silicone grease is suitable as it will not perish the rubber dust cap.