I have a small corded Skill drill with a keyless chuck. One of the jaws doesn't travel with the other two. I decided to replace the chuck. I went out and bought one and when I got home I found I couldn't remove the old one. I can't see down there very well so I don't know what kind of tool to use in the set screw.
For reasons that would bore everyone here, replacing the drill is the last option.
If anybody has the manual could you please tell me how to remove the chuck.
I should have mentioned that skill.com is refusing connections.
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There's only one "L" in Skil. Try:
Mark - If you feel like being experimental - all the ones I've changed (only
3 or 4) have been phillips and left-hand thread.jim bailey
According to the manual on their web site (I can now find it, thanks guys) it is a phillips and works like all other drills.
The problem is that there is no screw visible. It looks like either some crud got forced into it or the head got totally stripped.
Now I'm wondering if I can put a normal bit in a vice and run the drill against it, sort of like an easy-out.
If it is a plastic chuck, I would cut part of it up to free the jaws and the top part so you can see better in there.
Christian
My corded Skil drill has a "Jacobs" taper fitting chuck.That's why I can't see a screw when I look down the chuck. I know this because I was using a 1" dia masonry bit in it and the vibration shook the chuck off the drill. It wouldn't stay on after that until I let the drill cool and heated the chuck to shrink it on. When the chuck finally failed I heated it to get it off so I could replace it. Hope this helps!
You'll need to get a flashlight or somehow determine what kind of tool to use to remove the retaining screw. Plain slotted screws were pretty common on older keyed chucks, but who knows what is used today? Do you still have instructions for your drill? Remember, the retaining screw has a left hand thread, turn clockwise to remove, the chuck has a normal right hand thread, turn counterclockwise to remove.
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