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Vent: A client said my cordless drill sounded like a dying animal
I was on a kitchen remodel in Springfield last week, running some 3-inch screws. The client walked by and said, 'John, that thing sounds rough, like a coffee grinder full of rocks.' I checked my Milwaukee Fuel drill after the job, and the chuck was wobbling. Turns out I'd dropped it off a ladder six months back and never really looked it over. I swapped out the whole chuck assembly for about $35, and now it runs quiet and true. How often do you guys actually service your cordless tools instead of just running them until they quit?
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the_taylor5mo ago
Six months with a wobbly chuck and you never noticed?
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nora_webb515mo ago
My old boss used to say a noisy tool is a crying tool. He'd make us clean and check everything every Friday.
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gray3145mo ago
Is a wobbly chuck really that big of a deal? I've run drills that sounded way worse for years and they still drove screws. If it still works, I'm using it. That old saying about a noisy tool just seems like extra busywork to me. Most of this stuff is built to take a beating anyway.
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