The setscrew is inside the mouth of the chuck. Open the chuck jaws until they are fully retracted so you can remove the setscrew. Many nonreversible drills and chucks don’t have a setscrew. Removing the chuck can be a bit of a challenge while the drill is running the chuck and setscrew are made to tighten onto the spindle, this makes them very tight to the spindle. I have an old broken drill with a good chuck I can use to make this repair all I need to do is remove the chuck from the drill. Oil and clean the chuck once in a while, they will seize up if you don’t. If you must have the tool in the chuck so tight that you need to use a tool on a keyless chuck, swap out the keyless chuck for a keyed chuck, it is easy enough.ĭon’t over tighten keyed chucks the teeth on the ring gear can break or you can strip the threads on the ring nut or the jaws.
Just use your hand to tighten or close the jaws of a keyless chuck, the chuck is made for that. OK rule number one ”DO NOT USE TOOLS ON A KEYLESS CHUCK”, the plastic breaks on the plastic keyless chucks and the metal scars on the metal keyless chucks.ĭo not tighten or close the jaws of a keyless chuck with a monkey wrench, water pump pliers, or channel lock pliers, these tools will break or damage the chuck. Here are some rules to keep your chuck in good shape and the damages breaking these rules can cause. Or you just want to switch to a keyless chuck. Some drill chucks just won’t grip drill bits as small as 1/16 or 1/32 of an inch, because the flats on the jaws of the chuck make too large of a gap when the jaws are closed.
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Why is replacing a drill chuck necessary most of the time the reason is neglect or abuse, but sometimes you may want to upgrade a drill.
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