SDS squirting grease from motor housing...

[DNS1]

Hi chaps,

a while back I picked up a DeWalt SDS.

It's a great bit of kit and even with cheap drill bits, it's not failed to get through anything I've tried it on.

I have noticed that it's been emitting grease from the air vents though... Oil from the chuck is understandable on an SDS, but wasn't sure about thick grease clogging things up.

I took the chuck assembly off the drill earlier and found that the shaft from the motor was completely coated in thick filthy grease, so cleaned a lot of it out.

Anyone else notice this with their SDS?

 

[dim_bulb]

Is it new or off of a Internet auction site.
doesnt sound right. Has the gearing come apart?


when I first glanced the post and saw squirting thought something else

 

[dan86]

mine ain't got anything coming out of anywhere

 

[SPARTYKUS]

Its prob about to fail. I had a hitatchi one do that, and then it didntbwork properly. Think its akin to busting a gut

 

[Elmer BeFuddled]

I'll go with SPARTYKUS on this one. My gaffers SDS started spitting gunge everywhere. By the end of that day it was next to the wheelie bin.

 

[SPARTYKUS]

I'm old enough to have looked for a ' grease nipple' but there isn't one

it still spins but the hammer action is in cardiac arrest. I've kept it for spares...

 

[dan86]

mine just keeps soldiering on. I've had it a good few years and it was 2nd hand when I got it...

 

[SPARTYKUS]

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mine just keeps soldiering on. I've had it a good few years and it was 2nd hand when I got it...

I'd ave to pay someone to help me lift that :wink5:

 

[i=p/u]

if the hammer action is gone , its the pistons nackered..... happened on my hitachi sds... if wasnt under warrenty, bin, but it was.. that will teach me to core drill with hammer action

 

[topcat]

Would say its had it mate grease from gear box by sound of it not good

 

[DNS1]

Cheers for the replies chaps.

My drill is only about a year old so I'll phone Dewalt and get them to fix it.

 

[dim_bulb]

Are you an electrician or a demolition guy?
boom box chased..next