Difficulty

Moderate

Steps

7

Time Required

                          10 minutes

Sections

3

  • Battery
  • 2 steps
  • Drill Assembly
  • 2 steps
  • Motor
  • 3 steps

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Introduction

What you need

Step 1

              Battery
  • Compress the buttons on either side of the battery and lift the drill away from battery.

Compress the buttons on either side of the battery and lift the drill away from battery.

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Step 2

  • Remove battery from drill.

Remove battery from drill.

Step 3

              Drill Assembly
  • Remove the eight 16 mm, Torx Security #15 screws.

Remove the eight 16 mm, Torx Security #15 screws.

Step 4

  • Lay the drill on its side and gently lift the top half off it.

Lay the drill on its side and gently lift the top half off it.

Step 5

              Motor
  • Lift drill mechanism out of the shell.
  • Desolder the red and black wires from the motor.
  • Learn more about soldering here.

Lift drill mechanism out of the shell.

Desolder the red and black wires from the motor.

Learn more about soldering here.

Step 6

  • Slightly twist and pull motor away from the clutch.

Slightly twist and pull motor away from the clutch.

Step 7

  • When installing the replacement motor into the clutch make sure you correctly align the gears in order to assure that the motor is properly fitted to the clutch.

When installing the replacement motor into the clutch make sure you correctly align the gears in order to assure that the motor is properly fitted to the clutch.

To reassemble your device, follow these instructions in reverse order.

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allen.anderson1 - Apr 3, 2017

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Unplug the wires from the trigger switch….don’t unsolder.

New motor comes with wires.

Daniel Randall - Sep 16, 2018

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Thanks for the heads up on the wires

pmac086 - May 17, 2019

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Is there a fix to replace brushes?