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Stuck keyless chuck drill

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Hi all

I was putting up a curtain pole today and the keyless chuck is jammed with the drill bit in. I have tried with a wrench (slightly damaged plastic barrel), a wet cloth and my own strength and now it is soaking in WD40 and I am hitting it with a hammer

Any ideas?


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  • WD40 and hammering worked.
  • Apjs87
    Apjs87 Posts: 122 Forumite
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    if you have a set of grips, that'll do the job
  • Jeepers_Creepers
    Jeepers_Creepers Posts: 4,339 Forumite
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    edited 23 December 2020 at 9:13PM
    Hey, t'Pro, are you sure you were turning it the correct way?! C'mon - 'fess up. :-)

    Don't let me be the only one who gets this wrong...

    It can be tricky to work out - which collar/chuck part is turned which way. A way to check is, put the drill in reverse and then hold the chuck end (the silver bit) from turning - that's the correct direction. Put the chuck end in a vice so it's held firmly - no wobblyness that absorbs movement. Put the gear in '1' for max torque. Jab the trigger fully on and off repeatedly. If this doesn't do it, then place an adjustable wrench on the black collar and - with the silver chuck still held in the vice - turn that also anti-clockwise, ie 'reverse' direction.
  • fenwick458
    fenwick458 Posts: 1,522 Forumite
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    Apjs87 said:
    if you have a set of grips, that'll do the job
    you want to be careful with grips, even on my "professional level makita" the chuck is just a thin metal casing, easily deformed by a vice / grips as I have found out.
    I wouldn't even bother using grips on a plastic bodied DIY level drill.
    WD40 seems to work, and prevention is always better than the cure so put a few drops of oil in there every now and then to stop it happening
  • grumbler
    grumbler Posts: 58,629 Forumite
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    A strap wrench (a jar lid opener) is a safer tool
  • Definitely turning the right way haha

    Didn't realise you were meant to lubricate the chuck part. Will make sure I WD40 it every now and again
  • Definitely turning the right way haha

    That makes me the only one, then :-(
  • Will make sure I WD40 it every now and again
    Or some drill chuck oil.

    (OK, I made that up!! :D)
    I'm writing a book on plagiarism. It wasn't my idea.
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