I bought a used Makita Maktek drill from a garage sale
it has a major problem
the motor smokes like fricking mad.
I can either try to fix the motor or just replace the motor. I don't know what to do.
I don't have a vice and the motor has crimps on it keeping it together,
should I just try replace the motor or give up on this thing?
How old is that thing? There’s no way it comes anywhere close to the performance of a $59 Ryobi drill with a lithium battery.
Can you tell where the smoke is coming from? If it’s the brushes and somehow the battery still holds a charge, maybe that repair would be worth it if the thing has sentimental value because you can probably find brushes for <$10 shipped. If it’s from the inside of the motor, try to blow the crap out of there and give up if that doesn’t fix it.
its 18v its about 8 years old, been sitting for about 5 ish years, batteries and charger works but they're as old.
Ahhh I just googled it and see it’s some foreign brand for homeowners like green Bosch in Yurop. Is it a lithium battery at least?
Find where the smoke is coming from. Brushes wear out and cause sparks and smoke sometimes when they’re super fried. If it’s that, it’s an easy replacement.
If it’s anything more, I recommend you really run the battery to make sure it’s worth investing in. If it’s an old NiCd tool, I wouldn’t even waste the time and money, go pick up a new Parkside or green Bosch or whatever affordable 18V lithium battery cordless drill you can find on sale.
>NiCd
yea its NiCad 🙁
where do u guys pickup brushes??? are brushes a standard item? any tips on taking down a crimped motor?
> whaddabout brushes
Yeah, they’re pretty standard, but lots of sizes.
If you can’t find the exact size you can get something close and just sand down the brush until it fits, it’s soft like a big fat 4B pencil lead.
junkie
wat r u doin
junkie
stahp
honestly, consoome and buy a new cheap one... its not like you are restoring a heirloom or old quality tool. its an old pos, accept your loss and move on.
> drill battery dies
“Just buy a new one”
> car runs out of gas
“Just buy a new one”
> dishes get dirty
“Just buy new ones”
The true spirit of modern day PrepHole
This is just somethung brushless power tools do after sitting for a long time. Had a big stone drill that we barely use almost gas us out of the area when we used it for the first time in a decade.
Just keep using it, itll settlw down.
I'm just going to yolo and smoke it out in the front yard, gonna tape the trigger down and see if it lights on fire
Well obviously thats not a good idea. Do it in spurts moron
but then i'll get covered in smoke
Go to a country road, hold the drill out the window, cruise around while fingering the drill.
The internet. Find the model # for your drill and google parts for it. Hopefully you can replace them and they’re not sealed, otherwise you can look if the whole motor is available when you search the model number. The brushes are little graphite/carbon blocks, if yours are real worn, you will be able to see for sure when you disasseble the drill and compare them to pics of the replacement brushes.
But a couple other people mentioned it, that seems to be Makita’s old home gamer brand, so not expensive to begin with, and it’s an older NiCd drill so it’s a big step behind modern lithium stuff. If you can fix it for <$20, go for it. But the battery is probably old and shitty and will only last through drilling a few holes, so you might end up spending more to get it running than buying a new drill that works better,
If it's been sitting in a high particulate environment for a few years there might be crud settled on the brushes or other internals that will smoke until it gets burned off but might not be a big deal in the long run. Basically just do what the other guy said and figure out exactly where the smoke is coming from.