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did it always have that issue or did it start later on?
best option is to always exchange a faulty unit. you have 90 days to return or exchange when bought from home depot on anything. if your past the 90 days, you still have options such as buy another drill knowing it is going back after season and take your faulty unit to a small independent authorized service center and tell them what it's doing. they will have to install a new motor for co from the sounds of it and maybe a trigger switch for fts.
Please be careful recommending that the tool be "EXCHANGED"!If the tool has been registered or not and it's "exchanged" the warranty is 3 years from the date on the receipt or if that's not available the date code on the tool!The "exchanged" tool can not be registered for the lifetime warranty (LSA). The receipts are different. This has always been the case unless it has changed in the last few weeks (it may have, things change everyday).If they want a new tool and warranty, take the tool back and get a store credit, then go buy a new tool.Then remember to register it within the 90 day period.If there is an electrical problem the entire motor, circuitry, switch and battery hold is one unit as are most brushless tool today.Cheers.
i called in to double check. yes you can get the lsa transferred to your replacement tool and it has to be done on the phone explaining the tool exchange and with in the 90 days of original purchase. 1-800-474-3443also on replacement parts such as batteries, you'll need to re-register those to keep the lsa on them with in 90 days of replacement(s). it's about having the serials registered before there is any issue, not after.
Thank you for the test and explanation. I was curious if the start load was an issue. was your auger vertical or horizontal for the test?
just put this setup together and have a question. have not tried it in ice, but running it it bangs hard to a stop when releasing the trigger, even if released slowly. is that normal
It's the brake. Yes it's normal. Actually you shouldn't really be running it without a load applied because when the brake stops like that it will tend to loosen the chuck. However, when I'm done I'm guilty of doing it too, just to spin off the excess water.
I lost mine do to a cheaply made adapter that crushed as the chuck tightened. Aluminum, bad choice.[/quotAny of you using the kovac ice master adapter I'm here to tell you the bungie provided will last between 50-100 holes before breaking. Picked up a much beefier bungie at hardware store today for $2. Although my fin bore has not loosened at all from chuck, good insurance policy for money.
Nils is nothing like the Lazer blades.