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DeWalt DW920: Why is my drill not charging?

Fri, 03 Apr 2026 05:49:42 -0700

When i place the battery pack on the charging station, the battery not charge.

⟐ Commented April 03, 2026 at 5:49 MST

Bosch Hammer Drill HD182 2016: it is not working

Tue, 31 Mar 2026 21:35:18 -0700

not working

DEXTER 500W electric hand drill: Chuck is stuck! Won't loosen or tighten

Tue, 31 Mar 2026 09:13:00 -0700

The chuck is stuck and I can't close it to insert a drill bit. It doesn't turn when you hold it to tighten or loosen. Any ideas? TIA

Other Brand Power Drill: Meri motar garam ho ja rhi hai My motor is getting hot

Mon, 30 Mar 2026 19:35:08 -0700

Meri moter garam ho ja rhi hai aur smell bhi a rhi hai

Translation Hindi-English

My motor is getting hot and it smells too

⟐ Edited March 30, 2026 at 19:35 MST

Bosch Hammer Drill 11264EVS PROD 3611B 2008: green light is on and no power

Sat, 28 Mar 2026 11:45:49 -0700

green light is on and no power

Dewalt Impact Driver DC825 TYPE 2 2012: Burning smell immediately when operating

Tue, 24 Mar 2026 21:15:54 -0700

What can the faint burning smell be

Ridgid Impact Driver: subcompact impact driver shuts off randomly

Mon, 23 Mar 2026 06:22:54 -0700

Shuts off randomly. Disconnecting the battery resets it and it goes back to working properly until it stops again.

Black Decker Hammer Drill: Why is my drill wont rotate , just hammer

Fri, 20 Mar 2026 07:24:43 -0700

My drill hummer wont rotate when i turned it to a drill function while the motor is on

Milwaukee Hex Impact Driver 2656-20: Impact driver will not turn on

Thu, 19 Mar 2026 21:26:55 -0700

When the trigger is pressed nothing happens and battery is good.

⟐ Commented March 19, 2026 at 21:26 MST

Black and Decker LDX 120C: Black and Decker 20 volt Battery wont charge

Tue, 17 Mar 2026 20:34:04 -0700

I have 2 Black & Decker 20 volt "Matrix" batteries.

During another household project, I used the battery as a power supply for something else. Low draw, was not getting hot. Discharged down to 17 volts. Now when I plug it in, charger just shows "bad battery".

Another just shows "bad battery" on the charger when I plug it in. It's practically new but I have no insight on that one.

Anyone familiar with how these opperate that might have a fix at least for the first one? My suspision is that somehow the battery knows it was used for something it should not have been. If that's the case...can it be reset?

Same problem with older 18 volt "Firestorm" battery. This could be age...but every battery (3) shows bad?

⟐ Commented March 17, 2026 at 20:34 MST

Drill: كيف توصل اسلاك كهرباء الدريل

Mon, 16 Mar 2026 08:56:58 -0700

كيف توصيل اسلاك كهرباء الدريل

Dewalt Electric Drill DW106 TYPE 2 2014: Drill bits slipping out of chuck

Fri, 13 Mar 2026 13:00:45 -0700

not all, but some

DeWalt DC970: What's the biggest 20V pack that can be SAFELY run?

Sun, 08 Mar 2026 00:54:35 -0700

I have a DeWalt DC970 from years ago and no batteries as they are dead. That said, I have primarily moved to 20V tools but this drill still works just fine; I just cannot buy the original batteries as they were discontinued being NiCd 18V. The batteries have long since been scrapped and were discontinued in 2021. I have XR and Atomic 20V tools as well as one standard non XR saw I keep as a backup to the XR saw. I once had two packs and the drill was shipped with 1.2Ah batteries but I know DEWALT sold 4Ah NiCds at one point too.

Despite having the higher end tools, I still want to keep this one around for jobs I do not want to run my good XR drill on. I have the DCA1820 and 4x 5Ah packs (18650-based) and 2 PowerStacks (5Ah/1.7Ah), so I am wondering what the sweet spot for the older 18V tools is. I did look into a brushless 20V entry level drill on sale for the batteries, but I looked into that years ago before I got 6 20V batteries. I don't think that plan makes as much sense now unless I get some insane deal on a 20V Brushless with 2 2Ah batteries.

⟐ Answer accepted March 08, 2026 at 0:54 MST

Dewalt Cordless Drill DC759KA TYPE 2 2012: Why is it not turning

Sat, 07 Mar 2026 21:55:18 -0700

Why is it not turning

⟐ Answer edited March 07, 2026 at 21:55 MST

Milwaukee 14 Hex Impact Driver 285322: Trigger Catching preventing pull

Fri, 27 Feb 2026 12:47:31 -0700

Does anyone else have a trigger that if not pulled straight back catches?

Ive noticed specifically on mine that is there is pressure to the left it wont move back.

Any fix so far?

Bosch Drill Driver 601194739 1999: Electric spark on rotating

Fri, 27 Feb 2026 03:57:00 -0700

Electric spark on rotating

⟐ Answered February 27, 2026 at 3:57 MST

Ridgid R82005: Battery issues? Wont charge at all

Thu, 26 Feb 2026 15:25:33 -0700

I plug the battery into the charger and it reads as fully charged, but when I use it in the drill it has no power at all. Help!

⟐ Commented February 26, 2026 at 15:25 MST

Hilti Rotary Hammer TE 14 2014: Why does the hammer continue to spin like it’s drilling in just hammer

Mon, 23 Feb 2026 12:07:09 -0700

My TE 14 continues to spin when I put a floor scraper in it

Makita Hammer Drill HR2455 2010: How to repair Mahkita hr2455

Wed, 04 Feb 2026 06:56:04 -0700

How to repair mahkita hr2455

DeWalt DC970: Mystery part for DeWalt DC970 reassembly

Mon, 02 Feb 2026 12:25:32 -0700

Hey

So I opened up the case on my DeWalt DC970 18V drill and of course, wasn't careful enough and stuff spilled out when I separated the two halves. I caught the motor assembly in time, but I could hear at least a couple parts hit the ground, never to be found again. One of these days I'll retain what I learn....

Anyways, I'm trying to reassemble and I'm stuck on a mystery part

Based on the next image, I'm thinking it's a part of the speed shifter. You can see the bend of something metal holding up the shifter with the motor out that looks very close to the mystery part. Unfortunately though, any image I can find of the shifter online is a picture of just the top of the shifter, nothing of the bottom. Every parts diagram I can find does the same thing; it's sold as a single part.

In the image above, it looks like the part attaches to the motor assembly farther down than the shifter does. But I can't find anywhere for it to attach to anything.

The hole in the center of the part does fit snuggly into the shifter bottom, but of course I don't know which direction it's supposed to go.

Am I missing another part that helps this attach to the motor?

Is this mystery part just a random doohickey I found on my floor and has nothing to do with the drill?

Answers and advice greatly appreciated.

-Art

⟐ Commented February 02, 2026 at 12:25 MST