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Milwaukee M12 2407-20: Drill works until it has had moderate use, then dies

Thu, 20 Jun 2024 22:20:37 -0700

Drill is 5 years old, had moderate use. Drill 5 to 10 holes in wood or drive 5 to 10 longer screws and the drill stops working, battery strength lights flash. Leave it alone for 3 to 5 minutes and it works again normally. Do the same amount of work and it repeats. If you only drill 1 or 2 holes or drive 1 or 2 screws the drill does not misbehave. A tool only replacement is $100 CDN and an upgrade to 1/2” is only $30 more with charger and bag. The repair solution needs to be inexpensive parts wise and not epic to perform. I’m willing to try a fairly simple repair/servicing. Any suggestions??

⟐ Answer accepted June 20, 2024 at 22:20 MST

Milwaukee M12 2407-20: Milwaukee drill light stays on no power,

Mon, 23 Jun 2025 21:34:04 -0700

my Milwaukee drill 2407 fully charged battery light stays on, but no power power to the drill itself. Why would then what would be making this happen? Batteries are fully charged

⟐ Edited June 23, 2025 at 21:34 MST

Milwaukee M18 2606-20: Gear box reassembly - chuck spins very slowly

Fri, 30 May 2025 07:20:01 -0700

Hey all,

I picked up and old used cordless drill ( model # 2606-20, 18v 1/2" driver). It was essentially free, part of a small lot of drills I bought for cheap. So I wanted to clean it up, see if it worked (it didn't have a battery), etc.

I found a battery and confirmed that it did work. Generally it all seemed decent - at least functional.

I took it apart, cleaned up various things... including disassembling much of the gear box section (not all of it, but say 2/3). When I reassembled things... and figured out that the magnet ring was backwards :) ... I tried it out. The motor spun, the shaft spun... but the chuck was spinning very slowly. Like I had turned a gear increaser into a reducer. So say 10-20 RPM instead of... ~450.

So I took it all apart again, this time disassembling the entire gear box and including the chuck assembly... put it back together - still turns very slowly.

I have reviewed various disassembly videos and some assembly diagrams... I think I'm doing it right.

I know it can be really hard to troubleshooting something like this without seeing it, without really knowing what I did... I'm pretty handy with tools and things (spent 15 years working as a maintenance technician in a wafer fab) - so not a complete noob. But nearly always the first time you do something it's not perfect - I'm missing something here, obviously. :)

Anybody have any thoughts about what I messed up?

⟐ Commented May 30, 2025 at 7:20 MST

Milwaukee Hole Shooter 02441 664C 2014: Trying to repair power cable

Thu, 27 Jun 2024 15:35:35 -0700

Trying to figure out how to take the triple prong off so I can replace the cable

⟐ Answer edited June 27, 2024 at 15:35 MST

Milwaukee Drill Driver 276020 H16A 2017: it will not turn the screw the screw under pressure/ t

Tue, 23 Jan 2024 14:05:08 -0700

the driver will not turn a screw under a load but will rotate freely with no load