I have a small corded Skill drill with a keyless chuck. One of the jaws
doesn't travel with the other two. I decided to replace the chuck. I
went out and bought one and when I got home I found I couldn't remove the
old one. I can't see down there very well so I don't know what kind of
tool to use in the set screw.
For reasons that would bore everyone here, replacing the drill is the last
option.
If anybody has the manual could you please tell me how to remove the chuck.
--
Mark Healey
marknews(at)healeyonline(dot)com
My corded Skil drill has a "Jacobs" taper fitting chuck.That's why I
can't see a screw when I look down the chuck. I know this because I was
using a 1" dia masonry bit in it and the vibration shook the chuck off
the drill. It wouldn't stay on after that until I let the drill cool
and heated the chuck to shrink it on. When the chuck finally failed I
heated it to get it off so I could replace it. Hope this helps!
"Mark Healey" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> On Sat, 04 Jun 2005 00:03:57 +0000, Mark Healey wrote:
>
>> I have a small corded Skill drill with a keyless chuck. One of the jaws
>> doesn't travel with the other two. I decided to replace the chuck. I
>> went out and bought one and when I got home I found I couldn't remove the
>> old one. I can't see down there very well so I don't know what kind of
>> tool to use in the set screw.
>>
>> For reasons that would bore everyone here, replacing the drill is the
>> last
>> option.
>>
>> If anybody has the manual could you please tell me how to remove the
>> chuck.
>
> I should have mentioned that skill.com is refusing connections.
>
> --
try http://www.skil.com/homepage.htm
Mark Healey wrote:
> On Sat, 04 Jun 2005 00:03:57 +0000, Mark Healey wrote:
>
>
>>I have a small corded Skill drill with a keyless chuck. One of the jaws
>>doesn't travel with the other two. I decided to replace the chuck. I
>>went out and bought one and when I got home I found I couldn't remove the
>>old one. I can't see down there very well so I don't know what kind of
>>tool to use in the set screw.
>>
>>For reasons that would bore everyone here, replacing the drill is the last
>>option.
>>
>>If anybody has the manual could you please tell me how to remove the chuck.
>
>
> I should have mentioned that skill.com is refusing connections.
>
There's only one "L" in Skil. Try:
http://www.skil.com/homepage.htm
--
Jack Novak
Buffalo, NY - USA
[email protected]
(Remove -SPAM- to send email)
Sorry, I got it bass-ackwards. Turn it clockwise first, then counter-clockwise. To replace the chuck, screw it back
on, tighten the screw and then rap it clockwise and give the screw a final tightening.
Jonah wrote:
> For drill chuck removal try this. Chuck up the largest allen wrench you
> can with the long side sticking up from the chuck. Give it a sharp rap
> with a hammer counter clockwise to loosen the screw. Remove the allen
> wrench and chuck screw (left hand thread). Re-chuck the allen wrench and
> give it a sharp rap clockwise and the chuck should come loose.
>
> Jim Bailey wrote:
>
>> Mark - If you feel like being experimental - all the ones I've changed
>> (only
>> 3 or 4) have been phillips and left-hand thread.
>>
>> jim bailey
>>
>> "Mark Healey" <[email protected]> wrote in message
>> news:[email protected]...
>>
>>> I have a small corded Skill drill with a keyless chuck. One of the jaws
>>> doesn't travel with the other two. I decided to replace the chuck. I
>>> went out and bought one and when I got home I found I couldn't remove
>>> the
>>> old one. I can't see down there very well so I don't know what kind of
>>> tool to use in the set screw.
>>>
>>> For reasons that would bore everyone here, replacing the drill is the
>>> last
>>> option.
>>>
>>> If anybody has the manual could you please tell me how to remove the
>>
>>
>> chuck.
>>
>>>
>>> --
>>> Mark Healey
>>> marknews(at)healeyonline(dot)com
>>>
>>
>>
>>
Mark - If you feel like being experimental - all the ones I've changed (only
3 or 4) have been phillips and left-hand thread.
jim bailey
"Mark Healey" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> I have a small corded Skill drill with a keyless chuck. One of the jaws
> doesn't travel with the other two. I decided to replace the chuck. I
> went out and bought one and when I got home I found I couldn't remove the
> old one. I can't see down there very well so I don't know what kind of
> tool to use in the set screw.
>
> For reasons that would bore everyone here, replacing the drill is the last
> option.
>
> If anybody has the manual could you please tell me how to remove the
chuck.
>
>
> --
> Mark Healey
> marknews(at)healeyonline(dot)com
>
For drill chuck removal try this. Chuck up the largest allen wrench you can with the long side sticking up from the
chuck. Give it a sharp rap with a hammer counter clockwise to loosen the screw. Remove the allen wrench and chuck
screw (left hand thread). Re-chuck the allen wrench and give it a sharp rap clockwise and the chuck should come loose.
Jim Bailey wrote:
> Mark - If you feel like being experimental - all the ones I've changed (only
> 3 or 4) have been phillips and left-hand thread.
>
> jim bailey
>
> "Mark Healey" <[email protected]> wrote in message
> news:[email protected]...
>
>>I have a small corded Skill drill with a keyless chuck. One of the jaws
>>doesn't travel with the other two. I decided to replace the chuck. I
>>went out and bought one and when I got home I found I couldn't remove the
>>old one. I can't see down there very well so I don't know what kind of
>>tool to use in the set screw.
>>
>>For reasons that would bore everyone here, replacing the drill is the last
>>option.
>>
>>If anybody has the manual could you please tell me how to remove the
>
> chuck.
>
>>
>>--
>>Mark Healey
>>marknews(at)healeyonline(dot)com
>>
>
>
>
Mark Healey wrote:
> On Sat, 04 Jun 2005 00:03:57 +0000, Mark Healey wrote:
>
>
>>I have a small corded Skill drill with a keyless chuck. One of the jaws
>>doesn't travel with the other two. I decided to replace the chuck. I
>>went out and bought one and when I got home I found I couldn't remove the
>>old one. I can't see down there very well so I don't know what kind of
>>tool to use in the set screw.
>>
>>For reasons that would bore everyone here, replacing the drill is the last
>>option.
>>
>>If anybody has the manual could you please tell me how to remove the chuck.
>
>
> I should have mentioned that skill.com is refusing connections.
That's the ticket.
Try http://www.skil.com/
Get the "L" outta there<g>
On Sat, 04 Jun 2005 00:03:57 +0000, Mark Healey wrote:
> I have a small corded Skill drill with a keyless chuck. One of the jaws
> doesn't travel with the other two. I decided to replace the chuck. I
> went out and bought one and when I got home I found I couldn't remove the
> old one. I can't see down there very well so I don't know what kind of
> tool to use in the set screw.
>
> For reasons that would bore everyone here, replacing the drill is the last
> option.
>
> If anybody has the manual could you please tell me how to remove the chuck.
I should have mentioned that skill.com is refusing connections.
--
Mark Healey
marknews(at)healeyonline(dot)com
I had a similar situation with a drill about a year ago. The screw at the
bottom of the chuck is a left handed screw. The threads on mine seemed to
have gotten fubar'd, so a friend at a local machine shop drilled it out
for me so I could put the new chuck on.
On Sat, 04 Jun 2005 00:03:57 +0000, Mark Healey wrote:
> I have a small corded Skill drill with a keyless chuck. One of the jaws
> doesn't travel with the other two. I decided to replace the chuck. I
> went out and bought one and when I got home I found I couldn't remove
> the old one. I can't see down there very well so I don't know what kind
> of tool to use in the set screw.
>
> For reasons that would bore everyone here, replacing the drill is the
> last option.
>
> If anybody has the manual could you please tell me how to remove the
> chuck.
On Fri, 03 Jun 2005 21:47:30 -0400, Jonah wrote:
>> Mark - If you feel like being experimental - all the ones I've changed
>> (only
>> 3 or 4) have been phillips and left-hand thread.
> Jonah wrote:
>> For drill chuck removal try this. Chuck up the largest allen wrench you
>> can with the long side sticking up from the chuck. Give it a sharp rap
>> with a hammer counter clockwise to loosen the screw. Remove the allen
>> wrench and chuck screw (left hand thread). Re-chuck the allen wrench and
>> give it a sharp rap clockwise and the chuck should come loose.
> Sorry, I got it bass-ackwards. Turn it clockwise first, then
> counter-clockwise. To replace the chuck, screw it back on, tighten the
> screw and then rap it clockwise and give the screw a final tightening.
According to the manual on their web site (I can now find it, thanks guys)
it is a phillips and works like all other drills.
The problem is that there is no screw visible. It looks like either some
crud got forced into it or the head got totally stripped.
Now I'm wondering if I can put a normal bit in a vice and run the drill
against it, sort of like an easy-out.
--
Mark Healey
marknews(at)healeyonline(dot)com
In article <[email protected]>,
Mark Healey <[email protected]> wrote:
>I have a small corded Skill drill with a keyless chuck. One of the jaws
>doesn't travel with the other two. I decided to replace the chuck. I
>went out and bought one and when I got home I found I couldn't remove the
>old one. I can't see down there very well so I don't know what kind of
>tool to use in the set screw.
>
>For reasons that would bore everyone here, replacing the drill is the last
>option.
>
>If anybody has the manual could you please tell me how to remove the chuck.
>
>
>--
>Mark Healey
>marknews(at)healeyonline(dot)com
>
You'll need to get a flashlight or somehow determine what kind of tool
to use to remove the retaining screw. Plain slotted screws were pretty
common on older keyed chucks, but who knows what is used today? Do you
still have instructions for your drill? Remember, the retaining screw
has a left hand thread, turn clockwise to remove, the chuck has a
normal right hand thread, turn counterclockwise to remove.
--
Larry Wasserman Baltimore, Maryland
[email protected]
If it is a plastic chuck, I would cut part of it up to free the jaws and the
top part so you can see better in there.
Christian
"Mark Healey" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> On Fri, 03 Jun 2005 21:47:30 -0400, Jonah wrote:
>
>>> Mark - If you feel like being experimental - all the ones I've changed
>>> (only
>>> 3 or 4) have been phillips and left-hand thread.
>
>> Jonah wrote:
>>> For drill chuck removal try this. Chuck up the largest allen wrench you
>>> can with the long side sticking up from the chuck. Give it a sharp rap
>>> with a hammer counter clockwise to loosen the screw. Remove the allen
>>> wrench and chuck screw (left hand thread). Re-chuck the allen wrench and
>>> give it a sharp rap clockwise and the chuck should come loose.
>
>> Sorry, I got it bass-ackwards. Turn it clockwise first, then
>> counter-clockwise. To replace the chuck, screw it back on, tighten the
>> screw and then rap it clockwise and give the screw a final tightening.
>
> According to the manual on their web site (I can now find it, thanks guys)
> it is a phillips and works like all other drills.
>
> The problem is that there is no screw visible. It looks like either some
> crud got forced into it or the head got totally stripped.
>
> Now I'm wondering if I can put a normal bit in a vice and run the drill
> against it, sort of like an easy-out.
>
> --
> Mark Healey
> marknews(at)healeyonline(dot)com
>