Chuck Slipping On Your Cordless Drill? This Is Something I Didn’t Know.

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I found this while scrolling around the sidebar on Youtube yesterday after work.

I have been gone to a funeral and family gathering all day and haven’t had a chance to check this out personally but you can bet I will be.

19 thoughts on “Chuck Slipping On Your Cordless Drill? This Is Something I Didn’t Know.”

  1. I have been using cordless drill for a number of decades and never knew that. My first cordless is a 7.2 volt Makita (bought in 1978) and I still have it and on it’s second set of batteries, I can’t kill it! It is slow, but torquey as hell.

    • +1 for Makita. Couldn’t tell you how old mine is, but it refuses to give up the ghost. I figure as long as I can get replacement batteries, I’ll keep using it.

      I just tried this, and mine doesn’t have a “click”, but there is a definite “chunk” when I turn it the other way, before it starts to loosen.

      I have to wonder about this feature. I don’t recall I’ve ever had an issue with the chuck coming loose by itself, as long as I do my part in the first place and tighten it properly. Maybe it has something to do with using these chucks on hammer drills as well.

      Now I’m wondering whether a Jacobs keyless chuck has this feature as well.

    • My dad had a 9.6 Dewalt. It got passed along to one of my sons and is still going strong.
      I bought a 14.4 Skil back when it first came out – the motor still goes round and round, but the chuck and bit remain stationary. Tried looking online for a (somewhat) local Skil repair shop, but no joy.

  3. Same for me.
    Good info and besides all the fun things that are posted by all of you, I learn a thing or two every now and then. Thanks.

  4. Drives me batshit crazy when that happens… both my milwaukee & my dewalt do that. Gonna try it out at work tomoro.

  5. They all click because they all use the same chuck. Each manufacturer might put a different decorative sleeve over the chuck, but all the chucks are those Chinese Jacob’s. And there’s no clicking in the world going to overcome the slip if the jaws are worn out.

  6. I am confused on this one. If it tightens by turning clockwise, and locks by turning counter-clockwise, how do you get the bit out of the drill? WIll this method work on the lug nuts of my car?

  7. I don’t see what he means by “locks in place”. If you properly tighten your bit into the chuck it’s not going anywhere until you take it out. Just not seeing the “feature” here.

  8. I never knew this and have had these types of drill for 40 years. I tried it and it works on my Milwaukee Fuel and newer Dewalt but not on my Dewalt circa 2009.
    Wow……it’s true! Thanks for posting this!

  9. Don’t think it will work on my Ryobi’s because they don’t ratchet. I will check though, nothing worse than reversing and then chuck coming loose in the process.

  10. Got a crappy black and decker w/ the chanheable heads (hammer drill, sander, etc) and it does it! Never knew. Milwaukee I have does it too! Crazy!

  12. Works on my Bauer (Harbor Freight).
    Cool feature as I am tired of the hex bit holder falling out.
    Thanks!

  13. Thanks for posting this Phil, I had never heard of this either. I always appreciate learning some “secret” tool knowledge.

    Just tried it out on my Milwaukee M18 compact brushless and it appears to work. Definitely a “chunk” rather than a click, but in the limited testing I did the chuck didn’t loosen up.

  15. Worked on my Beaver RV today, used my DeWalt that I’ve had for over 15 years. The chuck did indeed work as described but I didn’t hear a click but I *could* feel it lock when I turned the chuck. Interesting!

  16. I shall be at my friend’s shop on Monday (who is mooching my Makita for the day until he gets his new drill) and will test this out. That’s a cool as hell feature.

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