Took in my Senco FP25XP brad nailer to the shop 2-3 weeks ago…Still worked fine, but had a small air leak that bugged me, and I figured it would lead to premature tool failure.
Finally got a call today from the shop saying that the gun needed a total rebuild and would run me a little over a hundred bucks. For a gun that worked fine when I brought it in. And has had comparatively little use since I bought it.
Now I’m wondering if the thing is even worth fixing, or if I should replace it?
Should I be looking at different brands/models? What have you had luck with?
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Get your gun back & ignore the leak.
Joe H
get gun back,
Sounds to me like you better go get your gun back and take it to another shop and have them look at it. This time stay and have them show you what is wrong with it.
Nailer
Not many brad nailers out there that cost $100 new.
You are probably paying a set $80 bench charge + a few parts.
I've got a brand new Senco FP15 you can have for $50 + shipping. Shoots 1 1/4" brads. Never used.
JT 313-283-5908
I appreciate the offer, but I like having a bit more length out of a brad gun. The FP25 shoots from 5/8"-2 or 2 1/8", which is a nice range, and partly why I bought that ridiculously expensive gun. It's also oilless, so I'm afraid that just their pulling the dang thin apart ruined any seals, and I don't know what the lube is that they used for the gun. If it was oiled, I would have done everything myself.THanks
Don't have them rebuild it.
Three options as far as I can see, buy the o ring kit and do it yourself, ignore the leak and continue to use it, or get a new gun. What did the gun cost new, probably as much as they want to charge you now or even less.
To me, porter cable makes the best brad nailers, no frills but very dependable. Check ebay for guns, many of the companies through in brad nailers and such with certain compressors and many of those are new, in the box posted on ebay.
Are you at all handy? Most air nailers are very simple to rebuild and you can usually buy kits cheap.
$100 sounds awful high!
I think most of us capable types need to fix things if we can manage it. I remember asking my tool repair guys to put on a new cord on one of my wormdrives- The bill was $25!!!! Holy cr^p, what was I thinking? Doh!
I'm fairly handy, and do most of my own repairs on saws (and that of several other people). The only reason I thought twice about fixing this gun is that it is oilless, and appeared to have a lube inside, which I had no clue what it was.I didn't want to remove any of the lube that makes this gun oil-less and maintenance free...what a crock that turned out to be.
Senco used to fix for the price of parts. Never more than a few dollars.
That must have gone the way of cheap gas.
Larryb
"Should I be looking at different brands/models?"
Maybe you should be looking for a different repair shop.