Hello all,
I was using my Ridgid impact driver to install some deck screws and lag bolts
What a fantastic tool! The philips bit got stuck in there and won’t come out
even with vise grips. Does anyone know the secret to releasing it? It is the kind of
collet that you pull out on a knurled ring and pop out the bit.
I tried to disassemble it and punch it out from inside but there is no access.
Something has a hold on the ball dedent I think.
John
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Pull the collar back!
Clamp the bit in a vice and reverse the driver and hang on, try it back and forth a couple of times. A little shot of WD40 might help too. I have got it to work by backing out a screw.
If all else fails, bring it back to homedespot, and tell them to either a) get the bit out or b) replace the driver because it has a defective chuck!
My old panasonic impact does this when the bit gets buried too deep in the collet. I need to pull on the bit with a large amount of force til it slides out an 1/8" or so. then the collar slides forward effortlessly.
It drives me nuts and it is the only thing I have found I dislike about panasonic cordless. I think I could remedy it by placing a small spacer at the bottom of the collet to keep bits from sliding in so far. I am not sure why this is even necessary.
karl
"Driver bit stuck in chuck"
I'm thinking that you never should have stabbed Chuck in the first place.
I'm also thinking I'd be telling Chuck "that's ok, you can keep the bit"...
Get over it....... The angry going eat you up. ~Brownbagg '06
My Makita impacts will do that occasionally as well. I've found that often simply tapping on the pull-chuck like you'd do with a router collet will often loosen it right up. Maybe you've already tried that but if you're like me you skip right over the obvious solution and dismantle the fu3ker or throw it off the deck.
Still trying,
Those are all great tricks. I pounded and twisted on it.The problem is compounded by the fact that it is one of those short bits that they give you when you buy a box of deck screws. I can't really get a hold of it good. My advice is for you all to avoid ever putting those suckers in the collet. I will take it to the H.D. in the morning.
John
This might be worth a try: Clamp a screw in a vise so it won't turn and try to back it out with the driver._______________________________________________________________
If you are what you eat, I'm fast, cheap and easy.
Impactors are different than regular screw guns. They cannot be backed out. They have a collar that pulls up or down to release the bit. If they had regular chucks they would tighten so hard you can't release it by hand. I know from experience with my panasonic mulit-driver.
I was thinking to try and rotate the bit a little to get it out of its' bind.
I haven't had a bit bind in my Bosch, maybe it's a Ryobi thing._______________________________________________________________
If you are what you eat, I'm fast, cheap and easy.
the little keeper ball in them moves a little and the hammer action really tightens / binds the snot out of them....
hammer in reverse.. it may give....
then go get it repaired..
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Yeah, that's what I said to the OP._______________________________________________________________
If you are what you eat, I'm fast, cheap and easy.
you did??
Life is not a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in a pretty and well preserved body, but rather to skid in broadside, thoroughly used up, totally worn out, and loudly proclaiming<!----><!----><!---->
WOW!!! What a Ride!<!----><!---->
Forget the primal scream, just ROAR!!!
Post 10, isn't that what I said, sometimes I don't understand myself...._______________________________________________________________
If you are what you eat, I'm fast, cheap and easy.
it's your CRAFTS that you are trying to push off on CRS.....
Life is not a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in a pretty and well preserved body, but rather to skid in broadside, thoroughly used up, totally worn out, and loudly proclaiming<!----><!----><!---->
WOW!!! What a Ride!<!----><!---->
Forget the primal scream, just ROAR!!!
Edited 11/14/2006 10:29 pm by IMERC
what were we talking about?_______________________________________________________________
If you are what you eat, I'm fast, cheap and easy.
we were talkin' 'bout something...
Life is not a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in a pretty and well preserved body, but rather to skid in broadside, thoroughly used up, totally worn out, and loudly proclaiming<!----><!----><!---->
WOW!!! What a Ride!<!----><!---->
Forget the primal scream, just ROAR!!!
Chuck Norris.
FREE SPONGE BOB,SANCHO PANTS!
let him round house it...
that should teach that other chuck not to give it up..
Life is not a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in a pretty and well preserved body, but rather to skid in broadside, thoroughly used up, totally worn out, and loudly proclaiming<!----><!----><!---->
WOW!!! What a Ride!<!----><!---->
Forget the primal scream, just ROAR!!!
Ryobi?
Sorry. Ridgid.
CRS strikes again._______________________________________________________________
If you are what you eat, I'm fast, cheap and easy.
close enough...
Life is not a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in a pretty and well preserved body, but rather to skid in broadside, thoroughly used up, totally worn out, and loudly proclaiming<!----><!----><!---->
WOW!!! What a Ride!<!----><!---->
Forget the primal scream, just ROAR!!!
ditto
My panasonic does the same if the bit is put in too far.I find that spraying it with penetrating oil (Gunk with teflon)tapping it and working it with pliars eventually frees it.The problem seems to have gone away since I spray the whole chuck and coller with Dri-Cote once every couple of weeks.Dri-cote is a teflon saw blade coating in an aerosol