Why do we burn through palm nailers? Seems I can only get about 6 months out of them. I’ve owned two of the better Sencos (around $90 I think) and since those two have been buying cheapo Cambell Hausfield ones with the same results.
After a few months of use (moderate to heavy I guess) they start leaking air out the back. Take ’em apart, clean the seals and everything else I can get at, put ’em back together and get a couple weeks out of ’em. Then one week. Then a day or two etc. etc….
I’ve replaced the seals/rings in the Sencos, but they still don’t last even the 6 months that the originals did.
What am I doing wrong? I only use oil recommended for air tools (Bostich brand) and can’t imagine what else I should be doing for them.
Anyone else have this problem? Any suggestions?
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yeah, I got a tiawanese POS..it did that, I did find it was a REAL THIN seal inside..I don't have the exploview handy..but it would not seal for long..bad news is I forget what I did to fix it, but it works ok now..I don't use it enough to really say it's fixed, just that this time it's lasting longer.
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Are those Senco's the good but discontinued A-9, or the cheap imported A-20?
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A-9's from Tool Crib.
One thing I have noticed about palm nailers is the bolts back off regularly and then the seals blow so I tighten twice a day.
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gee this is good news, just bought and paid for 30 bucks worth of seals for the A9 Senco, and you're saying they don't last after that?
I have an older Senco, probably the A-9 model, it leaks air out the back, but still works. It seems to be hard to get the gasket set. At least for the tool places I go. I just tighten the bolts down and keep going. I have found that the Senco takes about twice the oil that a normal framing nailer takes. I oil it twice a day instead of just once is what I'm saying. You might try going to an auto parts place and buying some gasket material and making your own. Maybe worth a try.
Sorry I don't have the model number here right now, but I recently bought a Makita nailer that works like a palm nailer but has a pistol grip instead. You pull the trigger and nothing happens until you press against the nail, then it starts the bam, bam, bam like a palm nailer. It has a narrow "buisness end so it can get right into corners if needed. All in all, it just seems more substantial and hopefully will give longer service.
Having said that, I have have had good service from the original "Palm" brand nailers we bought a couple years ago. We bought the model with the
lo-o-ong tip, which really worked well with skewed hangers.