Milwaukee Drills And Impact Wrench

guido · Mar 15, 2015

Hello,

They are in need of a little TLC. I'm waiting for a couple battery packs to be charged from the owner. One battery pack is mine, I salvaged one from the recycle heap, the other is his. I don't know if mine will take a charge? The drills and impact get used daily. Not sure how old? I have repaired Bosh units from the same guy, much better choice and quality all the way around,

Guido.

JBDyer · Mar 15, 2015

I don't know what your question is, but I have two pair of the exact same drill an driver and use them everyday. I have found the batteries to be very hardy, haven't killed a battery yet. On the other hand I have had one drill and one driver die. The tools themselves have a 5 year warranty on them, I have owned these for about three years, but you have to get them to a certified Milwaukee repair center to be fixed. I think the batteries have a 1 or 2 year warranty. For the price these are good tools. I also use mine hard daily as a carpenter and cabinet installer. Johnny

guido · Mar 15, 2015

Hello JBDyer,

No question. I did not want to steel the other thread on drills. This is my next project, I should have stated that may be? They appear to have been used heavily., Have no clue of their age. I have no way to test them until the battery packs come back. I will post with the outcome, and share the results,

Guido.

Lou from Wi. · Mar 16, 2015

Guido,
I was wondering if you are going to have a problem replacing the batteries? We had a weed whip that needed a battery, so called Battery Plus, and they had the battery in stock, but their company required that the battery be installed by their agents,which was over 100 miles away. THE WHIP MADE IT TO THE LANDFILL!!
I hope you'll be able to install your own without all the BS that is required to get your unit serviceable again.
LOU

guido · Mar 16, 2015

Hi LOU from WI.

No not really. I now have a few lithium-Ion battery pack. I do need a charger for them. NiCad's have been what I have used for many years.
Here is a picture of the Lithium battery that is common in the new drills. This one is a 18650 with a capacity of 1500Mah. The units belong to a friend plumber, used daily I guess. When he brings a charged pack bask to me, I'll be able to check them out for him,

Guido.

Ken Macfarlane · Mar 16, 2015

Like they said a 5 year warrantee. The newer brushless models last much longer though.

JBDyer · Mar 16, 2015

Those tools are slightly used. Mine are a beat up on the outside, the rubber grips coming off, and been dropped a thousand times. Your drills look excellent compared to mine. Maybe just the batteries are bad. Them three tools in that condition are easily worth $50 a piece. I'd give you $75 for that hammer drill. My local Interstate battery service center 35 miles away says they can replace the batteries if you have the battery case. If I ever have battery problems I will just buy generic batteries off of ebay or have the interstate replacements. I used to have all cordless Bosch tools, but have had bad luck with both the tools and the batteries, so I swapped to Milwaukee and have been pleased. And I do use mine 5-6 days a week. Let us know the outcome. JB Dyer

guido · Mar 16, 2015

Hello Ken MacFarlane,

I am waiting for the battery packs to be charged by the owner. He helped me out last year with a water well, so now it is pay back time! I don't have a charger for Lithium-Ion yet! Those tools get used hard. I have extra single cells that I can replace if the packs will need them, I don't know what capacity though.
I'll post back when I get them done,

Guido.

Ken Macfarlane · Mar 16, 2015

Some Li-ion cells have a charge controller built into the pack such that they can be charged on older chargers. Are there no electronics in the Milwaukee packs?

guido · Mar 16, 2015

Hello Ken Macfarlane,

I don't know. Not sure of the claimed voltage. When I get the pack back I'll post again Could be 18V or 2O V depending on the manufacturer. Both voltages have the same type of cells and the same amount of cells. The 18V units use 3.7 volts per cell for the ratings. The 20 volt unit use 4V per cell. They charge up to 4.2v, Go figure! The cells are 18560. It means that they are 18mm in diameter and 65mm long. The amp ratings vary from 1500Mah to 3400Mah.

Guido.

moresmoke · Mar 17, 2015

If you look on the Milwaukee website, there is a place to print a shipping label for warranty service. They pay the freight both ways. My drills have never had a problem, but the 1/2 impact has been fixed several times.

T in NE · Mar 18, 2015

If you're patient and good with soldering small parts, a small spot welder is fairly easy to make, which makes it easy to replace individual bad cells, or mix-and-match good cells out of multiple packs, to make a battery work again.

guido · Mar 21, 2015

Hello T in NE,

I was thinking of making a spot welder. I have a pencil iron that has seen better days. It is a archer brand with screw in elements. I thought may be I would use capacitors for a small spot welder. You have any size to suggest?

Guido

rockyridgefarm · Mar 21, 2015

Those are less than 10 years old. I have a very large quantity of the older V18 NiCads that were made back into the 90's up 'til the mid 2000s. Everytime I see an ad on CL I contact them. My last haul was friday - 3 drills, 1 borken impact driver, 2 chargers, a circular saw, sawzall, and a scad of weak or bad batteries.

I am now starting to buy fuel L-Ion stuff, but hesitantly.

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