Drill bit in drill siezed

paddylonglegs

Hi Folks,

Looking for some ideas here. I have a dewalt cordless drill, only a year old or so. I tried to take the drill bit out by reversing the motor as I normally do and it will not release the bit. It has completely seized up.

The chuck is turning perfectly, but the drill bit seems to be fused to the teetch of the chuck.

The only thing i can think has made this happen was when i was drilling some tiles and had water close to the drill. I didn't take the drill bit out afterwards and I'm thinking that it has begun to rust. I put wd-40 on it but still no movement.

Any thoughts on what to do? I even placed the chuck in a vice but no luck

Cheers

colm_mcm

Tighten it, then loosen it.
I assume the chuck doesn't spin (it locks up) when the drill is off, so just loosen it with your hand rather than by using the motor. I wouldn't go using a vice as you're putting pressure on just 2 sections of the chuck

I had this happen on a high mileage de Walt drill about 15 years ago, the keyless chucks were a lot smoother back then compared to now, but I used an oil filter removal tool to get it open (the strap type) don't think that's best practice but it worked anyway.

red sean

I had the same problem with a makita years ago. Used an adjustable handle off a hitachi drill and tightened it onto the chuck instead of on the collar and gave it a quick sharp whack of a mallet to loosen.
Similar idea to colms with the oil filter wrench

massey265

Give the tip off the bit a shot off a hammer, should lossen it.

TheLastMohican

If the above fail ........ a shot of WD40 followed by a sharp whack 15 mins later

paddylonglegs

Hi folks. Success. A good drop of wd40 then carefully into the vice to release.

Lesson learned when it comes to water and drills

Thanks