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Biggie

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  1. Looks like acme finally got the pin detent models in.
  2. I've never traveled outside the US so I don't know all the rules but would you be able to fly with a 9.0? I just know the m18 9.0 can't be shipped by air. It was also talked about with the flexvolt and because of the way they switch between 20v and 60v it made them so they could be shipped by air. Just something to maybe check on or keep in mind, it would suck to buy a big battery only to have it confiscated at the air port.
  3. I got the new armature today and 5 minutes later my 2704 is running like a top. I don't think it needed the electronic assembly but it has a new one and I have an old one as a backup. Here is a picture of the new and old armature side by side if it helps anyone out in the future you can see the lamination is separating in the old one on the left.
  4. I would have to check the exact model I have at work but it looks identical, I'm not sure if mine has the e-clutch. I've never tightened mine with anything other than my hand and I've never had the nut come off with daily use in a fab shop. In the description it says tool free accessory change and it makes me wonder what they're referring to. I know in a demo video of the dewalt 60v grinder it says to release the nut you push the lock button as the tool is spinning, sounds crazy and I've never done it, but they also have a different nut design with a locking spring thing. I would guess something isn't working right and stopping the motor too fast causing the nut to come loose.
  5. While it's shaped a little different it definately has a overall bigger feel than the original hackzall but man is it ever smooth. Night and day different from the dewalt brushless compact.
  6. I had to, its 3/8" shorter than my brushed compact.
  7. There's a youtube video called "does size matter." In the video the guy actually has a fancy machine that test the torque of the dcf899 with a 2.0, 4.0, and flex 6.0. The difference between the 4.0 and 6.0 is about 5% more torque. So 5.0 to 6.0 is probably less than that. I would guess you'd have to be pushing the tool pretty hard to notice a difference in the real world but sometimes that might be the difference between getting the nut off or not. I recently got a milwaukee gen 2 high torque I wanted to test out. So I went to an AT crane tire we put on with an IR 1' air impact. I set up the fuel gen 2 with a 9.0 and a fuel gen 1 with a 5.0. Both the gen 1 and gen 2 were able to take the lug nuts off and I really didn't notice much difference between the two models even with the battery setup. Have to say the test wasn't as satisfying as I hoped it would be.
  8. Still not available but home depot now has the dcf894 on their website.
  9. I know, I just needed a place to complain. We had dewalt 18v for a long time and it seemed like we were always taking out triggers and motors. We bought a couple 20v sets and had a few triggers go bad and so it was at that point that we started switching over to m18 in 2014. They've actually been pretty good until now that I've started seeing some issues. Actually of all the dewalt 20v tools those first two triggers were replaced and they're all still running today short of a couple batteries. I'm sure there are better tools out there, but you're also going to pay more for them upfront. I guess it's just about finding the right balance. I would really like to try out some hilti tools. I actually think their core tools are somewhat competitively priced but to replace all the tools on my truck would get very expensive.
  10. That's exactly what happened. I just didn't know the wording haha. The dark lines on it are actually shadows from the gaps in the laminations and its the worst on the fan end. Kind of shaking my faith in milwaukee at the moment but I'm in pretty deep at this point.
  11. So I finally got my 2704 drill back today, sent it with my tool guy back in September. It came back fully assembled and looked as though it maybe hadn't been taken apart. Which I thought was strange because it didn't get covered under warranty and I told them to send it back unfixed. I was told it would be $150 to fix which I took to be the $130 electronic assembly so I picked it up for $50 on ebay and was going to fix it myself. I changed out the electronic assembly and it still had a whine and vibration to it. That wasn't my problem so I grabbed my 2703 drill/driver and swapped the armatures and found my problem. If you look close its actually separating. Now my first question is why on a 2 year old drill is an armature going bad not covered under warranty? Second why am I being told that a $20 part, that can be changed in 5 minutes, is a $150 dollar job and I should just buy a new drill? I might be wrong but I just can't help but think if I had done an e-service warranty claim I would have had a fixed drill back in a week.
  12. I don't know what kind of budget you're working but if I were in the market for a milwaukee circular saw I would consider the 2731 with a 9.0 battery and rapid charger. I've seen the package deal as low as $240. It really is a good value especially since even a recon 2731 is $160.
  13. I have the surge and just got the m12 for Christmas. Both really are great tools. Even though the m12 is slightly longer than the m18s it still has a smaller overall feeling. I still think a m12 surge would be a pretty awsome tool.
  14. First I had a 2712 sds rotary hammer go dead this fall that I had to replace the electronic assembly. Now I have a 2655 recon impact wrench that I picked up 2 years ago. In the first year of having it I had some intermittent dead trigger problems so I sent it in under warranty. I didn't keep the warranty paper work but I know it said they replaced the trigger and I think the electronic assembly. It was good for another year but now the same trigger issue came back and happened much more frequently. This time it's out of warranty so to ebay I went and picked up another new electronic assembly. Now I'm not trying to claim that I baby these tools because I don't. I just sometimes wonder how the electronics in brushless tools will hold up overtime. This was the first gen impact wrench and I know the second gen has more potting to try keep dust and moisture out. That being said though I have a 2704 hammer drill that started making a funny noise a couple months ago. I had my tool guy take it in for warranty because it's only on its second year of use and it came back as the motor is shot and it'll be $150 to fix a $150 drill. I told them just to send it back unfixed but I assume it's something in the electronic assembly that went bad just from looking at parts pricing for a 2704 but I haven't got it back yet to check.
  15. That's good to hear that they do actually perform well. As far as the "ratcheting" I don't know what it is but it's normal. I'm pretty positive I have both brushed and brushless milwaukee grinders that do it , possibly my bosch too and none of them are the braking models either. So I'm not really sure what it is I just know they do it.
  16. A few more Christmas and end of year goodies. Guess I'll have to have a grease gun fight.
  17. I know this is an old topic but I was watching a youtube video and a guy was comparing a dcf890 to a dcf887. The guy claims the 887 with a 3/8" adaptor kills the 890 which got me thinking and brought me back to this topic. You can pick up a 887 on ebay for $80 and a 3/8" anvil for $30 so you can do an anvil swap for pretty cheap. My one concern is anytime I've put a socket adaptor on a impact driver and use it with medium sized bolts I never like the sounds that come from inside. Its like you get a strange poping noise different than just the anvil impacting. I don't really know what these sounds are because anytime I've ever had a impact driver or impact wrench apart the internals seem to be almost identical. I guess my question is to anyone that's done one of these anvil swap modifications. How have they held up overtime? Another question is does anyone know if the internals in a compact impact wrench are somehow built heavier than an impact driver, besides the obvious of different gearing or different size motor.
  18. That's a bummer for a new toy. After watching workshop addicts video on the new ryobi brushless tools it was kind of disappointing. The grinder, recip, and circular saws all seemed to cut out even when not pushed very hard. I know they're more of a homeowner/diy grade of tool, maybe they'll perform better when/if they come out with their larger batteries.
  19. It has a pretty cheap insert but everything fits pretty nice and tight.
  20. Very possible. I don't have a omt but it was just the first tool I've seen it on. I think all of their tools would benefit from it as it just helps to tighten up the battery connection.
  21. People weren't lying about the vibration. It definately bucks a bit when you pull the trigger without it being in any material. Dewalt even acknowledges this as they've added some rubber pieces where the battery slides on. This is the first tool that I've noticed dewalt doing this for.
  22. It's not the mid range yet but it'll be a nice improvement over the dcf889 that's currently on the truck.
  23. Tools in action had a Friday night tool fight with the 12v dewalt and the m12 fuel hackzall. Typically in most tool fights the tools are so close that they recommend buying whatever platform you're in, but in this fight they said you would be better off just buying the m12 because it was that much better. I personally have no experience with it just thought I would pass along the info and let you watch the video. I know to me it would still be hard buy outside of a platform I already had.
  24. Nice, so without looking at the specs do you think it's comparable to the milwaukee mid torque or is the power difference noticeable?
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