spacoli

Thanks for your reply. I have taken it apart already. I'm not sure what is inside the acutal switch, but it seems to be mechanically working fine with nothing being stuck. I put a volt meter on the switch. While pushing the trigger the reading is either 0 or 18.8v (batteries are old).

I have a porter cable 19.2 model # 884 cordless drill. When I pull the trigger it run at high speed only and it smells hot. I'm figuring it is the switch trigger and was planning on buying one but the cost is $56. I wanted to ask around and see if that is the problem? Any thoughts or suggestions would be greatly appreciated. thanks