540 brushed motor

Ahh, I must have forgotten to update my locale information.

I'm in Denmark.

I found an online outlet with a better choice, I'm between a Hitachi 14.4v Li-ion and a Makita 18v li-ion unit.

[JERRY2KONE]

Originally Posted by CarstenL

Ahh, I must have forgotten to update my locale information.

I'm in Denmark.

I found an online outlet with a better choice, I'm between a Hitachi 14.4v Li-ion and a Makita 18v li-ion unit.

Well the Makita has always been known to be one of the best powertool manufacturers, but they also usually come with a higher pricetag as well. Hitache has come a long way over the last ten years and also makes a pretty nice range of handheld powertools as well. I think either way you will end up with a pretty good tool. Good luck with your purchase sir.

Thank you.

Just found a sale on a AEG 18v ni-cd unit. It's older technology, but I use my drill maybe 6 times a year. So I feel li-ion is a bit too much money to spend. This drill just happened to give out when I was halfway in drilling all the holes in my new CF chassis for my 8ight-e.

I asked around about AEG today, and the consensus is that it's good quality. We'll see.

If you ever want a very nice drill go makita. My 18v Liion Makita is to say the least awesome. Very light compared to the old Nimh battery types and crazy power. It was $450 though. Sad fact is you could probably by the same drill at you home depot or whatever you have over there in the US for half that.

I'm not sure where you would get a motor like that though sorry. Only thing I could find on ebay where they tamiya/Johnson 540s. They don't have the torque ring and I have no idea if they are the same wind? Looking at the Johnson website though the ones that a rebadged as tamiya seem to be high RPM low torque. Not exactly you want in a drill.

Kieren

I found a replacement motor, but will have to buy tools to replace the pinion, that just doesn't seem worth it since I was never happy with this POS drill.

I'm just gonna have to suck it up and get a new one. Good thing I just get heating money back, but I wasn't planning on spending them on this. Bugger.

[JERRY2KONE]

We all have our own reality to deal with. Budgets are tight all over, and we have to find a way to live within those limits. Repairing some items is just simple economics, and for some it just does not make sense to spend money to fix a broken tool that is a piece of crap to begin with. With the options available to you your just going to have to find a way to come up with the funds for a new drill period. Even if you have to wait.

In comparison we have to find a way to come up with enough money to purcahse two brand new Pro Mac-books for our boys to be able to attend the international high school (9th grade) next year (Sept/2011) where they are presently attending middle school (8th grade). The cheapest and safest purchase for us will cost about $1600 each, and $3200 for both laptops. And this is after the US Gov is paying over $16K per child for them to attend the school in the first place. We already have five laptops in our household, but none of them are Mac's which is a requirement for this high school. Yet we will find a way to acqure them no matter what. I am sure you can find a way to justify $100 purchase for a new drill setup. Sell some other stuff, or get a part time job for a month and make some extra cash. I am presently awaiting some job openings within our community so I can begin working and making some extra income for our family. Where there is a will, there is a way.

[JERRY2KONE]

Just to give you an idea of whats out there for the taking. Here is a multi device battery powered tool kit for about $200 that has everything you might need to take care of business around the house.

http://www.amazon.com/Factory-Recond...d=3AD3ST8PPUWM

A flashlight, a sawzall, a circular saw, a drill, two Lipo batteries, and a charger for $200. You can not beat that, and reliability is very good. Acquiring two replacement Lipo batteries alone are selling for just under $200. So deals are out there if you search for them. And on certain days you can find these same kits on sale for 20-30% off.