Dewalt flex-volt drill issue

[Pocster]

Hey all

 

must be being thick !

got one of these works great ! . But in breaker mode the vibration shakes the battery lose .

I assumed the metal clip was a lock to hold the battery in . But looking at it ; doesn’t seem to do anything !! ?

So ! What’s it for ? - and how do stop the battery shaking loose ???

 

cheers 

[Pocster]

Bloody spell check !

its not an X-ray drill !  Ffs ! ????

 

 

 

[ Title typo amended  ] 

Edited July 31, 2018 by Nickfromwales
cos I can

[Nickfromwales]

42 minutes ago, pocster said:

Bloody spell check !

its not an X-ray drill !  Ffs ! ????

What is it then?

[Pocster]

X r volt flex 54 thingy 

[Nickfromwales]

2 minutes ago, pocster said:

X r volt flex 54 thingy 

Well that narrows it down then

Pic ?

[Pocster]

50 minutes ago, Nickfromwales said:

Well that narrows it down then

Pic ?

Oh come on Nick!; aren't you as sad as me and know ALL the dewalt range by heart ?

[newhome]

You have an X rated drill with a flexi thingy. The mind boggles as to what you are doing with that! ?

[Nickfromwales]

31 minutes ago, pocster said:

Oh come on Nick!; aren't you as sad as me and know ALL the dewalt range by heart ?

Makita for me mate, try and keep up  

[Simplysimon]

lots of reasons i don't buy black and yellow tools, now i know another ?

[Alexphd1]

Big bit of kit that!

Looks the the same slide mechanism on the battery as the rest of the XR range inc 18v never had the problem of the battery sliding out on anything i own but I don't have a breaker.  I always thought the little metal clips was for hanging of the belt for the john wayne pose!

[Onoff]

I've a Makita 18V drill that kept throwing the battery out. Turns out the drill body is broken one side where the battery slides in. 

 

Only a hand me down drill from a sparks sadly passed away. I got it in a box of bits and all it seemed to need was a fwd/rev lever. When the battery started throwing out I found he'd carefully repaired it at some time. It will throw one side of the battery out then the broken bit closes up making it almost impossible to figure why.