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I just purchased this 7/8 cordless hammer drill. After one day of use i noticed the battery connection housing is very loose i didn’t notice this before now and i don’t know if it is defective or if these are supposed to have this play as a cushion. I don’t see any way it could be tightened down. Greatly appreciate any input!
Can you tell us the exact model? Some of them have the battery mounting on flexible connection, I even thought my high-torque impact wrench was broken when I first took it out of the package.
Apologies, i meant to include it. XRH04
Thank you for the fast response! Im still on the job site and figured a quick post to passionate Makita users may be the fastest way to ease my mind, lol.
I was able to research a little. Nothing conclusive in the user manual that I could find. But the parts breakdown shows two sizable “cushion rubber” parts at the connection housing. Guessing this tool is on that list of tools with a flexible battery connection. Thank you again aessu!
Yup, Makita uses rubber gaskets on some of their tools to protect the batteries from excess vibrations. It seems to throw a lot of people off who don’t happen to know what it is in advance.
It definitely threw me, i think it even broke in a little after drilling 40 holes i feel like I would have noticed the way it now moves when just handling the tool. Thanks ToolBane
About the tool. It worked very well, day one was (40) 1/4 x 3” holes. No problem. It does seem to chew through batteries pretty quick. Used a little over 2 full charges on brand new fully charged 5 aH batteries.
Broccoli wrote:
5 hours ago, Broccoli said:About the tool. It worked very well, day one was (40) 1/4 x 3” holes. No problem. It does seem to chew through batteries pretty quick. Used a little over 2 full charges on brand new fully charged 5 aH batteries.
Yeah, thats normal, its an older brushed model.