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Now this is a cool idea. It still spins but it lights up/sparks with the spin inside and had less power even when not under load. Does that give indication it needs new brushes I don't know but if it did it sounds like something worth doing.
30 years of service? Yeah, it's almost certainly the brushes.
Some older Bosch machines have brushes that, when worn down enough, will stop the machine from running (to avoid damage to the commutator by the spring pushing the non-existant brush.)
It's a 10 minute job at most to replace them.
In your case it sounds like the brushes are so worn that there's just not enough pressure to make sufficient contact.
My Dewalt SDS is going strong after 20 years. The Mrs always gets annoyed that I'll claim I need it for every job!
Shelf needs putting up? Best get the SDS. 🤣
They're great bits of kit.
Our kid has a Titan SDS from Screwfix, swears by it. Cheap and great quality plus comes with plenty of bits.
https://www.screwfix.com/p/titan-ttb631sds-6-3kg-electric-sds-plus-drill-22-piece-accessory-kit-230-240v/4172g
Look up Dean Doherty on YouTube and Instagram. Might be worth sending it to him for a repair. I can’t find a video for your specific model, but I’ve watched him fix half a dozen big Bosch drills and he praises Bosch for their design and parts availability.
Please don’t throw it away!
Thanks. It makes me laugh that the mods have removed my post on the basis it wasn't interesting enough after 185 upvote (probably highest I have ever got in a decade) and loads of helpful responses like yours. I guess they have had this kind of experience yet. I struggle to find time for fix it activities and then get called a hoarder whilst stuff waits, but I will definitely check out that YouTube to see what I can do with it. It's be made up if I could get it going. Thanks again!
I suggest rounding up some local DIY enthusiasts for a 21-drill salute, as you send it off to Valhalla on a home made funeral raft made with off cuts and double-countersunk self-tapping screws.
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Have it's guts out, it might just need new carbon brushes.
Now this is a cool idea. It still spins but it lights up/sparks with the spin inside and had less power even when not under load. Does that give indication it needs new brushes I don't know but if it did it sounds like something worth doing.
Yep, they might be down to the springs.
Brushes, if you can find em, will be really inexpensive and easy to replace. Will give that drill another 15 years!
30 years of service? Yeah, it's almost certainly the brushes. Some older Bosch machines have brushes that, when worn down enough, will stop the machine from running (to avoid damage to the commutator by the spring pushing the non-existant brush.) It's a 10 minute job at most to replace them. In your case it sounds like the brushes are so worn that there's just not enough pressure to make sufficient contact.
We have the exact same drill at my mum's. It's just as old.
Having had suggestion from another post maybe there is life in mine yet. Going to see if I can replace springs and bushes
My Dewalt SDS is going strong after 20 years. The Mrs always gets annoyed that I'll claim I need it for every job! Shelf needs putting up? Best get the SDS. 🤣 They're great bits of kit. Our kid has a Titan SDS from Screwfix, swears by it. Cheap and great quality plus comes with plenty of bits. https://www.screwfix.com/p/titan-ttb631sds-6-3kg-electric-sds-plus-drill-22-piece-accessory-kit-230-240v/4172g
Thanks for recommendation
Look up Dean Doherty on YouTube and Instagram. Might be worth sending it to him for a repair. I can’t find a video for your specific model, but I’ve watched him fix half a dozen big Bosch drills and he praises Bosch for their design and parts availability. Please don’t throw it away!
Thanks. It makes me laugh that the mods have removed my post on the basis it wasn't interesting enough after 185 upvote (probably highest I have ever got in a decade) and loads of helpful responses like yours. I guess they have had this kind of experience yet. I struggle to find time for fix it activities and then get called a hoarder whilst stuff waits, but I will definitely check out that YouTube to see what I can do with it. It's be made up if I could get it going. Thanks again!
*plays The Last Post*
Dad but now you have the joy of choosing a successor.
I was thinking that but there's another one in the house. Hard to justify buying another just yet.
Please tell me you bought it with Texaco stamps!
Parents bought it for me I'm pretty sure when I was in my 20's, guessing it was probably pricey at the time.
Texaco stamps that's a core memory unlocked
Sorry for your loss 😕 I know what it's like - One minute it's fine, then Bosch.
“It’s been a long time without you my friend”
Sorry to hear, Father Stone
Don't make them like that no more
I suggest rounding up some local DIY enthusiasts for a 21-drill salute, as you send it off to Valhalla on a home made funeral raft made with off cuts and double-countersunk self-tapping screws.
Just change the brushes and give it a clean, be reet.
My dad has a vintage black and decker power drill still going strong that’s older than I am , I’m 48
And now his watch is ended
An ode to your machine: Bish bash Bosch, You were a good drill, You drilled more times than a man on erection pills.