My Milwaukee M12 impact driver just gave up after 4 years on a job in Phoenix

I mean, the thing just stopped turning yesterday while I was putting up some decking. It wasn't the battery, I checked. It was a solid tool, so I'm a bit surprised. Has anyone else had an M12 konk out on them, and did you bother fixing it or just replace it?

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val40628d ago

Was it making a weird noise first? Mine started whining like a dog in the sun before it quit for good, same deal with the heat. I just tossed it and got a new one, wasn't worth the hassle.

vals3821d ago

Logan's got a point about the heat. That Arizona sun bakes the grease right out of the gears and cooks the motor windings. Four years is a good run out there. My buddy tried fixing his, but the replacement armature alone was half the cost of a new kit.

logan74928d ago

Four years in Phoenix heat? That thing didn't konk out, it retired. It saw another summer coming and just laid down its little motor. Mine quit after a similar desert bake, and fixing it cost almost as much as a new one. I buried mine in the toolbox as a warning to the other tools.