Cordless drill just quit

[MIKEYMN]

OK I have a 18 volt cordless dewalt drill 1 1/2 years old . It was working perfect the other night,the next day I grabed it to finish the job and nothing ,tryed battery with full charge got 3 real slow turns out of it and that was it. Charged both bats again samething 2-3 slow turns forward or reverse don't matter. Any ideas before I replace it?

[sparcebag]

If you bring it to a DeWalt dealer they can test it,to see if it's defective,dead,.Does the charger show any diagnosis?Porter Cable chargers show batt. problems,I dont know if DeWalt does.Were Batt cold?

[Juneau4]

Possibility that there is a bad connection between the battery and the drill. I had the same problem on a cheap one and had to bend the clips in the drill together a little.

[natebuddy]

Put the battery on it and hold the trigger down while shaking it vigoriously, if the drill begins to work while you are shaking, the brushes are shot. Give that a whirl.

[fishfart]

I did the shaking thing, which lead me to a broken clip connection deal.

[natebuddy]

The battery clip broke? or was a battery terminal clip broken?

[fishfart]

On mine it was a connection on the drill that makes contact with the battery, I soldered it and filed down to fit, and it's fine now.