M12 Drill Gen2 issues - anyone run into the same issue?

[dorkamon]

Is there an issue with the M12 Gen2 Drill? When I put the torque on 1-3 and press on the trigger, it will spin and then stop within a few seconds. I'm on my second milwaukee drill and it is having the same issue.

 

[Ign]

No, mine does not do this. Also apparently the clutch is electronic rather than mechanical? Mine never clicks, just stalls.

I also discovered I can eliminate the stupid soft start on low speed if I go to the drill setting, so thank you for making me look at my 2504!

 

[dorkamon]

Thanks! I took it back for a third set at a different store. It has the same issue. It seems like this is by design or the stores around me have a bad batch. The drill/hammer mode work perfectly and I don't have this issue with my M18 Fuel tools. Oh well, will return the M12 set for now.

 

[dnschmidt]

It's completely normal. I often wonder how many perfectly good tools are taken back by people that don't understand how they in fact work.

 

[Ign]

Is there an issue with the M12 Gen2 Drill? When I put the torque on 1-3 and press on the trigger, it will spin and then stop within a few seconds. I'm on my second milwaukee drill and it is having the same issue.

I'm a little confused too, there's not a "1" on the dial? Are we just assuming the click under 2 is 1? IOW, it starts at 2.

But mine spins for as long as I hold the trigger on those torque settings, be it gearbox in high or low speed.

 

[RKA]

There is something screwy with the programming. Mine does the same thing. It seems like once you use the tool and energize the circuits it works fine, but after some time of non-use, it goes back to this odd behavior.

You can jump start it by running in speed 2 for 10 seconds or speed 1 at torque 4 or higher for 10 seconds. Then it will work fine until it’s not used for some period of time (haven’t stumbled on a pattern yet).

Removing and reinserting the battery didn’t seem to change the behavior described in the previous paragraph.

 

[dorkamon]

It's completely normal. I often wonder how many perfectly good tools are taken back by people that don't understand how they in fact work.

Thanks, I find it odd that it is completely "normal". I have other M18 Fuel Drills and Makita Brushless and none of them behave this way. This is definitely a programming issue with the new M12 Drills.

I'm a little confused too, there's not a "1" on the dial? Are we just assuming the click under 2 is 1? IOW, it starts at 2.

But mine spins for as long as I hold the trigger on those torque settings, be it gearbox in high or low speed.

Yes, it starts at 1. They don't label every number, but it definitely starts at 1.

From the manual,

Torque Specifications
Clutch Setting Applications
1-5 Small screws in softwood.
6-10 Medium screws in softwood or small screws in hardwood
11-15 Large screws in softwoods
16-18 Medium screws in hardwood or large screws in hardwood with pilot hole

There is something screwy with the programming. Mine does the same thing. It seems like once you use the tool and energize the circuits it works fine, but after some time of non-use, it goes back to this odd behavior.

You can jump start it by running in speed 2 for 10 seconds or speed 1 at torque 4 or higher for 10 seconds. Then it will work fine until it’s not used for some period of time (haven’t stumbled on a pattern yet).

Removing and reinserting the battery didn’t seem to change the behavior described in the previous paragraph.

Thanks! That is what I assumed. It seems to only affect the Gen2, the Gen1 didn't have this issue.

 

[Ign]

^^^I don't know how it's normal when mine doesn't do it.

If true, then mine is fawked up because it spins as long as I hold the trigger (which is generally what I thought a drill was supposed to do)

That said, if only on 1-3 I never use torque settings that low so it wouldn't bother me

 

[Ign]

OP mine was built 14th week of '18. Yours?