What would you do with this broken SO drill?

[kwhitelaw]

Im sitting here with a broken CDR4850.. paid around $400 for it awhile back..its now out of warranty, which ***** because I barely used it since Dec when my shop shut down..

If you pull the trigger, you get nothing. I thought it was a dead battery so i swapped it for the other one and the battery pack started smoking...

Snapon says flat rate $95 to fix it. Ive been contemplating getting a li-ion makita to match my fathers so he'll have extra batteries if he needs to use it, and sell off the broken SO..

what would be a decent price for a broken drill, knowing that it could get fixed to new for $95?

thanks

kevin

 

[autoace]

Im sitting here with a broken CDR4850.. paid around $400 for it awhile back..its now out of warranty, which ***** because I barely used it since Dec when my shop shut down..

If you pull the trigger, you get nothing. I thought it was a dead battery so i swapped it for the other one and the battery pack started smoking...

Snapon says flat rate $95 to fix it. Ive been contemplating getting a li-ion makita to match my fathers so he'll have extra batteries if he needs to use it, and sell off the broken SO..

what would be a decent price for a broken drill, knowing that it could get fixed to new for $95?

thanks

kevin

A non-functioning tool, of any brand, is worth about the same to me, ZERO. If it was such a good tool, fix it and then sell it......................or use it, otherwise throw it out.

Test the battery, they are probably aok, since both don't work. Take the drill apart and look for a short, etc................I have fixed more things out of simple observation, and a solder gun, than I can think of.

 

[Major Ramifications]

Another factor that comes into play is how the drill looks. If it looks like it has been ridden hard and put away wet, then it's not worth much. If it looks almost like new, then it would be worth something if repaired.

 

[nissan_crawler]

Also consider you paid 200% more for the Snap-On name, when any comparable Bosch, etc., would be half price or so.

 

[kwhitelaw]

Also consider you paid 200% more for the Snap-On name, when any comparable Bosch, etc., would be half price or so.

is this drill a case of rebranding from another company? ive never seen one similar but ill admit, ive never looked. i was happy with the 'power', as I constantly found myself plunging into 3/4" or thicker wood dozens o times a day, overworking the drills from other guys in the shop at times. the SO seemed to keep on going, often for a week, before requiring a battery change. ill admit the weight sucked big time, especially doing under dash firewall drilling, which is why im leaning towards a li-ion setup next time.

my main reason for purchase was ease. my dewalt took a dump the previous day, and my SO driver was coming by in the morning. I would have been content with a 12v or 14v version, but the 18v was in stock.. i had a credit from a toolbox purchase that covered the drill and then some.

thanks for the feedback. i was prepared to try and sell it for $50 and just let the owner know to get it fixed for $95. I think ill hang onto to it and just repair it myself.

 

[rsanter]

where are you located
if you want I could take a look at it for you, I used to repair power tools.

I am not sure who makes the drills for snap on, I do not recognise the case as another specific tool.
I know B&D used to make the older series of snap on cordless, but who does not I dont know.
it is possable that whoever makes them is using the same guts as theirs and just using a different case.
also, if you have a dewalt or makita service center near you, most of them will work on other brands of tools as well. perhaps they could give you an estimate

bob

 

[billymade]

I'm thinking (if you have the money); you should have it repaired regardless; even if you don't want it, you can break out of it and sell it on ebay... As it is now; it isn't worth anything in the sense that it doesn't work! I don't think you should have any problem selling it on ebay; you might look at completed auctions and see what they are selling for. Now, what to get next... thats a whole 'nother issue to figure out...
I also think you should take it apart and evaluate fixing it yourself; could be something simple! Here is the replacement parts area for you drill on Snapon's website:
http://buy1.snapon.com/catalog/parts/pro.asp?group_ID=22865

 

[bry@n]

I'd by it for 50 if you decide to sell it. Personly, I'd open it up and look at the internalz to see if there a short. It's not like it's under warranty.

If you wanna sell it leg me know

 

[bry@n]

Also, they say the SO is better made as in metal brushes ect.

 

[Skyline]

Power tools are really pretty simple when you get the opened up. If it were mine, I would open it, and see what part it needed. S-O has exploded parts drawing of most items right on their web site. I would look at the brushes first. Maybe a piece broke off and jammed up the motor. If there is nothing that you can find visibly wrong, there could be a short or broken wire in the main armeture. If that's the case, the $95 is probably your best bet, as the part could cost more than that. Just beware that with flat rate tool repairs, sometimes they reserve the right to not fix it and return your money (and your broken tool in pieces).

 

[chadster1]

Just beware that with flat rate tool repairs, sometimes they reserve the right to not fix it and return your money (and your broken tool in pieces).

Snap-on does not do that with repairs, at least they never have with me in 6 years. You will get your drill fixed for $95. I have sent tools to them in pieces and had them repair it for the flat rate fee. I have had tools returned unrepaired because parts were no longer available but the Snap-on repair centers will not even begin a repair if the parts are not available for a tool.

 

[HandyManny]

A non-functioning tool, of any brand, is worth about the same to me, ZERO. If it was such a good tool, fix it and then sell it......................or use it, otherwise throw it out.

Test the battery, they are probably aok, since both don't work. Take the drill apart and look for a short, etc................I have fixed more things out of simple observation, and a solder gun, than I can think of.

I share the same opinion on this.

 

[krehmkej]

Give it to Goodwill. Get a Milwaukee.

My $0.03, YMMV.

 

[Merkava_4]

Will they fix the drill and replace both batteries for $95?

If so, that would be a helluva good deal.

 

[chadster1]

Will they fix the drill and replace both batteries for $95?

If so, that would be a helluva good deal.

Nope, just the drill for $95.

 

[frimann]

Im sitting here with a broken CDR4850.. paid around $400 for it awhile back..its now out of warranty, which ***** because I barely used it since Dec when my shop shut down..

If you pull the trigger, you get nothing. I thought it was a dead battery so i swapped it for the other one and the battery pack started smoking...

Snapon says flat rate $95 to fix it. Ive been contemplating getting a li-ion makita to match my fathers so he'll have extra batteries if he needs to use it, and sell off the broken SO..

what would be a decent price for a broken drill, knowing that it could get fixed to new for $95?

thanks

kevin

I'm dead sure its the switch that's short circuited. It easy to replace. Part nr CDR4850-117A

 

[GTO]

Common sense says,that it's worth more fixed than in it's current state.

 

[kwhitelaw]

picked it up this morning to take it to my dealer.

weird, but its working now.