This Ryobi drill had an older style dual ring chuck. The concept was you would hold one of the rings with one hand while turning the other ring to tighten the chuck. Great concept – slight problem – it would not reliably hold a 1/8″ round drill bit without slipping when I drilled in wood. Also if I put in a hexagon shaped screwdriver bit the bit tends to drop out… when I am walking with the drill… leading to many hours looking in my lawn for the dropped screwdriver bit. The chuck has a ‘dual ring’ design – where you are supposed to hold one ring while turning the other ring to loosen or tighten the chuck grip.
Trouble is – it does not work reliably….
I went to Home Depot to have the drill chuck repaired under warranty or to be exchanged for one that did work. They offered to return the complete purchase – however I had bought it on a clearance price and did not want to pay full retail for a replacement drill.
The clerks were adamant that the drill chuck was fine -they maintained the problem was that I was not tightening the chuck enough. I had a clerk try putting a 1/8 round drill bit in the drill, tighten it to his satisfaction, then had him try to drill some wood. The bit slipped.
He then told me I should buy pipe straps to tighten the Chuck. Ummm yah sure….
In the end the store finally relented and exchanged the drill for a newer style that does not require pipe straps or vice grips or welded on bars of metal to tighten the chuck.
Post time: Jun-28-2017