Brake down of a dewalt d51845

SOURCE: Dewalt 51488. Air leaks around trigger and won't fire nail.

Go to Dewaltservicenet.com and download a breakdown of the tool before starting. I would recoment changing all the O rings and make sure that you get a good grease to lube them first. Its not that hard.

SOURCE: Where can I find a

I have not seen a complete point by point instruction for Dewalt, however the kit # 610773-01 has a sheet with all the part labeled and is fairly easy if you have worked on other nailers. If you have not taken apart a nailer, then search youtube for nail gun videos to get an idea as to what you are getting into. I have rebuilt hundreds of nailers and find that the Dewalt nailers are about a 4 - 5 in complexity. I find that dewalt nailers are faulted with vinyl orings (clear to yellow in color) that fail due to oil/water and heat. Most nailers use black viton orings that lasts much longer. May I suggest posting again with the specific problem that you are having with your gun. Good holidays

SOURCE: my DeWalt D51845 - when you use the sequential

Check this notice and post your question again if you nailer is not part of this recall. Good luck.

D51844 & D51845 Recall Notice Published 06/09/2005 08:49 AM ' Updated 09/29/2011 09:35 AM What is the recall on the D51844 and D51845 about? The contact trip on some of the nailers may not operate properly, which may permit a nail to be ejected with only trigger actuation.

Only nailers with the following date codes are affected:

200203, 200204, 200217, 200302, 200304, 200308, 200315, 200325, 200329, 200343, 200403, 200404, 200406, 200407, 200412, 200413, 200415, 200416, 200417

See the link listed below for illustrations & more information regarding the recall.

http://www.dewalt.com/us/articles/article.asp?ID=1373