Porter Cable Drills - Recent Questions, Troubleshooting & Support

It could be. Check there is power going to the motor. If there is, you need a new motor, if not a wire is broken.

That particular battery is defective and falsely indicating it is charged.

There are two screw that attach the motor to the impact head andit seems they have a habit of backing themselves out. the torque of the motor cause the motor to begin rotating in the plastic housing and eventually it pulls the wire out of the back of motor.. I buy and sell tools and almost every one I've found not working it is because of the same problem. couple screws some soldering and threadlock and $$ I bought 3 for 5 $ at fleamarket last week.

try porter cable

Your best bet is going to be to contact porter cable.

Porter Cable has not offered a replacement for their poorly designed 19.2V chargers. I had the same problem and happen to like my drill and circular saw. I found a universal charger called a model number CHUN-2420. Google it--I got mine for $27 plus shipping. All you need to do to make this work is splice 3 wires.

My charger is a PC model 8624, so the instructions might vary slightly between the chargers. Remove the six screws on the bottom of your PC charger. Remove the bottom section. Remove the screw(s) that attach the circuit card to the plastic housing. Disconnect the 3 pin white charging connector from the circuit card, and cutoff the connector. Discard the circuit card and power cord. Cut the 3 conductor (red/yellow/black) cable coming out of the Chun-2420 approximately 2' from the charger. Splice these three wires to the three wires in the charger housing that connect to your battery. In my situation, Red/Red, Yellow/Yellow, White/Black. To verify, red=positive, black/white=negative, yellow=temperature sensor. Wrap the red/yellow/black cable with electrical tape where it exits the PC charger through the power cord hole. Re-attach the bottom.

push down on the button in the front of the battery and slide the battery forward.

Is the battery very cold or hot?

http://powertool.manualsonline.com/manuals/mfg/portercable/877.html

if you are a handy person you could drill the nail out providing you get the same size of drill and drill it out with lots of coutions

It is not q cost effective repair. I understand your wanting to repair it. I have disposed of several 18V tools because of the cost of replacement batteries. I found it a better solution to watch for sale and buy a new tool with 2 batteries and charger. Good Luck.

Some chargers have a thermal cutout on the transformer. They can often be accessed by peeling back the insulation on the secondary side ( thinner winding ), and either replacing the trip or for a temp measure, short it out.

You can test over the connections with a multimeter set to 50 volts DC... if the needle registers correctly, you have the + and - correct.. if the needle goes the "wrong" way,, you have + and - backwards.. ( a digital works the same way.. just shows + or - voltage)

The best place to find parts for your particular model is here: Porter Cable Parts Imhope,this helps you!

you can go to dewaltservicenet.com and in the service section they have a locator for the nearest factory service center or other repair center they find reputable. Let me know if you need help in finding one and if you do I would need your state and zip code.