I also have a cordless DeWalt, which has 2 lithium battery packs that still perform very well. But unfortunately the drill gearing has worn to the point that it will not stay in the high speed position for drilling.. So I have been searching for an identical one as a replacement, so that I can use the same battery packs. I find that no stores seem to carry them any more. Has DeWalt vanished?? It seems that every brand has made the effort to assure that no battery pack from another brand will match their tools.
Has anybody found a solution, aside from just abandoning about $60 worth of battery packs?

 

I also have a cordless DeWalt, which has 2 lithium battery packs that still perform very well. But unfortunately the drill gearing has worn to the point that it will not stay in the high speed position for drilling.. So I have been searching for an identical one as a replacement, so that I can use the same battery packs. I find that no stores seem to carry them any more. Has DeWalt vanished?? It seems that every brand has made the effort to assure that no battery pack from another brand will match their tools.
Has anybody found a solution, aside from just abandoning about $60 worth of battery packs?

What is the model of the battery pack? DeWalt is very unvanished.

 

The RPM issue has since become less apparent, but the difference in spark color on upper and lower brush still has me puzzled.

In a brushed motor that is intended for uni-directional use only, the brushes are each often placed off-centre to the axis of the armature.

 

It is strange that there is no reverse I never asked my grandfather why. But it does make it difficult because I assemble and disassemble many projects here at my shop. Thanks for your input

I‘d say it was from the 1960s, (from the days when Black and Decker was the brand to own) and no drills had reverse in those days. It was meant only for drilling holes in wood and metal and there are no left-handed drill bits! It was not for use as a power screwdriver, and had no hammer function for drilling holes in masonry.
Without speed control I very much doubt you could use it as a power screwdriver.

 

What is the model of the battery pack? DeWalt is very unvanished.

It has 2 different battery packs, 20 volt lithium, 1.5 AH , and 2.0AH, LBXR 2020, type 4, 40WH, and also LBXR20, type5, 30Wh.
That data is on the bottom of the pack and takes a good magnifier to read.
.The battery packs are fine, it is the actual drill motor, DCDD220 type1, 10mm, that is not able to spin a drill bit in the high speed mode any more.
I have not seen any Black and Decker power tools in any of the stores that I shop in.
So it is the drill motor assembly that I want to replace, or possibly get repair parts for.
I did notice the date on the assembly, 2017, so I guess for a cheap power tool I have done OK.

I have been told by friends that I should buy a much better quality tool, , but given the outrageously high prices of battery packs for tools that seems like a poor choice. This one still works well in the low-speed power-driver mode, but when I need to drill holes in steel the faster speed is what I want.
I do have a some very good mains powered drill motors, but for some applications this one is more convenient.
And actually it was a birthday gift at the time, because I had never bought a battery powered drill until then. Plug-in tools never run out of battery.

 

It has 2 different battery packs, 20 volt lithium, 1.5 AH , and 2.0AH, LBXR 2020, type 4, 40WH, and also LBXR20, type5, 30Wh.
That data is on the bottom of the pack and takes a good magnifier to read.
.The battery packs are fine, it is the actual drill motor, DCDD220 type1, 10mm, that is not able to spin a drill bit in the high speed mode any more.
I have not seen any Black and Decker power tools in any of the stores that I shop in.
So it is the drill motor assembly that I want to replace, or possibly get repair parts for.

My last post on this off topic diversion, but look here. Also, B&D ≠ DeWalt.

 

I have not seen any Black and Decker power tools in any of the stores that I shop in.

They were taken over by Stanley in 2010, B&D have quite a presence here in Canada