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   RyanC | Apr 12, 2007 06:09am | #1

   Try cleaning all that nasty grease out before trying to tighten anything up, it might just save you the trouble.

         -Ryan C.

   
   

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   Edited 4/11/2007 11:10 pm ET by RyanC

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   joinerswork | Apr 12, 2007 04:21pm | #2

   carver,

   Many modern braces' jaws are linked together by a wire spring, shaped somewhat like a safety pin, that keeps the jaws separated at their tops, and held against the inside of the adjusting sleeve.

   Older, or less expensive versions may have lost, or never had, the spring, leaving the jaws to slop around inside the cavity, so that you have to hold them apart with a fingertip to insert a bit's shank.

   If you examine the jaws, you may be able to see a groove on their outside where the spring is supposed to lie.

   Ray

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   carver | Apr 12, 2007 11:06pm | #3

   Thanks for the input but the play isn't in the jaws but between the cylinder that holds the jaws and the body of the brace. The jaws work fine.

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   joinerswork | Apr 13, 2007 01:00am | #4

   carver,

   You're saying that there is excessive play in the threads?  As long as you can tighten the chuck, I guess I'd live with it...

   Ray