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Milwaukee electric 1/2" impact disaster in the making.

Big Ray

Big Ray

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here's the sitrep.
M.E.'s 2767-20 impact is legendary for its strength and longevity. Wonderful tool. I finally broke down and bought one.

Well, in August they made some revisions. In order to save a few pennies they took out some parts.
Now they're breaking right off the shelf. One guy one you tube had the home depot manager testing them, broke 7 right out of the box.

The good one has a model number beginning with 95A.

The junkers start with 95B. Of course the one I just bought is the junker.

There's a detailed video out, I'll find it and post it here.

 
Big Ray said:
here's the sitrep.
M.E.'s 2767-20 impact is legendary for its strength and longevity. Wonderful tool. I finally broke down and bought one.

Well, in August they made some revisions. In order to save a few pennies they took out some parts.
Now they're breaking right off the shelf. One guy one you tube had the home depot manager testing them, broke 7 right out of the box.

The good one has a model number beginning with 95A.

The junkers start with 95B. Of course the one I just bought is the junker.

There's a detailed video out, I'll find it and post it here.

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That is a great find sir. Thanks for posting.
 
Seen that the other day. Just goes to show that procrastination is a b!tch.

I've wanted one of those for a while and was going to pick one up on end of year sales.... Guess I'm not now :doah:
 
Ya'll are welcome. Don't want Ya'll making the mistake I made...
I contacted M.E., asked if I could buy the parts to make mine an A.
Haven't heard a peep.
Trying to locate an online source, I'm trying to fix it before it breaks.
 
Found an online store, ordered the old parts for under $70. Just hoping there not back ordered.

I had a side by side diagram with the A and the B.
It looks like it will be a straight swap judging by the part numbers. If they're not back ordered I'll let you know soon enough.
 
obijuank5 said:
Man and we hyped em up so much just for you to land with a dud. We didn’t know we swear!
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Lol no biggie. I reckon they're using 3rd world engineers for their 1st world greedy boardrooms...
 
Yeah this has been all the rage on the Waukee groups on FB the last few weeks... mines 2 or 3 yrs old...
 
Glad I bought mine back in March. Thing has been a lot more handy than I thought it would be. Although the charger it came with died after 2 uses and Milwaukee wouldn't warranty it and wanted me to pay an $80 repair fee on it. Bought the same part number from Amazon for $30.
 
Okay, Milwaukee has made a statement via The Torque Channel which broke the story. They are pulling the B series and replacing them with the A series.

They are honoring all warranties on tools from AUTHORIZED OUTLETS.

I bought mine from an Ebay store, so I'm s.o
L. Lol

 
That was my plan B. They make adapters so I can use my brand new virgin milwaukee batteries...
 
still waiting on parts....
 
Yeah, if I had waited I would have bought that.
I got the most of the good parts in today. This is the main one, still waiting on a bearing..

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