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 ==== ====Get the lowest prices on tools. Save up to 90% on tools at tools.com. Free shipping. Click here fordetails:http://www.tools.com ==== ====Gears are primarily designed to transmit torque. They are circular and bare teeth, or cogs, as theyare referred to technically, to prevent slippage in the transmission process. These toothedmachine parts are built to mesh with other toothed machine parts and to, together, transmitrotational energy inside a machine. In your power tools, more specifically, the gears are designedto transfer energy from the armature to the business-end of the power tool, i.e. the chuck orspindle. Gears are also the foremost contributor to many power tools' ability to move between, well, gears,or speed or torque settings. They can change the speed and direction of mechanical movementand therefore control the amount and kind of power delivered to the working-end of your machine.Essentially, these parts bear a considerable significance in the business-output of your powertools. HINT: If you have a gear driven tool with more than one torque setting i.e. high and low gears,using the tool in both settings will help you determine more certainly if you have a failing gear andalso which gear or set of gears is damaged. Naturally, (although in a few cases gears are plastic) there is much metal on metal contact in thework of gear-turning. Accordingly, overtime these toothed parts experience the unfortunate side-effect of laying, what some might call, the "smack-down" on each other and, typically, a gear willgo bad simply with these rigors of regular wear-and-tear. Depending on how frequently orintensely a power tool is used, it is not uncommon for said machine to require a gear replacementat some point in its life-span. Where tools are misused, abused, or otherwise pushed beyond their limits, it is especiallycommon to require a gear (and certainly other components) replacement. In such drastic cases,and perhaps for purely dramatic effect, pieces of a gear (particularly those made of plastic) can jettison entirely out of a tool's vents. These pieces are not likely to lay the aforementioned gear-style "smack-down" on you, but this kamikaze characteristic is worth noting none-the-less. Fortunately, for those leery of projectile part pieces and of the civil unrest a failing gear can rousewithin a power tool, it is generally simple to detect the symptoms of a beaten gear. For instance,the tool will run roughly or with excessive vibration, it will emit a grinding or crackling noise, thetool might skip or simply punch-out for a moment, the business-end of the tool might stop workingwhen pressure is applied to it, or the tool (despite the motor running) might be entirelyunresponsive. If you are hearing a grinding or, as many technicians describe it, a crackling sound, your gears are
 
very likely grinding against each other or against pieces of each other. When a gear loses part orall of a tooth, it can no longer mesh properly with its toothed companion. This causes an ornerycrackling sound which is usually followed by a rough performance from your tool. The thing willvibrate and slightly bounce around resulting in generally poor results and, potentially, furtherdamage to the tool. A broken tooth or deteriorating gear may also cause the gears and the tool to skip. This manifests,of course, with a skip in the tools performance (this behavior, mind you, is detrimental and not tobe confused with a skip in one's step), or a pause in the actual working of the tool. In other words,while engaged and the motor confidently running, the tool might simply start and stop working.This skip may be accompanied by some chugging or vibration and/or the crackling sound of yourgears trying desperately to mesh as they were made to. Along the same vein, your tool might appear to perform without issue, the working end mightproceed as designed, but upon the application of pressure, the tool bumps and stops working. Themotor will still run, but the working-end will not work. The malfunction is a result of gears beingunable to catch or mesh and turn with that applied working pressure. In this case, although themotor is running, the gears simply aren't turning. Similarly, though slightly more dismally, your tool's motor might run and continue running, but thebusiness-end of the power tool will be totally unresponsive. In this case, the gears can't engage ormesh or turn in any sense and the tool remains at a literal stand-still. DOUBLE HINT: If your tool or its components are damaged, in order to prevent further issue, havethe issue fixed or the part(s) replaced immediately. Where gears are concerned, it is usually betterto have the tool professionally inspected and repaired at an authorized service center. And after all that, you now know how to diagnose a bad or failing gear in your power tool.Remember, the most important part of power tool use is using your tools right and properlymaintaining them. These machines bring joy, purpose and productivity to our lives and deserve abone or two (in the form of care and maintenance) in return. For more information aboutdiagnosing power tools, power tool repair, the replacement parts that fix them, or for access topower tools, woodworking equipment and accessories, or for more articles like this one, pleasevisit www.toolsandmachinery.com. What could you do with a healthy power tool?  Article Source:http://EzineArticles.com/?expert=Mallory_Kramer 
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