DW 987 DeWalt

[Reboot]

After reading some of the posts in here I think it is motor time for my DW987, it has plenty of brushs left but smoke and smells bad when running also alot of sparking. I could probably take the time and sand and clear everything up in there but for $40 I might just change the motor.
How hard is it to get the motor assy out and back in?? I could not find and infor in here on actually removing and re-installing the motor.

Thanks

[Mike]

Hi Reboot. Yeah, sounds like a motor problem to me too, since you've got a burning smell along with the arcing. Changing motors in these drills is pretty straightforward. You'll need to open the drill housing with a torx driver, and the motor will come right out. You can find the DW987 motor here.