drill

[jim housman]

My DW987 drill throws sparks out the back of the drill and smells hot. Can you give me advice on what the problem is?

[Mike]

Sparking usually indicates at least bad brushes, but often means you have a bad motor as well. This is usually due to overloading the drill. Thankfully it's an easy fix. You can try replacing just the brushes first to see if this fixes the problem, but the surer fix is to replace the motor which comes with the brushes anyway.