Originally Posted by big john

I have a Makita 7.2 volt drill that I got for customer satisfaction points back when they used to reward us, around 1990. The second battery went bad a few years ago and I should have just bought a new drill but I paid $50 for a battery.
Of course soon after that the shaft on a gear broke. I was able to drill the gear out and hammer a cut off drill shank into it and it works.