Customer Reviews

Makita 6408 4.9-Amp 3/8-Inch Drill

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This drill packs alot of power for only 4.9 amps. The tool is very well balanced and very quiet. I would have given it 5 stars if not for the "unremoveable" chuck. The owners manual does not give any instructions on how to remove nor is there any discernable fiting inside the chuck. All in all a good drill with ample power. Remember Makita makes their own motors.

After breaking the keyless chuck (don't ask). I too was stumped as to how to remove it. I finally decided I had nothing to lose by taking the drill apart. After clamping the broken end of the chuck in a vise, I was able to apply enough force to the gear to unscrew the shaft from the chuck. A new replacement chuck screws back on the same way.

This is a great drill and I'm very pleased with it's performance.

Excellent drill.
I bought this to use on an as-needed basis and ended up using it a whole lot.
It is really well built and worth the little bit more that you might spend versus a competitor.
Just get it... and hang shelves, adjust everything, install an A/C, build something from random Home Depot parts.. whatever. Very handy tool.

I've owned a copy of this drill for a few years now, and it's held up pretty well. I have not really asked it to do heavy-duty remodeling or contractor-level work, but in comparison to a Craftsman, it is holding up *much* better. Bearing and gear noise are about the same as when new. (whereas the Craftsman is obviously galling its bearings). When driving many screws (10s, but not 100s) the exhaust air gets noticeably hot, enough so that I explicitly let it cool off. That said, though, it's been good enough that I got a pair for my father for Christmas, and he uses tools _hard_.

Very quiet and smnooth running drill. Recently used w/ wire brushes to remove rust from cental A/C compressor fan cover.Worked very well in that application. High speed w/ the brushes resulted in rapid rust removal.Drill is well balanced. Very good power for a high RPM drill!!!

I had this make and model for about 5 years. The drill developed some problems soon after I bought it, most notably a trigger defect that made running it a hassle. The chuck was another problem because it got worn out so that it could not be tightened although my use was not extensive. A new chuck cost almost as much as new drill so I opted to buy a new one of a different brand.

I bought this model 6408 drill at a lumber yard,returned the first one for exchange it made a loud growling noise.The second one sounded the same,I was told by the store that was normal.It had a lot of power and worked fine,after 9 months of light duty the main gear striped.Make sure it sounds good from the start if you buy one of these.

My Makita 6408 drill has been used for household projects for several years. It has a very nice feel to it and has functioned very well.

Recently, while using the drill the plastic cooling fan blade inside the drill shattered into three pieces. A replacement for this part (part 11 on the Makita exploded parts drawing) is not available for sale separately and presumably must be replaced by installing an entirely new armature assembly that has a part cost approximately 2/3 the value of a new drill.

I removed all the broken bits and put the drill together again without a replacement plastic fan blade. I am assuming the drill will function fine as long as I don't use it for prolonged periods of time.

But now I regard it as a light duty drill only and wish it had not broken in the first place.