My brother had one of these stored in the basement, which drowned during the Ahrtal flooding. It stayed under 3 ft of water until recovered. The pneumatic part is grease and therefore also water right. Electronics are also sealed. So I dismantled the motor, dried all parts cleaned rust stains, greased it and put it back together. Absolutely worth it.
What I’m going to be doing is watch at auction and farm sales for these tools being disposed of. The big issue used to be finding schematics and access to parts. Because I don’t live in a city with good service centres we used to have to ship tools out, or pay “whatever” price someone would ask to take a stab at servicing. We used to be at the mercy of the local parts supply counter to locate parts, and it was hit and miss and expensive. WWW provides access to manufacturers sites, schematics , part #’s, and distributors and online ordering. Really good videos, well filmed and expert instructions. I think it’s fantastic , that it’s cost effective to revive tools. I really dislike using inferior, disposable things, simply Becuase they are inexpensive. I often end up buying better tools after having wasted time with the disposable stuff.
Funny… As I’m glued to this screen watching you open the full service box I felt the presence of my better half looming over my shoulder then she asks “whatcha watchin?” Then before I could finish saying “Deans tearing down and servicing a well worked Bosch” she sees you crumple up and toss the breakdown schematic and says “pfffft, typical guy, he doesn’t need any instructions!” I just about spit out my coffee laughing. She’s right though, I think we ALL do that regardless of if we’re familiar with whatever it is or not! You’ve got quite the skill set brother, thanks for taking us along, I’ve learned so much watching you work your magic over the years! 👍🏼👍🏼 I’ve got two on the bench myself for today, a humming angle grinder and a dead 1/4” impact… Wish me luck!😉
Buy quality and repair. There's also the eco argument. I'm an ex joiner with a number of old (20 yrs +) Bosch Blue tools. Sadly I don't have the knowledge to service / repair. ❤for your channel.
I was lucky enough to buy a hardly used 2001 model on eBay for £75 when it arrived It looked brand new. Still going strong 10 years later. Great tools.
Really good video. I wonder how many good machines you have saved from the scrap bin with this video. Over time this video is going to help hundreds maybe more. Professionals purchase good machines, and service them. As a DIYer I’ve always had to do simple repairs myself which can be difficult, but today’s world access to schematics and TH-cam makes it much more feasible for many. I’ve always disliked purchasing new tools when the current tool was good. It makes me feel good when I can use (maybe abuse), a power tool for years and then clean it up, rejuvenate some parts, and off we go again. You do a good job detailing a complete rebuild, and all the steps involved. I have no doubt I would attempt this job, but would allow for significantly more time as it looks like you could do this with your eyes closed. I love watching someone who is really good at something.
Well deserved Dean on the 100! Here’s to the next. You got me going over all my well used power tools and even buying in spare brushes and checking them all with a bit more confidence! Thank you again. Sincerely. 👍
The collar with a spiral thread for shedding oil is called a labyrinth seal. They used to be very common and in machines 1960s and older they often are the only seal.
Hello, I'm from Portugal and I've been following you since the beginning, learning a lot from your videos. I also have the bosch Gsh 11 E. I would love to see you repair a gsh 11 you
In answer to your question, (as a diy enthusiast) if I ever had a tool fail it probably wouldn’t be worth repairing I only get the cheap stuff, Worx Ryobi and the like. What you do is an invaluable service to the trade, as the tools are their livelihood bringing in the bucks. I stumbled across some of your videos a few months ago and find myself totally absorbed in how you repair these machines. Keep up the good work sir.
Most tools are serviceable enough. I've gone ahead and serviced my Ryobi tools when they needed a touch up and it's kind of easy if you're patient . If you can take it apart then you can put bit back together with new stuff, right?
Impressive work and congrat for the 100k, thank you very much for sharing your knowledge and always be good to repair high-end tools, inexpensive brands are usually disposable and not worth repairing
I used to use this Bosch hammer when I worked on site. For the abuse they take every day on site they are very hard wearing. 👍🏻nice video as usual mate.
Pedantic: The part you refer to as "Field" is called the stator (from static) and the part that rotates is the rotor. Strictly speaking the alternating magnetic field is what makes the rotor rotate and can be generated by both the stator and the rotor, where one of them can have a static magnetic field but at least one of them has to alternate for the rotor to move.
Blooody love this channel although im never going to have to fix any power tools unless one of mine goes bad but i doubt as they do very little work and are kept in good condition i still love watching you take the tools apart and put back together as i alway loved taking stuff to bits myself. Keep the content coming. I would fixup the big expensive stuff but most proberbly throw out the stuff that would cost more to fix than replace.
Nice jobs again and gratz on the 100K! As for the 300 Euro repair I'd say in this case get a new one since these are still for sale and that one would get you another 20 years of happy hammering, bearing in mind that the electrical parts (speed controller/field/armature) also have made their significant hours of labour, so chances are one of those might break down in the (near) future.
Would love to see a 1 to 1 comparison with a Hilti. In my experience (working at a large electrical general contractor) Hilti machines are equal to Bosch or Makita in terms of robustness, reliability and longevity. Now, Hilti may have longer lasting gearboxes, hammer mechanisms and probably higher grade battery packs but I dont think their machines are worth the premium. Personally I hate Hilti vacuum cleaners they are crap, too bulky too heavy and they break all the time just had to work with one that had a cable fault and broken latches that was fun... Also due to them not being round and having pretty large rollers the dust bucket is a absolute pig to empty out.
Hilti is not what they use to be. They are basicly a hire company now. Because of this they no longer need to make quality tools, as they keep fixing and replacing thier own tools. And they now fail a lot, never buy a hilti tool outright. They are a rip off. Plus hilti hammers have the red service light con job. They have a built in timer, when they run for so many 100 hours, the red light comes on and they stop working. The machine will not run again until it is sent to hilti to reset the light. They call it a service light, but once it comes on, you have to pay hilti to reset it regardless if the tool needs a service or not.
I agrre with you its always been better to buy a good brand and repair when necessary. I repair every tool i have when i can becuase its cost so much less.when i need something new i go with used and or broken to repair.
I'm surprised to see a nylon piston and rod in such an expensive machine. There must be some advantage to it over steel. Weight or flexibility perhaps. Great video.
Its actually stronger. It has a higher tensile strength, but even better is it dose not fatigue as much. So a reinforced plastic piston and striker rarely fail
Estimado Dean, le pregunto: Todas las piezas pequeñas de las herramientas que repara, sería conveniente ponerlas en una bandeja para que no se desparramen o caigan de la mesa y así trabajar más cómodo y sin riesgos? Hago la pregunta porque sigo su canal y admiro su trabajo👍
I always think you can't go wrong with most of the bosch and makita demolition hammers. I've been seeing them on sites for the last 30 years. They are good value industrial machines when you take into account the decades of use you can get out of them and the availability / price of spares. I used to see a lot of Atlas Copco on sites, but not so much now. Do you get any of this brand in Ireland Dean ?
hey dean question for you, that tool that you used to replace the bottom armature bearing. Is that just the threaded ring just tapped to thread in a screw to push the armature out, or is that an actuall bosch tool? thanks
Congratulations on the 100k, Dean!🎉🎊🎆👍 I know you work primarily on professional machines and you recommend Makita and Bosch. I'm not a pro, but am interested in DIY. What brands would you recommend for a DIYer on a budget? To answer your question though, if I was a pro and it was a fairly simple job I'd have a go myself after watching these videos. For anything more complex I would definitely get it looked at by someone like you before buying a new machine. Even paying the top quote of £300+ to get it back like new is better than paying more than double for a machine that probably isn't as well built as the "old" ones!😀
service kit comes with fitting diagram, so get rid of that right away😂😂 loved that part. your videos are awesome, thank you so much, greetings from the Netherlands.
“The grease, the glorious grease !” But when did it become yellow versus the off-white and / or tan we usually see in the syringe applicator ? Different product ? Thank you.
Why is there a difference between the grease in the big tubes and those little tubes? I always buy the bigger ones and its a different colour and seems much more tacky.
Unless they are for industrial use and you plan to replace them every few years, I would not recommend them. I find hilti hammers a con job for the normal trades man.
Hi Dean. Have you thought of a big pair of rubber gloves for parts washing because that kerosene is going to dissolve the oil in your skin and dermatitis when you retire would be awful to live with.
Thanks for the heads up. I actually do use gloves. I just don't wear them when filming the videos as it's difficult to work the touch screen with them.
I could be wrong but I feel like using the brown grease on the needle bearings might not be a good idea. The eccentric gear crankshaft part was thin and so was the wrist pin. Going to be a lot of play.
How did this tool end up with such sticky grease, do you think a previous owner took it upon himself and over greased it with the wrong weight grease.?
The second hammer was Dean's ship of Theseus. Give it another decade and a few more visits - the only part left from the time of manufacturing will be the serial number sticker.
Factoid: That Bosch grease is EXACTLY the same formula/composition as margarine, "I cannot believe they sell it as butter," Clover etc etc etc. The only slight difference is the Bosch butter is actually food grade. Tell 'em, Dean!!!!
congrats on 100K Dean - love your channel.
Thanks so much!
You are a honest man. Love your accent. Watching you from Jamaica. God bless you.
I am watching from Serbia 👋
My brother had one of these stored in the basement, which drowned during the Ahrtal flooding. It stayed under 3 ft of water until recovered. The pneumatic part is grease and therefore also water right. Electronics are also sealed. So I dismantled the motor, dried all parts cleaned rust stains, greased it and put it back together. Absolutely worth it.
What I’m going to be doing is watch at auction and farm sales for these tools being disposed of.
The big issue used to be finding schematics and access to parts. Because I don’t live in a city with good service centres we used to have to ship tools out, or pay “whatever” price someone would ask to take a stab at servicing.
We used to be at the mercy of the local parts supply counter to locate parts, and it was hit and miss and expensive.
WWW provides access to manufacturers sites, schematics , part #’s, and distributors and online ordering.
Really good videos, well filmed and expert instructions. I think it’s fantastic , that it’s cost effective to revive tools.
I really dislike using inferior, disposable things, simply Becuase they are inexpensive. I often end up buying better tools after having wasted time with the disposable stuff.
Funny… As I’m glued to this screen watching you open the full service box I felt the presence of my better half looming over my shoulder then she asks “whatcha watchin?” Then before I could finish saying “Deans tearing down and servicing a well worked Bosch” she sees you crumple up and toss the breakdown schematic and says “pfffft, typical guy, he doesn’t need any instructions!” I just about spit out my coffee laughing. She’s right though, I think we ALL do that regardless of if we’re familiar with whatever it is or not! You’ve got quite the skill set brother, thanks for taking us along, I’ve learned so much watching you work your magic over the years! 👍🏼👍🏼
I’ve got two on the bench myself for today, a humming angle grinder and a dead 1/4” impact… Wish me luck!😉
You don't need luck, you can handle them.
Well worth repairing. My grandfather was a tailor from Belfast and always said if it’s worth wearing it’s worth repairing . We always had nice stuff.
The thing i appreciate about your videos is it brings out the appreciation for quality in people
I love my 2 26 and can only imagine how much more this one can do. Sturdy machines for sure.
Buy quality and repair. There's also the eco argument.
I'm an ex joiner with a number of old (20 yrs +) Bosch Blue tools. Sadly I don't have the knowledge to service / repair.
❤for your channel.
Absolutely love your channel Dean. It’s very relaxing and therapeutic. Your skills are first rate. Love the accent too.
I was lucky enough to buy a hardly used 2001 model on eBay for £75 when it arrived It looked brand new. Still going strong 10 years later. Great tools.
Congratulations on the 100k! Well deserved!
Thank you very much!
Really good video. I wonder how many good machines you have saved from the scrap bin with this video. Over time this video is going to help hundreds maybe more. Professionals purchase good machines, and service them. As a DIYer I’ve always had to do simple repairs myself which can be difficult, but today’s world access to schematics and TH-cam makes it much more feasible for many.
I’ve always disliked purchasing new tools when the current tool was good.
It makes me feel good when I can use (maybe abuse), a power tool for years and then clean it up, rejuvenate some parts, and off we go again. You do a good job detailing a complete rebuild, and all the steps involved. I have no doubt I would attempt this job, but would allow for significantly more time as it looks like you could do this with your eyes closed. I love watching someone who is really good at something.
100K an achievement you can be proud of. I love watching you work. Thanks for sharing with us and here's to your next milestone, your first Million.
Well deserved Dean on the 100! Here’s to the next. You got me going over all my well used power tools and even buying in spare brushes and checking them all with a bit more confidence! Thank you again. Sincerely. 👍
The collar with a spiral thread for shedding oil is called a labyrinth seal. They used to be very common and in machines 1960s and older they often are the only seal.
Grease is the word. Well done on 100k subs.
Congrats on 100k!
35:00 "I am tired, boss"
Hello, I'm from Portugal and I've been following you since the beginning, learning a lot from your videos. I also have the bosch Gsh 11 E. I would love to see you repair a gsh 11 you
The best part is the wash and cleaning part so satisfying to watch parts being removed of all those gunky stuff
In answer to your question, (as a diy enthusiast) if I ever had a tool fail it probably wouldn’t be worth repairing I only get the cheap stuff, Worx Ryobi and the like. What you do is an invaluable service to the trade, as the tools are their livelihood bringing in the bucks. I stumbled across some of your videos a few months ago and find myself totally absorbed in how you repair these machines. Keep up the good work sir.
Most tools are serviceable enough. I've gone ahead and serviced my Ryobi tools when they needed a touch up and it's kind of easy if you're patient . If you can take it apart then you can put bit back together with new stuff, right?
Congrats 100k🎉 silver plate will arrive soon 😊😊 learned a lot from your videos, thanks for passing the knowledge 🤟💪
Bro it's crazy how you know these machines so well that you can just rip them apart and put them back together again like it's nothing
Impressive work and congrat for the 100k, thank you very much for sharing your knowledge and always be good to repair high-end tools, inexpensive brands are usually disposable and not worth repairing
Thank you very much!
100K subscribers. Keep up the excellent work to educate us. Thank you!
Congrats on 100 thousand subscribers well deserved Thanks
Thank you very much!
I don’t need one of these, but if I see one, I would consider grabbing it now.
I used to use this Bosch hammer when I worked on site. For the abuse they take every day on site they are very hard wearing. 👍🏻nice video as usual mate.
Pedantic: The part you refer to as "Field" is called the stator (from static) and the part that rotates is the rotor. Strictly speaking the alternating magnetic field is what makes the rotor rotate and can be generated by both the stator and the rotor, where one of them can have a static magnetic field but at least one of them has to alternate for the rotor to move.
Congrats on the century m8, give us a tour of your hardware store, and explanation on how you got into all you do
Nice job. Amazing to see all them parts come out. Then go back I. So fast nice job Dean.
Another crackin video Dean, your videos are addictive 😂, great watch
Glad you like them!
Congrats on the 100,000 subs. Love to watch your vids
Glad you like them! And thanks
Great machines, its smaller brother the GSH5 is equally robust.
Congratulations Dean on 100k!
I have that age Bosch , used to drive 100's of chainlink posts.
Thanks 👍
Great video ,so educative and thorough
Well done on reaching 100k subs Dean, keep her lit brother rabbit.
Thanks! Will do!
Well done on the 100k subs.Well deserved.
Bought a Bosch hammer drill heavy duty a pleasure to use and own
Clearly a very well designed tool - but not driven hard & clearly cared for - it just needed you special care.
Excellent job Sir, keep up the great work!!!!!
The sound at 1:10:35 so nice.
Blooody love this channel although im never going to have to fix any power tools unless one of mine goes bad but i doubt as they do very little work and are kept in good condition i still love watching you take the tools apart and put back together as i alway loved taking stuff to bits myself. Keep the content coming.
I would fixup the big expensive stuff but most proberbly throw out the stuff that would cost more to fix than replace.
Congrats on the milestone mate 100k
I can watch these all day.!! Inspite of the tool abuse.!! Also I’m gonna buy you some disposable gloves.😂💪🏻💪🏻💪🏻
Respect !I hope to see power for all tools series serviced(uneo max ,universal hammer drill 18v etc.
I like the way you threw the diagram away.
I'd enlarge it and have it taped to the wall in front of me!
Nice jobs again and gratz on the 100K!
As for the 300 Euro repair I'd say in this case get a new one since these are still for sale and that one would get you another 20 years of happy hammering, bearing in mind that the electrical parts (speed controller/field/armature) also have made their significant hours of labour, so chances are one of those might break down in the (near) future.
Awesome job
Hi Dean, where is the best place to order Bosch parts? For their professional tools. Thanks
nice Job
Fantastic video as usual 👍
We build decks in Canada... the majority of our daily tools are Bosch... rarely do they even need repairs. I don't know anyone else using them!
Would love to see a 1 to 1 comparison with a Hilti.
In my experience (working at a large electrical general contractor) Hilti machines are equal to Bosch or Makita in terms of robustness, reliability and longevity.
Now, Hilti may have longer lasting gearboxes, hammer mechanisms and probably higher grade battery packs but I dont think their machines are worth the premium.
Personally I hate Hilti vacuum cleaners they are crap, too bulky too heavy and they break all the time just had to work with one that had a cable fault and broken latches that was fun...
Also due to them not being round and having pretty large rollers the dust bucket is a absolute pig to empty out.
Hilti is not what they use to be. They are basicly a hire company now. Because of this they no longer need to make quality tools, as they keep fixing and replacing thier own tools.
And they now fail a lot, never buy a hilti tool outright. They are a rip off.
Plus hilti hammers have the red service light con job.
They have a built in timer, when they run for so many 100 hours, the red light comes on and they stop working. The machine will not run again until it is sent to hilti to reset the light.
They call it a service light, but once it comes on, you have to pay hilti to reset it regardless if the tool needs a service or not.
Absolutely love your job
That 100k subscribers plaque is going to be great for testing the hammer drills on.
Well done Dean 👍💯
I agrre with you its always been better to buy a good brand and repair when necessary. I repair every tool i have when i can becuase its cost so much less.when i need something new i go with used and or broken to repair.
are you washing your hands with kerosine ?
fantastic channel man, thank you for sharing
Yes, thanks
I'm surprised to see a nylon piston and rod in such an expensive machine. There must be some advantage to it over steel. Weight or flexibility perhaps. Great video.
Its actually stronger. It has a higher tensile strength, but even better is it dose not fatigue as much. So a reinforced plastic piston and striker rarely fail
@@deandohertygreaser Interesting. Thanks.
If buying a full kit of battery tools including circular saw, whats better, bosch or makita?
what type of grease do you use with your syringe please ? what NLGI grade ? Thank you
Estimado Dean, le pregunto:
Todas las piezas pequeñas de las herramientas que repara, sería conveniente ponerlas en una bandeja para que no se desparramen o caigan de la mesa y así trabajar más cómodo y sin riesgos?
Hago la pregunta porque sigo su canal y admiro su trabajo👍
I always think you can't go wrong with most of the bosch and makita demolition hammers. I've been seeing them on sites for the last 30 years. They are good value industrial machines when you take into account the decades of use you can get out of them and the availability / price of spares.
I used to see a lot of Atlas Copco on sites, but not so much now. Do you get any of this brand in Ireland Dean ?
I had one of these until someone decided they wanted the contents of my lock up! But yes very good
hey dean question for you, that tool that you used to replace the bottom armature bearing. Is that just the threaded ring just tapped to thread in a screw to push the armature out, or is that an actuall bosch tool? thanks
Hei Dean, love your vids, can you please recommend a good model of a jigsaw on makita platform? Thanks
Qué tipo de grasa usas para el ensamble y la lubricación?
Mr.Doherty, any chance you could do a video on the top 5 most well built vintage power tools (in your opinion) ? Thanks
100K subscribers.
Nice one.
I would buy a new opened box, with warranty, most tools are disposable. That 2nd hammer didn’t sound like the rpm’s were right, sounded weak.
Congratulations on the 100k, Dean!🎉🎊🎆👍
I know you work primarily on professional machines and you recommend Makita and Bosch. I'm not a pro, but am interested in DIY. What brands would you recommend for a DIYer on a budget?
To answer your question though, if I was a pro and it was a fairly simple job I'd have a go myself after watching these videos. For anything more complex I would definitely get it looked at by someone like you before buying a new machine. Even paying the top quote of £300+ to get it back like new is better than paying more than double for a machine that probably isn't as well built as the "old" ones!😀
Thanks! You give so much info in your videos. Love watching them. Have a drink on me.
service kit comes with fitting diagram, so get rid of that right away😂😂
loved that part. your videos are awesome, thank you so much, greetings from the Netherlands.
Great work lad keep dem comin
“The grease, the glorious grease !”
But when did it become yellow versus the off-white and / or tan we usually see in the syringe applicator ? Different product ? Thank you.
Why is there a difference between the grease in the big tubes and those little tubes?
I always buy the bigger ones and its a different colour and seems much more tacky.
What magic is that material in the broken yellow container you test the drill/hammers on? It appears indestructible! :)
Top man👍
I don’t know why,..but after watching you repair these tools,l had an overwhelming craving for banana custard,..Weird.
What do you think about hilti hammers?
Unless they are for industrial use and you plan to replace them every few years, I would not recommend them.
I find hilti hammers a con job for the normal trades man.
and the older ones like the TE72? @@deandohertygreaser
Amazing❤❤❤
Hi Dean. Have you thought of a big pair of rubber gloves for parts washing because that kerosene is going to dissolve the oil in your skin and dermatitis when you retire would be awful to live with.
Thanks for the heads up. I actually do use gloves. I just don't wear them when filming the videos as it's difficult to work the touch screen with them.
I use my nose on touch screens when I'm wearing gloves
I could be wrong but I feel like using the brown grease on the needle bearings might not be a good idea. The eccentric gear crankshaft part was thin and so was the wrist pin. Going to be a lot of play.
How did this tool end up with such sticky grease, do you think a previous owner took it upon himself and over greased it with the wrong weight grease.?
The second hammer was Dean's ship of Theseus. Give it another decade and a few more visits - the only part left from the time of manufacturing will be the serial number sticker.
Or triggers broom 🤣
whats the best way to dry all the kerosene off? air hose?
220 euros is a no brainer vs 700 especially with everything you changed and all the work
Nice one
100 thou..👏👏👍
Factoid: That Bosch grease is EXACTLY the same formula/composition as margarine, "I cannot believe they sell it as butter," Clover etc etc etc. The only slight difference is the Bosch butter is actually food grade. Tell 'em, Dean!!!!
You dont have gloves? 😂 keep up mage work! Very relaxing intresting video!
Don't think the 250 is too much for that much work and parts
Regular Bosc bull dog#1 . Try to redrill a small hole larger.
And you will know why.
Tansk you
That second one looks like it ate a lot more concrete dust than the first one since it's last service.
100k special episode when?
I haven’t got your trough for washing out grease - could I ask my wife to use the dishwasher indoors ? 😳
Could you use a large ultrasonic cleaner with kerosene for the cleaning
I'll have to disagree. The Hilti TE72. The most reliable breaker ever made that you can no longer buy.
i found on in the scrap and did a full overhaul.
you can still buy the bosch brand new.