OOPS! (Borrowed a nailer & now it don't work)

04-16-2009, 03:57 PM	#1
DyerWolf Member   Join Date: May 2007 Posts: 45	OOPS! (Borrowed a nailer & now it don't work) Okay, I feel like an idiot. I borrowed a friend's new Hitachi NR90AC3 framing nailer, bought some paslode nails from Home Depot & fired the gun one time into a test piece of 2x4. The nailer stripped 5 nails from the strip, & promptly jammed. So I cleared out the nails only to find the plunger (right word?) still depressed. I didn't realize the Hitachi gun required plastic collated nails (the paslodes were paper collated). I called Hitachi who told me to "put a screwdriver against the plunger & tap it back down with a hammer", which I did. Now the nailer works - but this was a scary learning experience (I was afraid I had just bought my friend a new nailer). Bottom line: make sure you know what nails to put into the nailer if you ever borrow one of these! Anyway, it now fires nails - but I see a spark whenever it drives a nail - which I only hope is normal. Last edited by DyerWolf; 04-16-2009 at 04:38 PM.

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04-16-2009, 06:49 PM	#2
Five Star Member     Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: New Jersey Posts: 59	OOPS! (Borrowed a nailer & now it don't work) you shouldnt see sparks when the nail is driven, sounds like you bent the driver pin. call hitachi back and ask them. its maybe about $16-$20

04-16-2009, 07:31 PM	#3
Gary in WA Moderator   Join Date: Mar 2009 Posts: 8,765	OOPS! (Borrowed a nailer & now it don't work) The Hit's 83 drivers are 75 dollars.................... Be safe, GBAR