
Get a new battery- there’s no shortcut if the battery is bad.just replace it. Make sure the battery is 100% charged then retry. When it comes to cordless nailers, what you may be behind the fault is your nail gun’s battery…it can ‘refuse’ to shoot if low on battery or the battery is itself defective (so it’s not holding charge).
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There’s no specific fix here: refer to your user manual as there are different remedies, depending on the part that is leaking air.

You can also disassemble the air hose to check for (and clear) any clogging.īesides, inadequate air pressure might be due to a leaking nail gun. Now, the simplest solution is to first warm your air hose(to ‘melt’ the freeze) and see if the nail gun will stop acting up. The insufficient air issue could be due to partially or fully clogged hoses- perhaps moist air has frozen in there, subsequently clogging your air hose. Keep in mind that pneumatic nailers, in general, require between 70 and 120 psi of air pressure to work smoothly. If you are using a pneumatic nailer, it may not fire if you are feeding too little air pressure or there’s no air pressure getting to the nailer. So open the magazine to see if there are enough fasteners remaining and reload it (if not) then see if it will resume shooting. Nailers tend to have a dry fire lock mechanism to prevents them from firing when they are running low on fasteners(when it has between 3 and 6 nails).įor starters, the internal parts of the nailer can be damaged if you repeatedly pull the trigger when the magazine is empty.
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So check if there are jammed nails in your nail gun and clear it (check your owner’s manual for detailed instructions on how to clear the jam). This is usually the first likely culprit if your nailer is not firing nails- remember a nail jam prevents the tool from cycling hence the problem. Let’s start by looking at these basic causes and their potential fixes. While there are a range of different types of nailers out there, they have a couple of common reasons that cause them not to shoot nails. Nail gun not shooting nails? Here is what to check In this post, I will be showing you how to repair different nailer brands once it stops firing….

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