How to Deal Finish Nailer or Brad Nailer Tool Problems

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Dealing with problems that occur when using finish and brad nailers is discussed in this free educational video series.

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How to Deal Finish Nailer or Brad Nailer Tool Problems
Hi, this is Jon on behalf of Expert Village. In this video clip I'll be talking about troubleshooting air leaks. There are a couple of different ways to diagnose air leaks. One is just listening to the fittings, the other way to tell is if your compressor continually run. So when you have everything hooked up your compressor will run and then if you don't use the tool, it's going to continually run, its going to discharge air and then run and fill back up and then discharge air, fill back up while you're not using the tool. This is a good indication that there is a air leak somewhere. I've found that the air is leaking on my fitting going into my tool. So the first thing that I'm going to do is to remove the hose. Next I'm going to use an adjustable wrench and remove that fitting that the air is leaking from. After that I'm going to add some Teflon tape around the fitting, this is going to help seal it when I screw it back in. Next I'm going to go ahead and put it back in and tighten it down using my adjustable wrench. After that I'm going to reconnect my air hose and see if its still leaking.

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Expert: Jon holds a Bachelors of Science in Education and Human Sciences degree, with an endorsement in Industrial Technology Education from the University of Nebraska in Lincoln. Read More