Thanks for your responses.... took me a while to get back on it. Rusty, you are right, the collet (which I called sleeve) came separated from the Collet Nut. So, I am going to call up Hitachi to see if I can get a new one. I tried the 1/4" assembly since the assembly was still in one piece. The bit fits in there snugly, but not as tight as it was with the broken 1/2" collet. As Bobj3 mentioned, too snug fit can detroy the bit. So, the question I have is: how tight of a fit is normal for the Hitachi Router? If it is not supposed to be snug at all when inserting with the nut loosened, then I would need to get 1/4" as well. |