TROUBLESHOOTING GUIDE
MANY COMMON PROBLEMS CAN BE SOLVED EASILY BY UTILIZING THE CHART BELOW.
For more serious or persistent problems, contact your nearest authorised Bostitch repair agent,
or contact your Bostitch office at the address indicated in this manual.
WARNING: To reduce the risk of serious personal injury, ALWAYS lock off the tool
and disconnect battery pack from tool before all repairs
SYMPTOM
CAUSE
Motor does not
Trigger lock in locked position
run with trigger
Tool is stalled, locking the motor
depressed
from rotating
Tool is in the sequential
actuation mode
Tool internal electronics need to
be reset
Motor stops running after 5
seconds
Terminals are dirty or damaged
Damaged internal electronics
Damaged trigger
Battery is hot
Tool is hot
Motor does not
Trigger lock in locked position
run with contact
Dry fire lock out engaged,
trip depressed
blocking contact trip from
traveling fully
Tool is stalled, locking the motor
from rotating
Bent contact trip
Motor stops running after 5
seconds
Terminals are dirty or damaged
Damaged internal electronics
Damaged trigger
Battery is hot
Tool is hot
Tool does not
Dry fire lock out engaged,
actuate (motor
blocking contact trip from
runs but will not
traveling fully
fire)
Low battery charge or damaged
battery
Jammed nail/drive blade not
returned to home position
Damaged driver/return
assembly
Jammed internal mechanism
Damaged internal electronics
Motor starts up
Jammed nail and driver blade is
but generates a
stuck in down position
lot of noise
Damaged driver/return
assembly
16
FIX
Unlock trigger lock.
Rotate the stall release lever on the tool and the
mechanism will release. If driver blade does not
return, remove battery and manually push driver blade
back to home position.
Depress contact trip first before firing or switch to
bump mode (BF33 only).
Remove battery, wait 3 seconds and reinsert.
Normal operation, release trigger and redepress.
See authorised Bostitch repair agent.
See authorised Bostitch repair agent.
See authorised Bostitch repair agent.
Let the battery cool or replace it with a cool pack.
Let the tool cool down before continuing use.
Unlock trigger lock.
Load more nails into magazine.
Rotate the stall release lever on the tool and the
mechanism will release. If driver blade does not
return, remove battery and manually push driver blade
back to home position.
See authorised Bostitch repair agent.
Normal operation, release contact trip and redepress.
See authorised Bostitch repair agent.
See authorised Bostitch repair agent.
See authorised Bostitch repair agent.
Let the battery cool or replace it with a cool pack.
Let the tool cool down before continuing use.
Load nails into magazine.
Check charge level if pack shows state-of-charge.
Charge or replace battery pack if necessary.
Remove battery, clear jammed nail, cycle stall release
lever, (push driver blade up manually if necessary)
reinsert battery pack.
Replace driver/return assembly. See authorised
Bostitch repair agent.
See authorised Bostitch repair agent.
See authorised Bostitch repair agent.
Use stall release lever, clear any jammed nails, and
return driver blade manually if necessary.
Replace driver/return assembly. See authorised
Bostitch repair agent.