Makita DGA505Z

Makita cordless bearing failure – ive used Makita tools most of my working life this is the first time ive had bearing failures first was the bottom bearing on the grinder now the needle roller in the impact gun has disintegrated very disappointed

Plenty of power for light grinding, cutting and wire brush cleaning – Had this tool for a while now and have been happy with its performance. As a 125mm grinder it uses all my standard grinder wheels without a problem. When it comes to real heavy grinding it still has quite a bit of torque but will eventually get hot and shut down. For that type of use though I would use a corded grinder. It runs a twisted wire brush no problem and had adequate battery life with 3AH as well as good battery life with the recommended 5AH batteries. It can use a standard cutoff wheel no problems but care is required, i would still recommend a 1mm cutoff wheel for this. Has great performance with specialized cordless grinding disks but still runs the standard type without them getting blunt.

PROS~ Good power and OK battery life when pushed. Runs standard industrial grinding gear, performance equivalent to a cheap corded grinder.

CONS~ No key less spindle nut, I bought a Milwaukee one for it. It's a rat tail grinder so it requires two handed operation.