I'm planning to take apart the flex shaft in order to grease it up a bit. A quick search and I spotted your video. Thanks to you, I now know how.

That makes a lot of sense now that I think about it with over greasing I always wondered why the dang thing _wood_ get so hot after cleaning thank you

Thanks for this! Really helped when the inner shaft fell out!!!

Hi there Jordy, I've heard some people have problems with their Flex shaft and in the UK they're £29.00 . Then I found that Dremel sell a spare drive cable. So...... I thought how do you fix them and found your video. ACE. You've nailed it, I'm saving this video in case I need it. Thank again Jordy.

I bought this flex shaft from Amazon and it is just incredible the large amounts of grease they apply to these things at the factory They recommend that before first use to run it for 2 minutes at full speed with the shaft hanging at a vertical in order to redistribute the packed grease. Afterwards mine did not heat much but I could smell and see small amounts of grease around the front end of shaft! Thanks for the info, very useful to know it doest need to be re- greased only switching inner shafts.

Thanks Jordy for taking the time to help us out on fixing our flex shaft

Don’t know why I never saw this Jordy. I’ve thrown away 2 flex shafts after having them break. Never again!! Thanks brother!

Thank You Jordy! I’ve been running this threw my head since we last talked. I haven’t had the money to buy the new inner shaft, since you told me it’s replaceable. Of course I’ve bought 4 flex shafts to date not knowing it’s fixable, so I shouldn’t ever have to buy another new shaft, now that I know. Also I should have plenty of parts incase something else breaks. This video is another one of your most helpful videos, and now I finally know how to open up that Handle. Thanks again Jordy! ✌🏽🧙🏽‍♂️

I just snapped my first inner cable. The Burr got snagged in my shirt. Thanks for showing this. The cable is 16 bucks and the whole flexshaft is 65 in New Zealand. Gonna save me some coin😀

Thanks Jordy! Yeah my old flex shaft was the ancient kind that didn't come apart. It bit the dust and I had to buy a new on, like you demonstrated. Easy fix for the new ones! Thanks for sharing your knowledge, yet again Guru!

Thanks for this, bud, fixed mine in five minutes because of this tutorial.

Broke mine before I even got to use it so thank you for this!

You’re the friggin’ best Jordy. Thank you.

Perfect! My cable just f*d up. Great video. Gawd your videos are so handy to me. Thanks again from Thunder Bay

Thanks for the info, just fixed my mastercraft dremel, it was a little different but your video proved it could be done 👍

Thanks - great breakdown on the hand piece.

Thanks Jordy......ordered myself 3 new shafts directly from Dremel in Wisconsin and paid $4.90 each. Sure beats the $10.00 plus on sites such as Amazon. Fast shipping also and great folks to works with. Have a good one......

Thanks, your tutorial helped alot.

Thank you, thank you!!!!!! My flextool is saved ❤️❤️

Answered and demonstrated so well, made it simple stupid to get this understood and take up anytime solo.

Thanks I had a flex shaft that now is missing the inner shaft. You have inspired me to give it a shot to repair it. It’s not Dremel brand but was planning to get the Dremel brand if repair does not work. Thanks for an excellent tutorial - right to the point and well demonstrated. I assume you do carving based on the into. Glad to find your channel.

Excellent!! Thanks Jordy!!

thanks Jordy wish I had seen this video before I broke my flex shaft at least now I have a spare

Thank you for this! Was worried about finding a video for changing it!

You're a lifesaver Jordy. Tnx

Life saver Jordy thanks.

Thank you for this video. I appreciate the help.

Thanks a lot! I opened mine, the cable had only become loose after it fell 2 feet. Retightened it, spun up!

Mr. Light Hands is your new nickname. Well explained, good job

Thanks for sharing this it will come in really useful

Thank you, I got mine fixed!

Thanks you for sharing this tip 🐱 I have my dremel for 20 years (the 200 model) and it's still working. But I have some troubles with the pin of the flex shaft, now I now what to do. Thanks you so much 🐱

Thanks Jordy, I had the exact thing happen. Love your channel!

Thanks a ton So helpful ! Patricia

When you said that you can take things apart but can't put them back together, I said to myself that is me. I can never put things back as they should be. Thanks for showing how to fix it.

Thanks Jordy

Thanks Jordy!

Jordy , thank you 😊

Thanks jordy

great video thanks the problem i have is really bad vibration on the flex shaft handpiece cheers

Just the info I needed. Wrapped my kutzall bit in my t shirt

thank you very much🥰

Thanks i’ve been watching your carving videos for a while. My button wouldn’t work on the Dremel flex shaft handle. Thanks for your video. I see that they put those two metal rings. Because I couldn’t get my bit out of the handle. What I did is I drilled out that hole that was there 1/8 now I can use the bits or a piece of metal down in there to loosen or tighten when I’m replacing my bits and I don’t have to worry about that button breaking again. And when you look in there that shaft is so far away from the plastic that if your finger touches the hole, you’re not gonna touch the spinning metal. I called Dremel up anyway and told them how do I fix this I guess they’re gonna send me a new flex shaft for free and a new bit. But it’s one of your kind of bits kutzall Xtreme.

Very useful 👍😊

Muchas gracias, me vino muy bien tu video para poder reparar mi eje flexible.

Thank you

literally didnt realize it would just slide right out....lol, thanks for the heads up! replaced mine in two seconds....lmfao

Thank you very much

Thank you for sharing this videa

Cool you the man Thanks J

Thanks bro 🙏 🥂

I got a couple of the old school flex shafts that are broken will this inner shaft fit it . Thanks for the vid .

Good stuff brother.

Hi Jordy thank you so much for this video.It is so helpful.I was working on something yesterday and the inner tube came off completely from the black tube also the spring and the attachment on the other end.It seems that the outside spring and the attachment are loose and every time I try to stick them together they come off.Is it because I probably lost something there?Perhaps one of those rings on the actual pen? Also I can't open the actual pen😣

I was totally expecting a captain heavy hands party foul not a damn rag snag lol but thanks for the reminder to lube my tube keep makin the the vids bro much love from the east coast

My wife asked me 2 months ago to trouble shoot hers, wish I'd watched this first thanks homey!!

Good stuff

Hi Jordy, here's a tip for that annoying little button. Flip the hand piece over with the logo facing down and remove the rotary shaft and two bearings with the tension clip and button last. Put it back together in the opposite order....easy peasy. I figured that out after much frustration :) Great Video and love your channel :)

Thanks Jordy i have the number off the inner flex shaft steal kabel and order it today i have more off that orders nou wait a few days easy iff you knoe how😅thanks Jordymber

Good deal Lucille. 👍👍

Thanks for the GREAT VIDEO. The Flexshaft I have feels stripped. I’m guessing it’s time for a replacement.

Thank you so much for sharing your video! I was just about to head to home Depot and buy a new one. I have a Ryobi Dremel and cannot find the replacement cable for Ryobi. Do you know if I have to buy a Ryobi cable or can I buy another brand?

Hello from NS! Do you know if the Dremel model I have can be repaired? Mine is all metal though and is one solid hand piece. I don't know if there is a trick to getting at the guts inside or if this one's screwed. The model I have is a Dremel 225 T2.

Thanks bud

so my flex shift was doing great for a few months but now starting to heat up in the handle? am I needing to take it apart as well to clean or what should I do? Google says to grease it with high speed bearing grease?

Nice video, I personally never buy original dremel parts, you can get a complete flexi cable,made in china specials,for what you pay for the inners..I've never had any issues with the cheaper bits..

very easy

John L. Ireland. Dos a Flex shaft fit any Dremel. I have Dremel 3000. Thanks four your help.

The "collet" is the peice that actually grips the bit right? Is the collet for the flex shaft a different size than the dremel itself? I lost my collet and nut for my flex shaft but I think it's a different size than it is for the dremel. Where can I find these parts?

Nice video! What if I haven't used my shaft for about 5 years. Is it ok to run without adding grease?

Does the flex shaft run counter clockwise or clockwise? I actually replaced mine and really noticed what direction the dremel flexible shaft turned. Mines going counter clockwise.

Thanks for the tutorial! Can I ask, what pedal do you use please?

Do you recommend greasing the new cable before you install it?

I have a big question. Where do I (or anybody else) search to find a foot pedal? I’ve wanted one since I first started following you here on KZfaq. Back then I half ass attempted to search for one, but didn’t know what to type in the search bar, everything I typed in wasn’t what I was looking for. Lol So what is their brand name, and model numbers? If you don’t mind!!!!! 😉

My Dremmel 4400 runs fine without the flex shaft attached. When I attach the shaft, the rpm slows down noticeably. Could this inner mechanism cause this? (I’ve had the entire setup for about 8 months and worked great until yesterday. No snags, just started slowing down its RPMs.). Thanks

I have a Ryobi Dremel with flexshaft and, it doesnt have screws and doesnt look like its made to be taken apart :(

Ive got the other side just disconnected can you help?

my shaft wont start rotating if i full adjust the black base to my dremel 3000 like i just have to leave it a bit loose for it to rotate and in some point it will come off, any idea whats wrong? been working like this since many years but today it started to sound ugly and when i detached it , the inner rod just slide completely out D: thanks for reading!

I bought a brand new Dremel 300 kit. I went to attach the flex shaft and there was no cable inside it!! Try explaining that to customer services. They don't want to know. Thanks Dremel.

Seems to me that too much grease in the shaft is better than not enough, since lubricant reduces friction and therefore heat. I add a few drops of oil after long jobs, which must help because the spin is then quieter and smoother. Thanks for making the video and sharing your experience.

My bit quit spinning so I bought a new spring. When I took it apart I was surprised to see the spring was not broken?? I installed the new spring and the bit still does not spin.

If anyone happens to have a wen flex shaft it's inner core fits the dremel flex shaft.

What if it catches your stomachs, will it snap?

I bought a flex shaft, and it seems it will turn and work until I screw in the flex shaft. Why isn't it turning?

I paid 13.00 a piece on Amazon for my inner flex shaft. Jim's wood shop

was there another piece of the broken shaft? you showed where it snapped but isn't there another piece?

I think they want u to re grease it because the inner shaft free floats so the grease would help it kinda stay in

Number 1# jordy

How do I know if it’s broken or not. It just stopped working. I never seen it act funny or smell or make funny noises thanks

All I do is metal solder the flex cable back together !🤔🤫😬😲😅🤣

Needle nose pliers will do the job bro you do not have to tear this down.

Why don't warranty cover all these? and now that you've opened it and performed some repair, won't that have voided your warranty right as well? Besides, what was the essence of taking the hand-piece apart? there are tons of videos showing people changing inner core shaft without touching the hand-piece so, why the extra effort?

All you had to do was use some needle nose pliers and pull that little wire out that's what I did and it works perfect instead of doing all this I'm going to tear it all apart just to pull that back out and then put it back together really it took me literally 30 seconds to find my needle nose pliers and another five seconds to pull that wire out as much as you need without no hassle I did this with an under a minute and got my rotary tool working. Just use needle nose pliers to pull out a little bit and that's all you have to do

There's just about no information about using the flexshaft when you get it. All it says is how to attach and don't bend less than 5inch diameter, even though mine came in a 4 inch box. No info on how to disassemble, even though it says lubricate inner shaft every 10 hours. Why are they keeping it all secret? I'm already annoyed I'm not supposed to lay it on the desk and am supposed to buy a bracket to hook it up on 🤨

Jordy....that's a Phillips head screw driver not a start head. Star head is a torx bit such as a T-25 that's a P-1 for Philip's. I'm sure you know your wording just may confuse those who dont.

Thanks Jordy

Thanks Jordy