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The original was posted on /r/linustechtips by /u/Nice_Marmot_54 on 2025-01-05 16:30:35+00:00.
The poorly applied Loctite strikes again. My second photo shows what appears to be the entirety of the Loctite applied at the factory, which looks like maybe a single drop. My best guess as to why they went with this 2-part design for the body is that the back side of the chuck houses the magnet that holds the integrated bit storage in the closed position and it may have been too difficult or too expensive to integrate this magnet into a single, solid body, but I would have preferred a more robust solution than Loctite. Either a mechanical solution like a set screw or a single, solid main body (chuck + shaft) that had its separation point above the knurling (like iFixIt drivers do) so that even if the two halves separated you would still have something capable of driving screws.
Yes, I have submitted a support request already