Makita cordless drill Battery removal

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My Makita BHP 456 cordless hammer drill,

I am unable to remove the battery,

could this be a catch or latch that holds battery in place has broken ?

Is there a way to remove this by stripping ?

unable to find diagrams.
 
Don't know about your particular drill but they do get hard to remove at times, usually holding the drill in one hand and giving the battery a good slap with the palm/heel of your hand (just imagine you are Bruce Willis slapping home a new magazine!) allows it to be removed normally afterwards.
 
Slide-on batteries can sometimes stick. Have you tried pressing-un the button and thumping the back of the battery casing? This works for me when I have a sticky battery. You can't really strip the battery down once fitted to a drill - the screws (if any - a lot of batteries are now bonded shut) are on the top and so hidden when mounted on a drill. You might be able to split the casing by removing the screws, but there's a risk that you'll lose some of the internals that way
 
STILL STUCK !

Now giving it a spray Penetrating oil around slide. will let this soak fot the night
 
Penetrating oil doesn't do much to plastic.. except damage it.

Clamp the drill lightly in a vice (wrap something around it to protect it), hold the release button in tight, and tap firmly on the back of the battery. Might get it out.
 
Now released, phew.

Didn't use that stuff in blue aerosol.

The oil I used was " BALLISTOL" I use this on my rifles and it does not affect plastic and is very good for metal and gun blueing.

when replacing battery I put a slight smear on battery slide should now come off in future .
 
After much whacking with heel of hand (now bruised; pity Bruce Willis) I clamped tool in vice, latch facing down (as Monkeh suggested) and, while holding the latch open, carefully gave the battery a sharp whack with a 20-ounce hammer. Came right off.
Now I have cleaned and waxed the ways of the tool and both batteries. I also FWIW smoothed barely visible flashing on upward facing horizontal surface of battery case near where it enters the ways.
If you don't see another post from me in 24 hours, assume that the above measures have solved the problem and I have put the hammer away.
The tool is Makita LMXT02.
 
parmstr said:
After much whacking with heel of hand (now bruised; pity Bruce Willis) I clamped tool in vice, latch facing down (as Monkeh suggested) and, while holding the latch open, carefully gave the battery a sharp whack with a 20-ounce hammer. Came right off.
Now I have cleaned and waxed the ways of the tool and both batteries. I also FWIW smoothed barely visible flashing on upward facing horizontal surface of battery case near where it enters the ways.
If you don't see another post from me in 24 hours, assume that the above measures have solved the problem and I have put the hammer away.
The tool is Makita LMXT02.
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Glad it worked out for you... but if the battery is a lithium battery, hitting it with a hammer might result in the battery going in to thermal runaway.
 
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