Grease guns

[Hddnis]

...and if it is a cold day don't think the grease is "frozen" and heat the tube with a propane torch.

I had an idiot that worked for me try that once. I stress once. The bang darn near made him deaf.



Mr. HE

 

[Curbside]

I use a ton of a grease. I only buy guns with a screw tap on the top or an air bleeder. Put the tube in the normal way make sure the plunger seats by twisting the plunger as you release it back into the drum. Loosen the air tap or bleeder and pump several times maybe two or three and its back primed. If the gun is a cheap one with no air bleeders at the top throw them away they are useless.

The one thing I wished I could figure out is how to grease without getting covered in grease. Just haven't learned how to do that.

 

[056kid]

Make someone else hold the fitting while you pump..

 

[bullbuck]

If the tubs have been stored on their side or upside down, No.
If there is any air space at the top of the tub it will vacuum lock it. I Almost always start the top about one good turn on the threads then release the plunger and leave the handle open and tighten the rest of the way. This pushes grease up into the top and the air out.
Properly store your grease and make sure your supplier does also.
Grease guns are suffering quality control issues just like the rest of our decaying society. But they are very simple machines and should not be very difficult to make work.

well said.

 

[056kid]

it makes no difference how the tubes are stored.







If you have a ####ty gun & a tube of grease, put it in there, find a zurk & pump, if no grease, hold the gun up right and smack it while pumping.

It always works for me & i had to grease all kinds of crap. . .

 

[Nosmo]

Make someone else hold the fitting while you pump..

I have a Cub Cadet Tank Zero Turn Mower and it has 19 grease zerks. I find it much easier on 17 of these zerks to use a non-flexible tube to fill these zerks. I can put pressure on the gun to hold the nozzle tight against the zerk.

Two of the hard to reach zerks I have to use a flexible hose nozzle to grease.

Nosmo

 

[Oly's Stump]

Go with the Lincoln 18 volt. Its the cats azz. U will not be disappointed. Costs about $230.00. U will never need another gun.



Lincoln PowerLuber Cordless Grease Gun — 18 Volt, Model# 1842
This Lincoln PowerLuber is a professional-grade, heavy-duty cordless grease gun that lets you do your lubrication tasks in half the time of a manual grease gun, delivering up to 7500 PSI.

 

[ba-1]

Get an Alemite from drill bit city. Best gun Ive ever had and it
will prime ti self about 95% of the time and will qut grease the
Lincon we have try doing a combine and you"ll find out what it
is worth.

 

[redprospector]

it makes no difference how the tubes are stored.

Your 8 layers are showing dude.

Words of wisdom from a man who has pumped literally thousands of tubes of grease.
Tell us, how'd you get so smart?

Andy

 

[056kid]

well, considering that I have used grease tubes that have been hap hardly shoved in any area in a tool door that will accept. they all give me alittle grief here & there but with alittle smacking around, the grease manages to get where it needs to go.
And every grease gun I have used in the last 3 years was treated like crap, thrown in the bed and forgotten about till needed again, not the way I would treat my grease gun but the gun didnt seem to care just like the grease..

things do not have to be perfect like some of you guys push...

 

[Hddnis]

FWIW, I'm pretty careful how I store my grease tubes and I don't have to bang my grease guns on anything to get them to work. I also have never seen anyone do that. I worked on and have been around everything from industrial manufacturing machinery, to logging equipment, to ships, to mining equipment, to aerospace testing and manufacturing equipment. I cannot recall seeing anyone banging a grease gun in any of those settings.


That is not to say that I don't understand that sometimes a swift whack will often fix something.


Mr. HE

 

[056kid]

you learn stuff every day..

 

[Saw Bones]

Ok....in the past two weeks i have destroyed 2 grease guns. One was air the other was manual. In the past year I cannot tell you how much time I have wasted waiting for the damm thing to prime and shoot grease. the air grease gun in particular is a major problem. First i had one from napa now i have a craftsman. is there a trick to getting these things to work efficiently? Is there a better product out there? I use alot of grease on my job...I need this to work a bit more efficiently. And yes.....they were destroyed in a fit or rage.....

Most grease guns have a bleeder screw on them. I dont use that. I usually remove the hose from the grease gun and work the mechanisim while putting my finger over the hole while I release it to avoid sucking air back in. This seems to work pretty well. Do you use tubes of grease or refill the gun from a 5 gallon bucket? They are pretty messy.

 

[redprospector]

well, considering that I have used grease tubes that have been hap hardly shoved in any area in a tool door that will accept. they all give me alittle grief here & there but with alittle smacking around, the grease manages to get where it needs to go.
And every grease gun I have used in the last 3 years was treated like crap, thrown in the bed and forgotten about till needed again, not the way I would treat my grease gun but the gun didnt seem to care just like the grease..

things do not have to be perfect like some of you guys push...

Hahaha. Well, since you evidently haven't used a grease gun or tubes that have been handled properly, I guess you wouldn't know if it makes a difference or not......would you?
I will remember what you said about things not having to be perfect though. Next time one of my saw's act up, I'll stand it on end and smack it around a little. Should fix her up.
If something isn't working right, find out why and fix it. If it's something I'm not doing right, I'll try to change my ways. Don't insist on quality equipment, and then buy a cheap grease gun. You wouldn't want a wild thing felling timber, would you?
I know that the quality of grease guns has gone to crap lately, but smacking stuff around really isn't the answer.

Andy

 

[Slamm]

I have every kinda cheap grease gun and some better quality old grease guns and a Lincoln 14.4 . They all work fine for me.

I say its operator error.

Sure sometimes you get an airlock, so crack the bleeder, bleed it and go to greasing your machine.

Its not that hard.

Always add a 4 foot long hose to every grease gun you own. It makes operation much easier.

I second getting the Lincoln battery grease guns if you do daily greasing on your machines then the gun will pay for itself easily in much less time greasing and easy of operation.

My experience and opinion,

Sam

 

[056kid]

Hahaha. Well, since you evidently haven't used a grease gun or tubes that have been handled properly, I guess you wouldn't know if it makes a difference or not......would you?
I will remember what you said about things not having to be perfect though. Next time one of my saw's act up, I'll stand it on end and smack it around a little. Should fix her up.
If something isn't working right, find out why and fix it. If it's something I'm not doing right, I'll try to change my ways. Don't insist on quality equipment, and then buy a cheap grease gun. You wouldn't want a wild thing felling timber, would you?
I know that the quality of grease guns has gone to crap lately, but smacking stuff around really isn't the answer.

Andy

let me clarify before you over embellish your interpretation of "smack"
you hold the gun upright and do a tap tap tap tap tap kind of thing, it gets the air out, and the grease out...

btw, i learned this from a 62 year old faller,ya, i will just listen to what he sais given that he has been doing it for over 40 years.......

 

[bullbuck]

let me clarify before you over embellish your interpretation of "smack"
you hold the gun upright and do a tap tap tap tap tap kind of thing, it gets the air out, and the grease out...

btw, i learned this from a 62 year old faller,ya, i will just listen to what he sais given that he has been doing it for over 40 years.......

 

[M.R.]

Yeah!!!

'Little Pitchers should have big ears.' :greenchainsaw:

 

[oregoncutter]

I've had a Lincoln battery powered for the past year or so with no trouble. Before that I had some cheaper bat powered ones that burned up just when I needed them. So far so good on the Lincoln.
Phil

I used the rechargeable battery powered Lincolns on log landings greasing, shovels, yarders, strokers, carriages, blocks etc etc. They hold up well to abuse & the batteries last quite awhile on a charge. We had 12 volt lighter plug in chargers for them. I was surprised at their durability and pump rates.

 

[kkottemann]

I got it solved everyone! I bought a air lincoln and a hand pump lincoln. Got a pressure gauge on the hand pump one. put a tube of grease in the air, took about 10 seconds to prime. Bleeder valve made a difference. hand pump took just a few pumps. Good to go.