Grease guns

[redprospector]

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.......

Hahahaha. Good idea. Keep beating off your grease gun, it will eventually squirt.

Andy

 

[milkie62]

So what is the trick ???????

I have 4 grease guns setup for different things.!8" flex hose,mini- gun,hard tube gun, and swivel head.At some point all 4 will not work properly.There has to be a trick to bleeding these things........

 

[milkie62]

Priming update

I just went to our parts room and pulled a new gun from stock.It is a Westward brand pistol grip with 18" flex hose.The directions say after loading tube screw the gun head tightly onto the barrel.The bleeder valve should be open while moving the plunger rod back and forth to force out any trapped air.The most I've ever moved the rod is probably 3 times at most. Right now 3 of my guns seem to be air bound .I will try this step and cycle the ram a few times to see if this will work.What type of grease will I put in this new gun ????????????? hhmmm

 

[Panama]

Some of the thicker greases are much worse about getting air bound, especially when cold, no matter what gun it is in. Try to store your guns where they stay warm. If you use thick grease, you will have almost no problem if you can get the grease into the gun without the paper tube.
Try this: make up a push rod, out of a dowel with a plastic cap (from off the end of a tube of grease) screwed onto the end. Cut the outside diameter of the cap down carefully with a box cutter until it can just be forced into a tube of grease. When you load your gun and pop the top, insert your dowel push rod (cap end) to hold the grease in the tube, while you pull the paper tube back out over the dowel rod. Then, always fill the head of the gun with grease before screwing it back on. This will eliminate the feed problems from almost any grease gun. I store the dowel rod in a gallon zip bag to keep it clean. It's a little messy, so I broke down and bought several guns for each type of grease, and refill when I get down to the last full gun. No more feed problems.

 

[proto]

I am an auto parts dealer, we sell some Lincoln heavy duty gun, and the lower quality from Lincoln, brand name ''guardian''. Here, for our need, we use the Guardian, it always do the job without problems. The heavy duty ones can push more psi, hoses better quality, etc...
If i sell 10 grease gun,any brand, 3 come back, and every time, the same day. I take five minutes, put a new tube, push-pull the rod few times, maybe more sometimes, and tell to the guy, you are ready! Its alway that. I have never ship a gun for a warranty claim.

 

[Ljute]

I got the Lincoln manual gun after a number of people recommended it. You can squeeze the grease out with one hand, and it is a quality unit.

I bought a similar-looking one (red) at Tractor Supply. Took it home and loaded it up. As soon as I started to get pressure the whole head popped off. Never could get it to stay on. Piece of trash!

 

[gt2003]

I've got to revive this thread because maybe you all have my answer here! I inherited an old, old lubrimatic mini-grease gun. It doesn't have the T-handle on the bottom of the gun. From what I've read there is some way to lock the plunger down when inserting a new tube of grease then unlock it once the top is screwed back on the gun. Seriously, I bet this gun is 30 or 40 years old. I know it works because my mechanic put a new tube in it a few years ago but I don't remember what he did. I'm also at work until he closes so if you all can help I would greatly appreciate it. Have any of you used one of these type of guns? If so, what is the trick to lock and unlock the plunger?

 

[super3]

When changing tubes I just thread the top on enough to allow the air to bleed, the release the plunger....Prime...then tighten the top down.

There ya go!