should I get a new grease gun?

[lduren]

I have a grease gun with a handle that operates a cylinder that opens to let grease in, and then when it closes it is supposed to push the grease out.

I sometimes turn it down so gravity helps, open up the cylinder, and I work the end rod that is used to loosen up the grease to get it to move, and beat it to try to get the grease to go into the cylinder, so that when I close the cylinder it pushes some of it out.

I have a hard time getting it to come out sometimes. The grease can is relatively new. Is this a problem with my grease tube being new and there being too much air in the end of it, or is my grease gun defective? I have seen grease slowly oozing out after greasing a fitting.

This thread was interesting, "Good quality USA made grease gun?"

 

[mdelmarcelle]

I recently bought a new air grease gun, the "professional" model from sears. Cost me $50. Besides the tractor, I have a number of other machines that need to be greased regularly, so I wanted something convenient. Hand pump grease guns work fine in most cases, but too often the thing that needs to be greases is in an inconvenient location and operating a hand pump grease gun is too challenging. I've only used the new air gun once, but it worked well. I think the hand pump gun I have produces a bit more pressure, but the air gun push grease through everything I needed it to on a cold day (~20 degrees).

 

[SandburRanch]

Here is a link that tells everything twice about loading your gun.
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http://www.tractorbynet.com/forums/oil-fuel-lubricants/80398-how-load-grease-gun.html

 

[oldballs]

Thanks for the "search" reference Sandbur....been there and done all those things. I laughed so hard my late wife would be wondering "what is going on in there".

 

[CompactTractorFan]

I have a grease gun with a handle that operates a cylinder that opens to let grease in, and then when it closes it is supposed to push the grease out.

I sometimes turn it down so gravity helps, open up the cylinder, and I work the end rod that is used to loosen up the grease to get it to move, and beat it to try to get the grease to go into the cylinder, so that when I close the cylinder it pushes some of it out.

I have a hard time getting it to come out sometimes. The grease can is relatively new. Is this a problem with my grease tube being new and there being too much air in the end of it, or is my grease gun defective? I have seen grease slowly oozing out after greasing a fitting.

This thread was interesting, "Good quality USA made grease gun?"

We have a grease gun and it works for a while and stops working until we take it apart until it repeats the process...:confused2:

 

[lduren]

We have a grease gun and it works for a while and stops working until we take it apart until it repeats the process...:confused2:

yeah, m ine is a $19.99 one.

 

[Egon]

Sometimes a recalcitrant grease gun can be made productive by locking the plunger handle to the round thingy that goes into the grease tube, apply pressure to the handle and pump at the same time. This may force out some air? :thumbsup:

Over the years I've gotten the impression that the spring in the grease gun gets weak or does not have enough force to push the grease forward.

 

[rimshot]

Unfortunately, I bought two $50.00 sears craftsman pneumatic grease guns.
they both look the same except one of the guns has some chrome on it and says professional. Hardy har har! They both started out pumping grease fine and for no reason just quit on me. I tried everything known to man to get those two things to work before finally giving up. They don't even make good paper weights.

I finally purchased a one handed squeeze type of a pump Lincoln grease gun. So far no complaints. The heck with those pneumatic ones especially from Sears. I'm not bashing anything but I am sore about the Sears experience and this is my experience with a product.

rimshot

 

[Diamondpilot]

I have 3 grease guns. Not a one of them cost me a penny over $8 and I have never had a issue with any of them. One at work gets a good 20 tubes a year though it. Its about 15 years old.

The two at home get less work. One has a Marine Bearing Grease in it and maybe 5 tubes a year. Its about 10 years old The other has cheap general molly grease and goes though maybe 10 tubes a year. Its 25 years old.

I got one at WalMart, one at Menards, and one at Rural King. Go figure.:confused2:

Chris

 

[cointoss]

I find that if I add a little dab of grease on top of the new cartridge before I screw on the top helps. I know that there is a bleed screw on some but this just seems to work on any of my guns that I use.