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.

 

[Housten]

I got tired of trying to squeeze grease out of the gun during winter and bought one of these

12 Volt Rechargeable Grease Gun Kit

Wait for it to go in sale. I didn't pay anywhere near that price.

Housten

 

[CurlyDave]

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.

When you unscrew the tube from the top of grease gun you can usually see the piston pump that pushes the grease out.

I have found that if I make a small mound of grease about the size of a walnut over the intake of the piston pump, the gun never needs bleeding.

There is usually enough grease in the old tube to wipe it out with a finger (disposable rubber gloves are nice for this) and get enough to make the small mound. If not, just take some from the top of the new tube.

 

[DarrylH20]

I got tired of trying to squeeze grease out of the gun during winter and bought one of these

12 Volt Rechargeable Grease Gun Kit

Wait for it to go in sale. I didn't pay anywhere near that price.

Housten

I have the same gun but its red from TSC. Had it over a year now and love it. Could not see paying over 200.00 for a Lincoln. And the one TSC has comes with 2 batteries.

 

[CompactTractorFan]

yeah, m ine is a $19.99 one.

Ours is a $80 one...:confused2:

 

[lduren]

I have the same gun but its red from TSC. Had it over a year now and love it. Could not see paying over 200.00 for a Lincoln. And the one TSC has comes with 2 batteries.

I got the Lincoln delivered. It was made in China, have yet to try it out. I checked some of the brands mentioned at TBN, but none said that they were made in the US.

 

[whistlepig]

Goodness! I had to look up recalcitrant. Pnuematic guns are better than manual guns. The new cordless guns are the best going thing now. I have a Lincoln cordless Powerluber. In a race between manual, pnuematic, and a cordless Powerluber I'll put my money on the Lincoln Powerluber for ease of use and the quickest at getting the job done.

 

[MF RED in MT]

I will put my money down with Whistlepig and double down with it, :laughing:. I have a 12v lincoln power luber with only one battery and it was worth the money, :thumbsup:. It makes a greasing job fun. KC

 

[Gary Fowler]

I have to go with DiamondPilot on grease guns. I have a couple of hand type and both work just fine as long as you purge the air from them. I also have a pneumatic gun that I bought a year ago at Atwoods and it is still in the package. I dont think any grease gun will pump air, so it is critical that you get the air out when you change tubes. I find that the best way is to just loosen up the case a few rounds while pumping the handle, this twisting motion redistributes the grease inside and usually gets the air to pop out. If when putting in a new tube of grease, you put the cap on about 2 threads then release the handle this puts pressure on the grease, start pumping while tightening the cap(pump once for each rotation). It gets a little messy with the grease but it takes out all the air and I usually never have any other issues with air on that tube.
One of my guns is 30 years old and still works fine and I dont think I paid more than $10 for it. I bought the pneumatic thinking that it would be easier to use when I have a problem zerk that needs some adjustment while pumping to make it take grease which as all know, you need 3 hands to do this. Luckily I have my BIL close by to lend a hand when needed which is one reason I still havent used the air gun.

 

[EddieWalker]

I've given up on air grease guns. I've tried most brands and been disapointed by all of them. I haven't tried battery powered grease guns, and still might. My favorite, go to, greatse gun is a Lucas that I bought at Home Depot. By far, the best, most reliable, grease gun that I've found.

Eddie

 

[lduren]

Goodness! I had to look up recalcitrant. Pnuematic guns are better than manual guns. The new cordless guns are the best going thing now. I have a Lincoln cordless Powerluber. In a race between manual, pnuematic, and a cordless Powerluber I'll put my money on the Lincoln Powerluber for ease of use and the quickest at getting the job done.

That is what I was thinking of when buying the powerluber. The hand pump one was way too slow, plus I did not know if grease was coming out of the pump.