@#$%^^&*%!! Grease Gun!!!

johara1 · Mar 13, 2003

did you bleed the air out???? if so, next step,pull the handle out and turn 1/4 turn. it should ingage a notch, now try to push it forward. try pumping it. to get the air is the key, just un screw it a little and try pumping it.

heehaw · Mar 13, 2003

i found that the rubber ball looking part that is on the end of the spring, was catching on the cardboard tube and wouldn't go into the tube, thus no pressure on the grease...still haven't figured out a good solution, other than banging the head of the gun on a stump.
heehaw

bgott · Mar 14, 2003

That's why I got a grease gun that mounts on a 5 gal. bucket. I hate those cartridges with a passion! The greas won't go bad and all I have to do is wheel it out and do my thing, no more empty grease gun or bad cardboard tubes.

Charlie_Iliff · Mar 17, 2003

This thread has been great. I have grease guns and pieces of grease guns all over the place and have tried most of the recommended fixes, but still get air locks on occasion. It seems to help a little to store the guns with the heads down, although over the winter I can't see the stuff flowing much.

So- does anyone have a recommendation for a brand or type of pneumatic cartridge gun? I've never used one and don't know if they also lose their prime, but at least the it's compressed air and not muscle power expended to try to get it to work. /forums/images/graemlins/wink.gif

Bird · Mar 17, 2003

I had a Lincoln pneumatic gun that I liked just fine. You could still occasionally have the air lock problem when you changed cartridges, but it usually didn't take me long to get the air out and then it wouldn't happen again until you changed cartridges again.

Egon · Mar 17, 2003

The joys of changing the cartridge in a grease gun.

It gets even better when the temperature of the cartridge is well below the freezing point.

Then thereis always the pleasure of watching the whole head pop off as you are loosening it to release air and the spring empties the cartridge contents on the ground.

One way I have found is to Lock the plunger and apply pressure above and beyond that supplied by the spring while pumping the handle. This may work if its warm.

Egon

Charlie_Iliff · Mar 17, 2003

Then thereis always the pleasure of watching the whole head pop off as you are loosening it to release air and the spring empties the cartridge contents on the ground.



Only after hitting trousers, boots, and the seat of the tractor, where you will unsuspectingly re-encounter it after changing clothes. /forums/images/graemlins/laugh.gif

Jeff396 · Mar 23, 2003

Hi Bird,

I have a Lincoln model 1160 air driven grease gun. It seems to work pretty well with one annoyance. Everytime I hit the trigger the gun will sit there and buzz for 5 seconds or so before it goes into it's pumping action. It gets to be a pain when you have to grease a bunch of fittings. Have you had this problem with your gun also? If I remember right, the gun calls for 90 psi on the compressor.

Jeff

Bird · Mar 23, 2003

Jeff, I just realized that I made an error on the earlier post (memory's fading as I get older, I guess /forums/images/graemlins/frown.gif). My pneumatic grease gun was a "Versital by Alemite" not a Lincoln. My last big manual gun was a Lincoln, I think.

Anyway, I've not seen one react as you say your Lincoln is doing, and I don't remember model numbers well enough, but isn't your gun one of those on which you can pull and hold the trigger and it keeps pumping until you release the trigger? We used those types in Dad's service stations when I was a teenager, but of course they were connected to a barrel of grease. The one I had that used the tubes of grease would only pump one stroke when you pulled the trigger. You had to release the trigger and pull again for the next stroke. I didn't like that quite as well, but since it would pump as fast as you could pull, release, pull, release, etc. I didn't have any complaints with it. I bought it at Tractor Supply Co.

Jeff396 · Mar 23, 2003

Yes, it's one of the guns that will keep pumping until you release the trigger. It works quite well once you get past the buzzing at which point it makes a pop, pop, pop sound as it pumps out the grease. Never having used one before I wasn't sure if this was normal. I may try messing with the pressure to see if that changes anything one way or the other.

Jeff

Bird · Mar 23, 2003

Be sure to let us know what happens 'cause I'm curious about the buzzing; never heard of that before.

Larry_T · Mar 12, 2004

lever type grease gun. pull handel back and lock. take front off. take out old tube.put new tube in all the way.turn front on tight. release lever rod. turn rod so that it is loose. push rod up and down 3 or 4 times. point grease gun downward.loosen front 2 or 3 turns.pump handel until grease starts to come out. tighten front up. should be all set to go.when rod is loose to go up and down it will tell you how much grease is left in gun by how far rod comes back. Larry

Larry_T · Mar 12, 2004

heehaw in case you ever read this, some grease guns are made to use with or without tubes. you may have to change the rubber .around so that the taper goes into the tube. Larry

KiotiJohn · Mar 13, 2004

( So- does anyone have a recommendation for a brand or type of pneumatic cartridge gun? ) I finally got tired of the manual guns as there are just so many zerks on my TLB. I purchased a nice little pneumatic at Harbor Freight on sale for $11.99 (normally $17.99) and it works just great. Can be bulk loaded or cartridge. If an air pocket happens with this gun, loosen the handle section where it screws onto the tube a few turns, pull back the handle and pump it a few times, then push the plunger back in, retighten the handle section and it should be good to go. Best little grease gun for little money I've found. John GREASE GUN

PineRidge · Mar 13, 2004

KiotiJohn I have the very same grease gun and I swear at it, /forums/images/graemlins/shocked.gif I mean swear by it. It has worked every time without hesitation and it takes all the work out of lubing my tractor and implements. You can't go wrong for the price.

KiotiJohn · Mar 14, 2004

( I have the very same grease gun and I swear at it, I mean swear by it.) I got a good laugh out of that one. It's the first grease gun I haven't sweared at! John

Old_Hickory · Mar 14, 2004

I have found if you turn your grease gun over and jar/pound the top of the gun or the handle on something solid it helps get the grease down to where it needs to be to pump it.

Jeff396 · Mar 18, 2004

Hey, this is an old thread revisited!!

Bird,

I finally solved my problem with my Lincoln grease gun just today. It is now sleeping with the fishes so to speak. I never could figure out why it would not start its pumping process right away rather than that annoying buzzing sound. Once it did start to pump if worked great.....that is until you went to the next zerk and you had to start with the buzzing yet again. It was taking me less time to mow the lawn than to grease the deck. /forums/images/graemlins/confused.gif Anyways, does anyone have a suggestion of a hassle free pneumatic grease gun? We have a Northern tool nearby and I was thinking of looking for one there.

Jeff

Bird · Mar 18, 2004

Jeff, Northern Tool has the Lincolns /forums/images/graemlins/wink.gif, Wel-Bilt, and Northern Industrial, but I don't know how good any of them are. I had one made by Alemite that I got at Tractor Supply Co. and liked it just fine.