New grease gun won’t let go of zerks.

   / New grease gun won’t let go of zerks. #1  

homedad

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Kubota L3130DT
I recently purchased this grease gun to leave at home with my latest tractor. I like that it’s one handed as opposed to my old one. The problem is that it won’t let go of the zerk unless I sort of angle it to kind of pry it off. Im afraid I’m going to break iff the zerk. Is this a fault in Kioti zerks or this gun? Or will it eventually wear in?
 

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   / New grease gun won’t let go of zerks. #3  
x2 on lock and lube fitting, there's no going back.
My old lever gun adjusts as Mikester states.
 
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Thanks. Ill look into the possibility of adjusting it first.
 
   / New grease gun won’t let go of zerks. #7  
Not all tips are adjustable
It is a well kept secret. Even my parts/tool store friend did not know that, and he has worked at or owned the store his entire working life.
 
   / New grease gun won’t let go of zerks. #8  
x2 on lock and lube fitting, there's no going back....

Thanks. Ill look into the possibility of adjusting it first.
I used to think I didn't need a Lock n Lube, and that they were too expensive. Then I bought one. Now, I wonder why I waited so long.
 
   / New grease gun won’t let go of zerks. #9  
I was not aware of adjustable tips until a friend showed me one a few years ago, they work pretty nice but if you get grease on your fingers it’s pretty difficult to adjust the tip. I bought one of those small grease guns from Harbor freight and it came with an adjustable tip, the rest of the gun was about useless because it leaked grease around the plunger, I wound up throwing it away and moving the adjustable tip to one of other grease guns.
Locking tips are nice I have one but there are plenty of places on my equipment they simply won’t work so you wind up using two grease guns on some equipment.
 
   / New grease gun won’t let go of zerks. #10  
You can buy narrow Lock n Lube types for recessed zerks
 

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