Pneumatic grease gun

[Gary Fowler]

Having to do all the greasing by myself, I bought a $29 pneumatic gun at Atwoods (dont know the brand) but it has worked as it should for over 8 years. The LocknLube wouldn't work in lots of places on my TLB so a regular lock on tip is required. Since most times you need to hold the tip onto the zerk the pneumatic is a requirement. I wont ever part with the money to buy a battery powered one for many of the reasons listed.
I have a powered roll up hose attached to my hotdog tank air compressor. It pumps up very fast and the only time I have trouble with the gun is when changing grease tubes. I almost always have to un-screw the hose at the gun to allow it to pump out the air that invariably gets trapped in the gun. Once primed, it pumps till the end of the tube with no problems. I can tell by the sound if it is pumping grease and when the tube is finished it starts pumping really fast. If the zerk isn't taking grease, it pumps up then stops or cycles in 10 second or so intervals.
I keep the hand pump ready in case I need just a shot of grease on bolt threads or other such project that just needs a really small amount of grease.
The pneumatic has quick couplers on it so it is just a matter of connecting the hose. I flip the switch on the compressor when I enter the shop, pick up the gun, attach the hose, walk to the tractor while pulling out the required amount of hose and locking the HF retractable hose reel. By the time I am ready to grease, the compressor is up to pressure. I can grease the 20 or so zerks, uncouple the gun and let the hose retract, put up the gun and be ready to go to work in 10 minutes or less.
I would never go back to a hand pump grease gun.

Note: I wouldn't bother with the HF pneumatic guns. My brother in law bought one and it never worked quite right.

 

[fjcruiser]

My $.02. I have used hand, air and cordless grease guns. I grease quite a bit, at least 1 tube a day. Of the guns I've tried, with out a doubt, cordless is the ticket (for me). I like not having to get up close to the pickup for air, hand guns take to long. I have gone through several different brands/models. I have been using the 18v Alemite for the past few years. The batteries are starting to lose charge more quickly, but I can still use about 6 tubes before recharge. They are super easy to prime/get grease flowing again.
I will likely try the Milwaukee brand when this system fails or when the batteries give up. I have bought many of the 18v tools in the past year and have many batteries.
I also tried the Lock n Lube. It is a great idea. It just doesn't work on many of my fittings.

 

[JK22]

I'm likely going to get a battery powered one that uses the same batteries as most of my power tools now (20V DeWalt).. I can watch for "tool only" sale and just get the tool as I already have batteries and chargers. I used a air powered one at Sears automotive, but that was years ago and they had drums of grease and big compressors.

The dewalt greaser is very nice. My favorite out of the collection. And all my other tools are dewalt so no problem with batteries.

 

[mikester]

Ive been using this for several years with a lock-n-lube and I wont go back to cartridges

18 Litre Air Grease Pump | Princess Auto

 

[Gary Fowler]

Ive been using this for several years with a lock-n-lube and I wont go back to cartridges

18 Litre Air Grease Pump | Princess Auto

I had a hand pump similar that held 5 gallons of spindle lube when I farmed. It took half of the 5 gallons can to grease the cotton picker spindles/chains each day. Each pump put out a lot of grease so it wasn't a big deal to use even though it was hand pumped. I would love to have one of the pneumatic ones now so I could get away from the little tubes and their mess.

 

[spitter]

Figures the day I wrote my comment I had to grease my tractor and change tube I could not purge it for nothing.:confused3: Felt so pissed I went on computer to see if I have been doing it wrong for the past 40 years. The Lincoln website has a video about purging grease guns and it said if you use a tacky grease {which I use Lucas red and tacky ] and its cold it will be hard to purge . So I took a heat gun to it and warmed it up. Hour or so latter I finally got it to flow. :dance1::cool2: AND THATS WHY I DRINK :drink:

 

[fried1765]

I had a hand pump similar that held 5 gallons of spindle lube when I farmed. It took half of the 5 gallons can to grease the cotton picker spindles/chains each day. Each pump put out a lot of grease so it wasn't a big deal to use even though it was hand pumped. I would love to have one of the pneumatic ones now so I could get away from the little tubes and their mess.

Lincoln 1162 pneumatic---- Automotive Tools and Auto Tools from Tool Discounter $58.32 + $8.95 shipping, no tax.
It does use the tubes though.
Absolutely DO NOT buy the HF pneumatic one!

 

[SPYDERLK]

The best thing about a pneumatic gun is the very quick pulse of grease it applies. Some grease joints have internal feeders to take grease to more than just one point. These work pretty good with any type of gun when the joint is new, tight, clean, and has fresh grease. But add a little wear or contaminant crud and the feeders stop delivering because slow delivery cannot shock the stasis - Finally only the primary path remains open.

The quick pulse delivered by a pneumatic gun is the best ploy Ive found to shock the secondary paths and keep them flushed clear.

The problem is finding a reliable single shot gun that can tolerate full air line pressure of 150-160psi​