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Lets Talk Grease Guns
« on: August 23, 2021, 11:57:15 AM »
I am sick to death of crappy grease guns. Even ones I've paid $40 for are aggravating me as much as the cheapo Harbor Freight one. I use several around the farm. At this point money is no object for at least one high quality grease gun.

Any suggestions? Are lever guns better than pistol grip? I only have had pistol grips and measure grease quantity that way. For instance, I was schooled on my one ag pump that I put five squirts in each zerk every time I run it, but that was with a pistol grip. Do the lever ones put out significantly more quantity per stroke? Easy to load without grease oozing out everywhere is a plus as well.

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Re: Lets Talk Grease Guns
« Reply #1 on: August 23, 2021, 11:58:47 AM »
Clicked on this thread actually expecting it to be about the M3
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Re: Lets Talk Grease Guns
« Reply #2 on: August 23, 2021, 12:35:07 PM »
https://www.zoro.com/lincoln-grease-gun-pistol-grip-handle-7500-psi-1134/i/G1058784/

https://www.zoro.com/macnaught-pistol-grip-grease-gun-flex-ext-k32/i/G8617163/?recommended=true

This might be the bet you can get for a manual grease gun. Lever usually gets you more pressure, but require two hands to pump, sometimes making it hard to get the zerk in straight,
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Re: Lets Talk Grease Guns
« Reply #3 on: August 23, 2021, 12:58:00 PM »
Clicked on this thread actually expecting it to be about the M3

I had a similar thought ... and regret it's not about a submachine gun ......  [popcorn] 
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Re: Lets Talk Grease Guns
« Reply #4 on: August 23, 2021, 12:59:27 PM »
I have an old made in the U S of A lever type with a locking grease zerk fitting that has probably provided 50 years of trouble free service. Probably can’t buy anything like it now…
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Re: Lets Talk Grease Guns
« Reply #5 on: August 23, 2021, 01:01:55 PM »
???

How are you loading it that grease oozes out?  My cheap ones have many issues, but even they load correctly and easily.

FWIW We have that Lincoln one at the shop, and I didn't find it or the even higher priced Snap-on's to be any better any other.  I think I have a PRO-LUBE right now, and it's fine, but not amazing.  As far as the amount of grease, the gun will be rated for strokes/oz.  So without knowing what you have now it's hard to say exactly.  For example, the gun Bedlamite linked is 33 strokes/oz.  My PRO-LUBE is 40 strokes per oz.  The 5000psi guns will be significantly different.

I'd be interested in Boomhauer's take on this, I imagine he uses a grease gun quite a bit.

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Re: Lets Talk Grease Guns
« Reply #6 on: August 23, 2021, 01:13:02 PM »
???

How are you loading it that grease oozes out?  My cheap ones have many issues, but even they load correctly and easily.

I pull the thingy in back, back. Then I drop in a lube tube. Then on the HF ones, the tube always still sticks out a good half inch, so when I put the top on and push it down to screw it on, lube squirts out. It doesn't happen on my Lucas one.
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Re: Lets Talk Grease Guns
« Reply #7 on: August 23, 2021, 01:21:44 PM »
I can see how that would be annoying.  If there isn't something on the pistons preventing full seat of the tubes, I'd shitcan those guns.

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Re: Lets Talk Grease Guns
« Reply #8 on: August 23, 2021, 01:30:47 PM »
Clicked on this thread actually expecting it to be about the M3

So did I.  =(
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Re: Lets Talk Grease Guns
« Reply #9 on: August 23, 2021, 01:34:18 PM »
Well crap. I grabbed an ammo can of .45 before I clicked.
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Re: Lets Talk Grease Guns
« Reply #10 on: August 23, 2021, 01:46:31 PM »
As far as I'm concerned, lever action is totally useless unless you have 3 arms.  Pistol grip all the way.  We've switched to battery powered (milwaukee and makita) and my hand thanks me every time I use them, but we go through about 100 tubes of grease per year.  YMMV.  If sticking with old school, try the lock n lube https://locknlube.com/.  They do actually work and work well and they actually allow for use of a lever action gun.  The one downside is they are tough to use in really tight quarters.

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Re: Lets Talk Grease Guns
« Reply #11 on: August 23, 2021, 01:50:35 PM »
"I pull the thingy in back, back."

Is that the thing that goes up?

We should ban grease guns! They have things that go up!
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Re: Lets Talk Grease Guns
« Reply #12 on: August 23, 2021, 02:07:26 PM »
"I pull the thingy in back, back."

Is that the thing that goes up?

We should ban grease guns! They have things that go up!
And they can be reloaded with detachable tubes.
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Re: Lets Talk Grease Guns
« Reply #13 on: August 23, 2021, 02:24:05 PM »
Lever type is good if you have the lock on fitting.
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Re: Lets Talk Grease Guns
« Reply #14 on: August 23, 2021, 03:05:51 PM »
Gr.

Bait and switch.

But at least I was reminded of the model designation, which I had forgot, so thanks.

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Re: Lets Talk Grease Guns
« Reply #15 on: August 23, 2021, 03:41:29 PM »
I’m a Milwaukee fan all the way I’ve had it unclog some seriously frozen joints it honestly makes 10k psi

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Re: Lets Talk Grease Guns
« Reply #16 on: August 23, 2021, 04:25:31 PM »
Alemite. Between the ranch stuff and my brother's equipment fleet, we have a couple dozen scattered around. Never had one fail short of getting run over or crunched in something.

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Re: Lets Talk Grease Guns
« Reply #17 on: August 23, 2021, 04:48:22 PM »
I keep meaning to get one of these -
https://locknlube.com/products/locknlube-grease-coupler

I've got several grease guns laying around. Most were bought at the local farm and ranch supply store, most are mostly crap.
I was servicing my tractor back in the spring and was using my least crappy grease gun and it just sort of quit pumping out grease, well *expletive deleted*it.
I was dirty and greasy from working on the tractor and didn't want to get cleaned up to go buy a replacement. I happened to notice the old grease gun I had acquired from my late uncle's estate about 10 years ago. I'd be surprised if the thing isn't at least 50 years old. I opened it up and cleaned out the old, hard, slightly crusty grease out of it and loaded it about half full with the grease that I had managed to dump out of my failed grease gun. Damned thing worked like a champ. It needs a new hose but the old hose still worked fine even though most of the outer rubber was peeling off.
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Re: Lets Talk Grease Guns
« Reply #18 on: August 23, 2021, 05:54:56 PM »
I keep meaning to get one of these -
https://locknlube.com/products/locknlube-grease-coupler

I was looking at those this morning. Also their grease gun, which looks pretty nifty for doing away with the threaded connector, and was also mentioned by PEfarmer.

I could be talked into battery powered for all the stuff I have to lube around here. I don't go through near as much as PEfarmer, but do use a couple of cases easy in a year. It would kinda need to default to DeWalt just because I've been switching all my old stuff to 20v DeWalt. Unless the DeWalt one is just so crappy that it's worth having a whole nother battery setup to deal with. Though it seems to get good reviews.
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Re: Lets Talk Grease Guns
« Reply #19 on: August 23, 2021, 06:25:52 PM »
Yeah that lock n lube thing is what I have on mine.
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Re: Lets Talk Grease Guns
« Reply #20 on: August 23, 2021, 06:34:17 PM »
I had a small pistol grip type that I added a hose to. Worked great until I loaned it to a friend. I'll see if it's still around to get brand off of it.

Now I barrow an old friends just like it when I need one. Somehow I haven't been able to smash the tube like happened to mine.
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Re: Lets Talk Grease Guns
« Reply #21 on: August 23, 2021, 09:02:24 PM »
So, if you have a problem with a locked-up gizmo...
 
We have a sort of zert-syringe that you can load with oil, and then you go to pound-town with it.
 
And it'll blow through a lot of stuff.
 
FWIW, Bridgeport milling machines have zerts, but are only supposed to be lubed with way oil on the ways - not grease. And a lot of folks will use grease, and then marvel when their table locks...
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Re: Lets Talk Grease Guns
« Reply #22 on: August 23, 2021, 11:00:24 PM »
Definitely battery. I have childhood trauma because my dad had a cable and clutch track hoe and a small child to lube it. That thing was a case of grease for one lube.

Then in an H-3 squadron it was below my paygrade to grease but everyone ended up covered in it. Grease lubed rotor head from the wayback machine. We used a five gallon bucket or so a week. Some of the kids weren't the slickest at packing a grease gun without the cartridges.
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Re: Lets Talk Grease Guns
« Reply #23 on: August 24, 2021, 04:46:45 AM »
So, if you have a problem with a locked-up gizmo...
 
We have a sort of zert-syringe that you can load with oil, and then you go to pound-town with it.
 
And it'll blow through a lot of stuff.
 
FWIW, Bridgeport milling machines have zerts, but are only supposed to be lubed with way oil on the ways - not grease. And a lot of folks will use grease, and then marvel when their table locks...

It’s called a Grease Joint Rejuvenator. I have one but have had far more luck with the high pressure setting on an electric grease gun to clear a clogged joint


Extreme cases you can adapt a porta power to the grease fitting hole and force 10k psi of hydraulic oil in it
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Re: Lets Talk Grease Guns
« Reply #24 on: August 24, 2021, 07:34:09 AM »
Yeah that lock n lube thing is what I have on mine.

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