MANUAL GREASEGUN 101 FOR SUB-nOOBS

[CDA 455 II]

What am I not getting?
1) I load 3oz grease cartridge into grease gun.✔️
2) Release piston/push piston forward.✔️
3) Prime gun by pumping air out/grease forward.✔️
4) Grease 3 zerk fittings. ✔️✔️✔️
5) Start greasing 4th zerk fitting/nothing.❌
6) Pump and pump, and pump and pump; nothing.❌
7) Open cartridge holder and grease is still there.❓❓❓

Did I reach a mid-air bubble?
What am I doing wrong/not understanding?
Do I just keep pumping until grease comes out again?

 

[billybob_81067]

M18 grease gun. That's what you're doing wrong and not understanding.

 

[arse_sidewards]

Is the rod on the pump handle fully retracted?

Probably an air bubble IMO.

Pull the handle back out and then release the tab and let it try again.

 

[CDA 455 II]

M18 grease gun. That's what you're doing wrong and not understanding.

Maybe I should clarify further:
Poor sub-nOOB

Believe me; I would love to own a shop full of Milwaukee battery-powered tools!🙏

 

[CDA 455 II]

Is the rod on the pump handle fully retracted?

Probably an air bubble IMO

About 20% of the rod remained sticking out.

Should the rod be fully retracted?

Should I have just kept pumping until the air bubble ceased?

 

[TrailTamer]

loosen the barrel or press the air release valve/button on top, if there's one, to vent air out.

 

[TrailTamer]

Should the rod be fully retracted?

push it in all way.

 

[billybob_81067]

On some grease guns you can pull the rod out and turn it so that it is locked behind the plunger. Then you can push on the rod with your leg while you pump the grease gun to help clear any air blocks.

EDIT: I couldn't prime my M18 one time. Turns out you have to remove the foil tab on the one end of the grease tube! Whoops! One of those moments where I've done it a thousand times and auto-pilot took over. Then I had to figure out WTF went wrong when it wouldn't work.

 

[CDA 455 II]

push it in all way.

As I suspected; operator error/ignorance.

 

[Muckin_Slusher]

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[AKnate]

push it in all way.

One of the shop guys would leave it out and got pissed when I'd shove it in. I told him he was retarded.

Was looking at my new M18 gun and it's got marks for 3/4, 1/2, etc, so you can tell how much grease is left if you leave the rod out.
Wellllll then.

 

[TrailTamer]

Pro tip: sometime grease will leak past piston and act as if it’s empty. Pull the rod all way out to force grease to front of piston.

And push the rod back in.

I don’t want rod hanging out to catch on things. Especially on my clothes.

 

[Steve300xcw]

Dont forget that some grease guns just suck and need thrown away

 

[Steve300xcw]

Or do what I just did and dick with the grease gun for 5 mins before looking to see how much grease was in it

 

[Benny]

Or change out the tube and forget to pull the tab

 

[AKnate]

Dont forget that some grease guns just suck and need thrown away

I imagine ones that hold 3oz are in that category. Normal tubes are 10 oz.

 

[CDA 455 II]

I imagine ones that hold 3oz are in that category. Normal tubes are 10 oz.

Thought the 14oz ones were the normal size. 🤷‍♂️

 

[AKnate]

Thought the 14oz ones were the normal size. 🤷‍♂️

Yes. 10 in a box, 40 in a case.

 

[Provience]

Alright, this seems like the appropriate thread. Anybody have an opinion on the newest chinese wave of grease couplers that use a lever ?

Amazon.com

random example above, they've got 3 jaw, 4 jar, 6 jaw or something had to rebuild my push-on coupler today, it was really wanting to fight to release and was having a difficult time resetting for the the next fitting.

just curious if the stand-by push on is still the way to go or if somebody has some new revolution over the past decade since i've bothered to grease anything

 

[SomeGuyFromOlympia]

I picked up this from Tractor Supply the other day

I threaded it right to my gun, if you can get at your zerk , it does pretty good
naturally today I am going to have to switch it out

 

[CDA 455 II]

Which reminds me; I have to hit the zerk fittings soon.

 

[Hooligan]

Spent $$ on the name brand Lock n lube, it works. Also got a 30” hose to replace the OEM 18”. Greasing the tractor was so easy.

 

[AKnate]

Which reminds me; I have to hit the zerk fittings soon.

I usually grease at least every couple fuel ups. Lot of shop books call for every day (10-12hrs use)

 

[Dougal]

You guys have 10oz tubes? We get 400g european or 450g (1lb) US sized.

 

[arse_sidewards]

Spent $$ on the name brand Lock n lube, it works. Also got a 30” hose to replace the OEM 18”. Greasing the tractor was so easy.

I've never had an issue with the HF clones.

I buy them for everything now.

 

[scooter2374]

Where is Actionfap to help you with all your manual greeseing needs?

 

[Provience]

Where is Actionfap to help you with all your manual greeseing needs?

i'm just amazed at how many people are so quick to spend the money on a battery powered grease gun

 

[scooter2374]

Old unclefab must have the forearms of Paul Bunyan after the last four years of manually greasing everything on his spread.

 

[CDA 455 II]

i'm just amazed at how many people are so quick to spend the money on a battery powered grease gun

I'll admit; if I had more than two rigs to lube I wouldn't think twice about buying a Milwaukee powered grease gun.

 

[arse_sidewards]

I'll admit; if I had more than two rigs to lube I wouldn't think twice about buying a Milwaukee powered grease gun.

When you see how cheap the pneumatic guns are you'll change your mind.

Most people with more than a couple rigs can pull shit into the shop and grease it. And if you're greasing shit some semblance of regularly the zerks won't sieze and a crappy impor pneumatic gun will be fine.