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Posted by Ivan Vegvary on April 19, 2006, 6:15 pm
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I'm tired of not being able to force grease into chassis fittings with my
existing grease guns. Mostly working on my '48 & '52 Pontiacs and my
children's newer cars.
Yes, I've never paid more than $ 24 bucks for a grease gun. Have two manual
guns and one air powered. All the guns prefer to dispense the grease
alongside the zerk fitting rather than into the fitting.
I'm willing to pay a good price and throw all my cheap guns away. Any
recommendations???
Thanks,
Ivan Vegvary
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Posted by Jordan on April 19, 2006, 6:43 pm
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Ivan Vegvary wrote:
> I'm tired of not being able to force grease into chassis fittings with my
> existing grease guns.
>
Suggest just try a good quality nozzle - the bit that fits onto grease
nipple. They all seem to be the same thread (?), and might be a better
fit to the nipples.
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Posted by R. Zimmerman on April 19, 2006, 9:12 pm
Please log in for more thread options The quality of the zerk connection is important. Replacing the fitting
sometimes helps.
Decades ago I can remember being chewed out by my aircraft maintenance
instructor for pushing the fitting straight onto the nipple. That old
English instructor demanded that the connection be rolled on and off the
zerk to preserve the fit. I have no idea if it made a difference.
Randy
I'm tired of not being able to force grease into chassis fittings with my
existing grease guns. Mostly working on my '48 & '52 Pontiacs and my
children's newer cars.
Yes, I've never paid more than $ 24 bucks for a grease gun. Have two manual
guns and one air powered. All the guns prefer to dispense the grease
alongside the zerk fitting rather than into the fitting.
I'm willing to pay a good price and throw all my cheap guns away. Any
recommendations???
Thanks,
Ivan Vegvary
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Posted by Ecnerwal on April 19, 2006, 9:22 pm
Please log in for more thread options > I'm tired of not being able to force grease into chassis fittings with my
> existing grease guns. Mostly working on my '48 & '52 Pontiacs and my
> children's newer cars.
> Yes, I've never paid more than $ 24 bucks for a grease gun. Have two manual
> guns and one air powered. All the guns prefer to dispense the grease
> alongside the zerk fitting rather than into the fitting.
Sometimes this just means that the other side of the zerk is a impacted
mass of dried up grease (well, you hope it was once grease). Sometimes
replacing the zerk helps, other times you need to disassemble the thing
to get the crap out so that grease can flow again, as the zerk was not
where the problem was. All it takes is someone ignoring the joint for a
few years/decades. I have a bit too much experience with this on my
backhoe, as some former owner did not believe in the stuff (as evidenced
by the coat of paint, not particularly new paint, which lay unbroken
over many zerks).
Note - if you think the problem is the end of your grease gun, you can
buy replacements (end and/or end and tube/hose), and if your existing
guns are not actually too bad, just screw off the old and screw on the
new.
--
Cats, coffee, chocolate...vices to live by
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Posted by ATP* on April 19, 2006, 10:18 pm
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>> I'm tired of not being able to force grease into chassis fittings with my
>> existing grease guns. Mostly working on my '48 & '52 Pontiacs and my
>> children's newer cars.
>> Yes, I've never paid more than $ 24 bucks for a grease gun. Have two
>> manual
>> guns and one air powered. All the guns prefer to dispense the grease
>> alongside the zerk fitting rather than into the fitting.
>
> Sometimes this just means that the other side of the zerk is a impacted
> mass of dried up grease (well, you hope it was once grease). Sometimes
> replacing the zerk helps, other times you need to disassemble the thing
> to get the crap out so that grease can flow again, as the zerk was not
> where the problem was.
Sometimes heat works, although it's a smoky job and lighting the grease up
is always a possibility.
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