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Posted by Jordan on April 20, 2006, 7:36 pm
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> I don't like the idea of blowing the nasty hard gunk into
> the bearings so I usually remove, clean or replaece and reinstall the zerks
> that won't take grease.
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> Glenn
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I used to have an English car, that instead of nipples had plugs on all
grease points. The advice was to remove plug, fit a clean nipple and
then grease. Quite a job!
For suspension parts, lifting vehicle off ground (not by the wheels)
helps get the grease where it's needed.
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Posted by Lloyd E. Sponenburgh on April 21, 2006, 9:07 am
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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.
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> I'm willing to pay a good price and throw all my cheap guns away. Any
> recommendations???
I've never seen a mid-priced grease gun that didn't work. You may have
another problem.
Sometimes the ball-checks in zerks freeze up, or dirt clogs the passages.
If one holds the gun nozzle firmly against the zerk, and grease only escapes
around it, suspect a clogged fitting.
Most zerks are easily changed, but if you can't, there's a manual 'hammer'
tool available (Northern Tools) to clear a clogged zerk. It fits over the
fitting like a grease gun nozzle, and with a blow of a hammer, forces light
oil into the fitting to purge it. After such cleaning, a full flushing of
the affected joint with fresh grease finishes the job.
By the way... DONT use the hammer tool on a sealed ball bearing. It'll blow
the seals out.
For that matter, you should never lubricate a bearing unless it's running,
anyway.
I have several machines with close-running bushed shafts. They require a
lot of pressure to lubricate. The cheap ($16) Ace Hardware gun I have does
fine. The baby 'mini-gun' I bought from Discount Auto works fine, too.
LLoyd
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Posted by Christopher Tidy on April 21, 2006, 11:46 am
Please log in for more thread options I know it might seem a funny thing to suggest, but do you have a JCB
excavator dealership near you? I bought a grease gun from my local
dealer for £9 (about $15 I think) and it's the best grease gun I've ever
used. It's bright yellow so I never lose it, too.
Chris
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> that won't take grease.
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> Glenn
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