Damn grease gun!

[jwest]

I've been using an old Alemite grease gun for years that never gave me too much of a problem.
It's a lever type gun with the fill valve at the head.
It can't use a cartridge but i've been using a home fabbed plunger to load the gun from cardboard tube canisters.

Anyway, this time I must've filled it a different way and trapped some air.
The DAMN thing isn't pressuring.

What's the best way to get yourself going when it's cavitating?

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[Landpimp]

mine as a little air bleader on the head.

 

[haystax]

One of the air powered Lincolns we have loses prime every time you change cartridges, real PITA. I just take the hose off of the gun and it primes by itself without the hose attached, weird but always works for some reason. Does your gun have a plunger that can push the grease towards the pump manually?

 

[jwest]

It's finally workin' now.

Thanks fellas.

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[3_puppies]

one at work had grease trapped behind the plunger, had to take it apart and clean it out. worked good after that

 

[mattcobb]

Speaking of grease guns -- mine goes onto the zerk (sp?) fittinng to grease up whatever -- then it wil not come off the thing - almost need a come-along or backhoe to yank the thing off. Is it possible that the fitting is the wrong size for my 74 fj 40? Or an I just a wimp?

 

[jwest]

Well, if it were too loose, you'd have to hold the gun tight against the zirk, otherwise the grease would escape out the side.

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[haystax]

Speaking of grease guns -- mine goes onto the zerk (sp?) fittinng to grease up whatever -- then it wil not come off the thing - almost need a come-along or backhoe to yank the thing off. Is it possible that the fitting is the wrong size for my 74 fj 40? Or an I just a wimp?

Are you pulling straight back or twisting at an angle to the side? Newer fittings are tighter but even worn out ones won't pull straight off.

 

[folsom50]

Speaking of grease guns -- mine goes onto the zerk (sp?) fittinng to grease up whatever -- then it wil not come off the thing - almost need a come-along or backhoe to yank the thing off. Is it possible that the fitting is the wrong size for my 74 fj 40? Or an I just a wimp?

The fittings on Lincoln grease guns can really grab a zerk, and I've broken quite a few zerks trying to get the fitting off.

With canister grease guns, just screw the tube onto the head a couple threads, then release the plunger. Then you can screw the tube on the rest of the way and you won't fight the air pockets so bad. By theading on only 2 threads the air can escape but the grease wont.