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Like most people, I've had reason to use a grease gun for various things over the years. I had no need for one for many years but now I do. I've bought two so far and both of them are junk. I never had problems with grease guns in the past. But these today stick on the zirc fitting and you have to pry them off. Also, most of the grease slips by the plunger and it's virtually impossible to get everything straightened out without getting grease all over everything,...not to mention that you lose a $5 canister of grease every time that happens.

You wouldn't think that something as basic as a usable grease gun would be hard to find. Back in the day you bought a grease gun and it did what a grease gun was supposed to do until the end of time.

Who makes a good, basic, manual grease gun? I bought the best one the auto parts place had today and it's another piece of junk.

Yup, and they pump air for forty pumps when you use the tubes.

Bristoe, there is only one.


Cry once.....

Thanks,...if that's the one to get I'm going to buy it.

I used to buy grease in a five gallon bucket, and fill guns with the pump on top of the bucket.
You had to use a spring nipple on the gun top to fill. No air to fight that way.

Jake uses the tubes.

B, it is Lincoln brand, about $40.

The cheaper ones are about $25 and yes, they wear out fast.

Lincoln, they don’t get air logged much. Or get a battery powered Milwaukee.

If you have to use your grease gun in cold temps use synthetic base grease for sure.

https://petroleumservicecompany.com/lincoln-1134-pro-pistol-grip-grease-gun/




They have a little allen head screw for air lock release but every once in awhile it is a pain in the ass.

I'm not talking about wearing out. The damn things I've got don't work right on the first day.

We had an old manual grease gun at a garage I once worked at long ago and you never even thought about it not working. It was a grease gun! You stuck it on the grease fitting,...pumped the handle,..and it pumped grease into wherever you wanted it to go. I bet it was 30 or 40 years old.

It doesn't seem like much to ask for. But evidently, it is these days.

By wear out I mean the plunger starts leaving more grease behind every tube.



The tips will get wore out as well but they are easily replaced.



The Lincoln is noticeably nicer and less messy than the cheaper ones. And when dealing with grease, less mess is way better.

I tried replacing the rubber boot, or seal on the spring loaded plunger once, not such good results.

What is the world coming to.....

If you use a tube type grease gun, install the tube, screw on the top, loosen the top about 1 turn or so, and pump. It will take just a few pumps to get the grease thru the tube. Once the grease comes thru the tube, finish tightening the top.

If you buy it by the 5 gal bucket, remove the top from the gun, stick the tube in the bucket, pull up on the handle and suck the grease into the tube. Lock the handle back, clean off the outside of the tube, and screw the top on. Back the top off about a turn, pump the handle until you get grease thru the tube, then tighten the top.

Getting a little grease on your hands is good for ya.

Haven't bought a grease gun for probably 30 years. Cause the one I bought then just plain old works. I'm just a weekend warrior tho a little outboard, quad, truck trailer maintenance stuff to do once in a while. I don't know what brand it is but its steel its heavy and looks just like the one my grandpa had so there ya go. If I was using one every day I'd get a Milwaukee electric if only cause I've already got a family of that stuff with batteries and chargers. If you don't pull the pin on a new one Bristoe maybe check out some yard sales or flea markets and look for a dinosaur.

Milwaukee's are nice to use......bob

I'll order the Lincoln. My old antique tractor has zirc fittings from one end to the other,...the bearings in my chipper need grease,..and this disc I just bought has big, heavy duty cast iron axel mounts with zirc fittings on them.

I *think* I got grease on everything that needs it today,....but I was beating my head against the wall because of these junk grease guns before I got finished.

Greasing equipment shouldn't be a struggle. It should just be something that one decides to do and does it.

Go with the Lincoln with the hose instead of the solid tube. much easier to get it on the zerk and keep it lined up.

It's sometimes easier said than done.


Plugged zircs are a pain in the ass.

Zircs in awkward places also suck.

Here's my favorite Grease gun:

I don't use much grease anymore either, but...

This year, I c ouldnt get the first zero on the zero turn to take grease.
Pulled it out, tried to clean it, finally stuck a new one in.
Wouldn't take grease either!

WTF?

The dam Lucas synthetic grease had polymerized in the gun!
Never saw that unless it was a gun not used in a long,long time.


By the way, I use the exact same guns as Sam.
And if I buy another, it will be the same. (Unless they go chink)