OT grease gun

russb wa

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Purchased a grease gun from Walmart a few years ago. The plunger that is supposed to force the grease up toward the pump end doesn't fit into the paper grease tube. So, I have a lathe and decide to turn a replacement for the plastic piston that backs the rubber piston seal. Made one up of aluminum a bit smaller.

The rubber seal still doesn't work its way into the paper tube. In fact it was stuck to the metal tube till I pulled really hard. It makes me think of years ago when IIRC some grease guns held just grease before the paper cartridges were around.

I think the grease has swollen the rubber. Since I had used it with the paper tube cartridge before.

I think I will cut the cartridge open and slather just the grease into the gun, old school, unless someone has a better idea.
 
They are the basic disposable grease gun and increase the profit on grease 4 fold. I can remember my dad sticking the tube in a bucket of grease pull the rod back and filling the tube with grease. Couldn't wait to get big enough to do what looked like a lot of at the time, boy I want to thank the guy that came up with the cardboard sleeve already filled with grease.
 
JMOR, Thanks to you Tom and LB! I was just releasing pressure about the frustration of buying a designed to fail piece of cr@p and getting what I payed for.

A tube of grease usually lasts me about a year. I think I can make a close fitting washer on the end of a rod to push the grease from the tube into the gun and avoid much mess. Understand I am cheap and stubborn, pretty much in that order.

If I make do it will remind me to buy quality next time. Who'd a thunk something simple like a grease gun could be too hard to manufacture correctly. I wonder if WallyWorld pays extra to never give a sucker an even break.
 
(quoted from post at 01:49:26 08/13/13) JMOR, Thanks to you Tom and LB! I was just releasing pressure about the frustration of buying a designed to fail piece of cr@p and getting what I payed for.

A tube of grease usually lasts me about a year. I think I can make a close fitting washer on the end of a rod to push the grease from the tube into the gun and avoid much mess. Understand I am cheap and stubborn, pretty much in that order.

If I make do it will remind me to buy quality next time. Who'd a thunk something simple like a grease gun could be too hard to manufacture correctly. I wonder if WallyWorld pays extra to never give a sucker an even break.
understand as I have more than one hanging of a nail, no longer used, that doesn't work right with the tube either.
 
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I was looking around and found a Lincoln 1134 seems to be very popular. From $40 to over $60 including freight. Pistol grip with both hose and rigid. It has an adjustable non leak connector that is supposed to clamp onto a zirk and not leak. They are no longer made in USA, but use ta be.
 
I put the tube of grease into the gun OPPOSITE of what the instructions say to do. Take the plastic cap off and insert that end into the cartridge towards the piston. Now pop off the sealed end and screw on the cap with the hose. When you pull off the sealed end of the tube there is a small "flange" of aluminum left protruding into the grease tube and the piston will not go past it. If you put the tube in the other way there is no flange on the end of the tube where the plastic cap was.
 
(quoted from post at 22:49:26 08/12/13) Understand I am cheap and stubborn, pretty much in that order.

Small word. Me too.

I got a $20 special at tsc. It broke in a day or two.

I put the tube from the bottom cap end first. Then I gingerly get the rubber started with a flat screwdriver. Then pull like heck to compress the spring and screw the cap on.

Go through 5-6 tubes a year. I'll just deal with it.
 
I put the tube of grease into the gun OPPOSITE of what the instructions say to do. Take the plastic cap off and insert that end into the cartridge towards the piston. Now pop off the sealed end and screw on the cap with the hose. When you pull off the sealed end of the tube there is a small "flange" of aluminum left protruding into the grease tube and the piston will not go past it. If you put the tube in the other way there is no flange on the end of the tube where the plastic cap was.

That is not the opposite of what the instructions say to do. That is exactly how the instructions say to install a tube of grease in a grease gun. That is how you're supposed to do it.
 

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