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Hey folks,
I ran over a toolbox today and along with it, my greasegun gut fatally injured.... Going shopping tomorrow at the local surplus imporium to get some hardware and a bunch of other stuff that I can forget where I put store it....

Saw on the website that they have one with two heads. One with a pump handle as usual and one that can be swapped out that you hook a compressor to... Thinking that choice would just end up with a cylinder and two heads that aren't worth taking home.
My big problem with a hand greasegun is that I replace the cartridge and always have air pockets. Sometimes only able to use a cartridge about halfway and end up consilidating several to make another full one...

Any tricks to avoiding the air? Or could it be just cheap tubes?
OR..... Is there a better gun that'll take care of the problem??

I've got one of the mini pistolgrip ones, is the fullsize ones with the pistol grip any good?



Thanks....
 
Next time it quits pumping, just loosen the head a 1/2 turn or so and try pumping it off the zerk. That's how I prime them in the 1st place. The air bleeder on most guns is a joke.

I would rather have 2 guns, one air & one lever if that's all you got. We only have hand operated guns on the farm, and at last count we have somewhere around 6 or more. One is a pistol grip and I hate it. To me it is hard to pump one handed, and less grease is moved per pump vs. a lever type.

Donovan from Wisconsin
 
Always had good luck with the ones from John Deere. Haven't bought a new one for awhile but they used to be made so you could pull the plunger handle out and turn it a quarter turn or so and it locks on the bottom side of the plunger. Then you loosen the head and push on the handle to get rid of the air pocket. Noticed the last couple years they haven't been filling the grease tubes very well, lots of air pockets.
 
Got a couple that do that. Mine have a screw on the head that I cut a groove with a hacksaw on the inside end of the screw, so I can back them out a bit and the air pocket escapes. When I get a bit of grease, I close the screw, and the problem goes away intil the next tube.
 
look for a grease gun that has the air bleed valve up on the head. when you load the gun with a fresh tube, screw the head on 4 or 5 turns or so, the release the t rod slowly. this will allow air to escape around the threads, then snug the tube up. eepress the air blled valve to et the rest of the air out of the tube. if you get an air bubble while you are using the gun, grab the t -rod, then swing the gun in a big circle over your head. 5 or 6 hard spins will force the air to the head of the gun, then a few pumps will clear the air bubble. looks kind of funny, but it works!!
 
Good luck finding a good one, last 2 I bought ended up in the trash can, only good ones I have are 40 - 60 years old. Doubt you can find one made in the USA, those made in China just look good.
 
(quoted from post at 19:00:33 04/04/12) Next time it quits pumping, just loosen the head a 1/2 turn or so and try pumping it off the zerk. That's how I prime them in the 1st place. The air bleeder on most guns is a joke.

I would rather have 2 guns, one air & one lever if that's all you got. We only have hand operated guns on the farm, and at last count we have somewhere around 6 or more. One is a pistol grip and I hate it. To me it is hard to pump one handed, and less grease is moved per pump vs. a lever type.

Donovan from Wisconsin
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Exactly! That is how I was taught to do it by my dad 50 years ago, and I still do it that way. Pretty much works every time.
 
this may be a mute point but no one mentioned it,,how are you storing your grease tubes? if left on their sides they can get a air bubble, also I remember certain grease was worse about air locking then others that said the way that works best for me is to start the head on one or two turns with the pump lever open then release the pressure lever lock then keeping the pump lever open then screw the head on and give it a few pumps and they bleed right out, I have been using Phillips 66 red lithium grease for years and have no air bubble problems my 2 cents
 
When you empty a tube don't pull out the T handle. Take the old tube out, then pull out the T handle and lock it. When you put in the new tube it will start pumping a lot sooner since there's less air in the gun. Works for me.
 
I was taught that you need to tap the tube of grease against something until you break the metal seal. If you do that, I have never had a grease gun air lock.
 
Hey Dave, its pretty simple. Next time you change out your tube of grease, take grease from the bottom of the tube and fill the top end, you should have very little problems after that. I usually use the pull tab to scoop out the grease and add it to the top. Isa done my share of greasin
 
Since I started storing my tubes with capped end down I have had very little problem with air. But sometimes that can't be done I guess.
 
like most things made in china, the new ones are junk when their new, you might get lucky with a lincoln brand gun, id get 1 of them, then keep your eye on yard sales for somebody selling their older one, i had 1 grease tube air lock on me in the last several years,and that tube had been rolling around in a truck bed for awhile, when i change tubes out i pull the t handle and lock it out, then unscrew the head of the grease gun and remove the old tube, when i put the new tube in, i put the head of the gun on about 2 turns or so, then release the t handle slowly, this forces the trapped air out of the gun, then tighten the head fully, try it, and see if that helps
 
No one has mentioned that a grease gun has a feature to eliminate airlock?
When you pull out the plunger handle and turn it 90 degrees it will lock into the plunger. If the gun airlocks at any point pull the handle out, lock it, push on the plunger handle and pump the gun. This will force the air into the head and out the hose. Works every time.
Sometimes it easier to set the locked handle on the ground and push down on the top of the gun with one hand so you can pump it with the other.
 
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