Filling a grease gun
 

Ok, so I have this nice "flea market" find grease gun and so I trot down to
the local parts store, buy some grease, take it home and with eager
anticipation, I "attempt" to fill it up.

Wow, what an ordeal (all the time I'm doing this I have my neighbor's
moronic Chihuahua barking incessantly which didn't help my analytical
skills). So I figure I should be able to slide this tube of grease (which
fits nicely inside the grease gun tube) into the grease gun tube and use the
plunger to push the grease from the paper tube into the grease gun tube BUT
the plunger doesn't fit inside the paper tube so I end up with a stick and a
straw scraping out the grease and filling the gun manually.

After I got it in there it worked ok.

This grease gun looks pretty hefty duty. The plunger has a spring on it and
the hardware isn't cheap-o.

I'm thinking perhaps the previous owners had some other way to fill the gun,
yes?

So, any instructions on how to fill a grease gun?

Thanks,

Bill

Re: Filling a grease gun
 

William Oliveri did pass the time by typing:
> Ok, so I have this nice "flea market" find grease gun and so I trot down to
> the local parts store, buy some grease, take it home and with eager
> anticipation, I "attempt" to fill it up.
>
> Wow, what an ordeal (all the time I'm doing this I have my neighbor's
> moronic Chihuahua barking incessantly which didn't help my analytical
> skills). So I figure I should be able to slide this tube of grease (which
> fits nicely inside the grease gun tube) into the grease gun tube and use the
> plunger to push the grease from the paper tube into the grease gun tube BUT
> the plunger doesn't fit inside the paper tube so I end up with a stick and a
> straw scraping out the grease and filling the gun manually.
>
> After I got it in there it worked ok.
>
> This grease gun looks pretty hefty duty. The plunger has a spring on it and
> the hardware isn't cheap-o.
>
> I'm thinking perhaps the previous owners had some other way to fill the gun,
> yes?
>
> So, any instructions on how to fill a grease gun?

:)

That depends on the grease gun. You probably have a gun like mine that
can be filled from a larger grease drum. i.e. it doesn't use a tube.
Check the top for a real large zerk style fitting. If it has one that is
where you would pump in grease to fill the gun.

Other than that your going to have to hand-pack it as the piston fits the
outer tube exactly. Somewhere they make a device for squeezing out the
tube grease, it looks sort of like a caulking gun but with a larger hole
in the front and you use it to press the grease into your gun.

On the bright side, once filled you shouldn't need to fill it again for
quite some time.

--
DougW

Re: Filling a grease gun
 

William Oliveri did pass the time by typing:
> Ok, so I have this nice "flea market" find grease gun and so I trot down to
> the local parts store, buy some grease, take it home and with eager
> anticipation, I "attempt" to fill it up.
>
> Wow, what an ordeal (all the time I'm doing this I have my neighbor's
> moronic Chihuahua barking incessantly which didn't help my analytical
> skills). So I figure I should be able to slide this tube of grease (which
> fits nicely inside the grease gun tube) into the grease gun tube and use the
> plunger to push the grease from the paper tube into the grease gun tube BUT
> the plunger doesn't fit inside the paper tube so I end up with a stick and a
> straw scraping out the grease and filling the gun manually.
>
> After I got it in there it worked ok.
>
> This grease gun looks pretty hefty duty. The plunger has a spring on it and
> the hardware isn't cheap-o.
>
> I'm thinking perhaps the previous owners had some other way to fill the gun,
> yes?
>
> So, any instructions on how to fill a grease gun?

:)

That depends on the grease gun. You probably have a gun like mine that
can be filled from a larger grease drum. i.e. it doesn't use a tube.
Check the top for a real large zerk style fitting. If it has one that is
where you would pump in grease to fill the gun.

Other than that your going to have to hand-pack it as the piston fits the
outer tube exactly. Somewhere they make a device for squeezing out the
tube grease, it looks sort of like a caulking gun but with a larger hole
in the front and you use it to press the grease into your gun.

On the bright side, once filled you shouldn't need to fill it again for
quite some time.

--
DougW

Re: Filling a grease gun
 

William Oliveri did pass the time by typing:
> Ok, so I have this nice "flea market" find grease gun and so I trot down to
> the local parts store, buy some grease, take it home and with eager
> anticipation, I "attempt" to fill it up.
>
> Wow, what an ordeal (all the time I'm doing this I have my neighbor's
> moronic Chihuahua barking incessantly which didn't help my analytical
> skills). So I figure I should be able to slide this tube of grease (which
> fits nicely inside the grease gun tube) into the grease gun tube and use the
> plunger to push the grease from the paper tube into the grease gun tube BUT
> the plunger doesn't fit inside the paper tube so I end up with a stick and a
> straw scraping out the grease and filling the gun manually.
>
> After I got it in there it worked ok.
>
> This grease gun looks pretty hefty duty. The plunger has a spring on it and
> the hardware isn't cheap-o.
>
> I'm thinking perhaps the previous owners had some other way to fill the gun,
> yes?
>
> So, any instructions on how to fill a grease gun?

:)

That depends on the grease gun. You probably have a gun like mine that
can be filled from a larger grease drum. i.e. it doesn't use a tube.
Check the top for a real large zerk style fitting. If it has one that is
where you would pump in grease to fill the gun.

Other than that your going to have to hand-pack it as the piston fits the
outer tube exactly. Somewhere they make a device for squeezing out the
tube grease, it looks sort of like a caulking gun but with a larger hole
in the front and you use it to press the grease into your gun.

On the bright side, once filled you shouldn't need to fill it again for
quite some time.

--
DougW

Re: Filling a grease gun
 

William Oliveri did pass the time by typing:
> Ok, so I have this nice "flea market" find grease gun and so I trot down to
> the local parts store, buy some grease, take it home and with eager
> anticipation, I "attempt" to fill it up.
>
> Wow, what an ordeal (all the time I'm doing this I have my neighbor's
> moronic Chihuahua barking incessantly which didn't help my analytical
> skills). So I figure I should be able to slide this tube of grease (which
> fits nicely inside the grease gun tube) into the grease gun tube and use the
> plunger to push the grease from the paper tube into the grease gun tube BUT
> the plunger doesn't fit inside the paper tube so I end up with a stick and a
> straw scraping out the grease and filling the gun manually.
>
> After I got it in there it worked ok.
>
> This grease gun looks pretty hefty duty. The plunger has a spring on it and
> the hardware isn't cheap-o.
>
> I'm thinking perhaps the previous owners had some other way to fill the gun,
> yes?
>
> So, any instructions on how to fill a grease gun?

:)

That depends on the grease gun. You probably have a gun like mine that
can be filled from a larger grease drum. i.e. it doesn't use a tube.
Check the top for a real large zerk style fitting. If it has one that is
where you would pump in grease to fill the gun.

Other than that your going to have to hand-pack it as the piston fits the
outer tube exactly. Somewhere they make a device for squeezing out the
tube grease, it looks sort of like a caulking gun but with a larger hole
in the front and you use it to press the grease into your gun.

On the bright side, once filled you shouldn't need to fill it again for
quite some time.

--
DougW

Re: Filling a grease gun
 

You are correct miestro. It has this zerk fitting on the top. OTOH, I used
it to fill my new clutch assembly do-dad (bellcrank) and although I know the
bellcrank volume is not equal to the grease tube volume, the plunger has
come down to the base of the tube as though it was empty. This doesn't seem
right, does it?


Thanks,

Bill




> :)
>
> That depends on the grease gun. You probably have a gun like mine that
> can be filled from a larger grease drum. i.e. it doesn't use a tube.
> Check the top for a real large zerk style fitting. If it has one that is
> where you would pump in grease to fill the gun.
>
> Other than that your going to have to hand-pack it as the piston fits the
> outer tube exactly. Somewhere they make a device for squeezing out the
> tube grease, it looks sort of like a caulking gun but with a larger hole
> in the front and you use it to press the grease into your gun.
>
> On the bright side, once filled you shouldn't need to fill it again for
> quite some time.
>
> --
> DougW
>
>

Re: Filling a grease gun
 

You are correct miestro. It has this zerk fitting on the top. OTOH, I used
it to fill my new clutch assembly do-dad (bellcrank) and although I know the
bellcrank volume is not equal to the grease tube volume, the plunger has
come down to the base of the tube as though it was empty. This doesn't seem
right, does it?


Thanks,

Bill




> :)
>
> That depends on the grease gun. You probably have a gun like mine that
> can be filled from a larger grease drum. i.e. it doesn't use a tube.
> Check the top for a real large zerk style fitting. If it has one that is
> where you would pump in grease to fill the gun.
>
> Other than that your going to have to hand-pack it as the piston fits the
> outer tube exactly. Somewhere they make a device for squeezing out the
> tube grease, it looks sort of like a caulking gun but with a larger hole
> in the front and you use it to press the grease into your gun.
>
> On the bright side, once filled you shouldn't need to fill it again for
> quite some time.
>
> --
> DougW
>
>

Re: Filling a grease gun
 

You are correct miestro. It has this zerk fitting on the top. OTOH, I used
it to fill my new clutch assembly do-dad (bellcrank) and although I know the
bellcrank volume is not equal to the grease tube volume, the plunger has
come down to the base of the tube as though it was empty. This doesn't seem
right, does it?


Thanks,

Bill




> :)
>
> That depends on the grease gun. You probably have a gun like mine that
> can be filled from a larger grease drum. i.e. it doesn't use a tube.
> Check the top for a real large zerk style fitting. If it has one that is
> where you would pump in grease to fill the gun.
>
> Other than that your going to have to hand-pack it as the piston fits the
> outer tube exactly. Somewhere they make a device for squeezing out the
> tube grease, it looks sort of like a caulking gun but with a larger hole
> in the front and you use it to press the grease into your gun.
>
> On the bright side, once filled you shouldn't need to fill it again for
> quite some time.
>
> --
> DougW
>
>

Re: Filling a grease gun
 

You are correct miestro. It has this zerk fitting on the top. OTOH, I used
it to fill my new clutch assembly do-dad (bellcrank) and although I know the
bellcrank volume is not equal to the grease tube volume, the plunger has
come down to the base of the tube as though it was empty. This doesn't seem
right, does it?


Thanks,

Bill




> :)
>
> That depends on the grease gun. You probably have a gun like mine that
> can be filled from a larger grease drum. i.e. it doesn't use a tube.
> Check the top for a real large zerk style fitting. If it has one that is
> where you would pump in grease to fill the gun.
>
> Other than that your going to have to hand-pack it as the piston fits the
> outer tube exactly. Somewhere they make a device for squeezing out the
> tube grease, it looks sort of like a caulking gun but with a larger hole
> in the front and you use it to press the grease into your gun.
>
> On the bright side, once filled you shouldn't need to fill it again for
> quite some time.
>
> --
> DougW
>
>

Re: Filling a grease gun
 

Ditto. I unscrew the barrel, ---- it, then clamp the shaft in a
vise to save shooting the grease out of the barrel trying to screw the
head back on. I open both ends of the paper cylinder and place it in the
barrel, then with a home made plunger cup I hold at the same place with
the handle of a hammer, pull the paper cylinder out of the barrel and up
the handle, leaving a very small air pocket at the top, usually not
enough to bleed.
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DougW wrote:
>
> :)
>
> That depends on the grease gun. You probably have a gun like mine that
> can be filled from a larger grease drum. i.e. it doesn't use a tube.
> Check the top for a real large zerk style fitting. If it has one that is
> where you would pump in grease to fill the gun.
>
> Other than that your going to have to hand-pack it as the piston fits the
> outer tube exactly. Somewhere they make a device for squeezing out the
> tube grease, it looks sort of like a caulking gun but with a larger hole
> in the front and you use it to press the grease into your gun.
>
> On the bright side, once filled you shouldn't need to fill it again for
> quite some time.
>
> --
> DougW