Anyone use an air grease gun?
Discussion
I'm getting a small compressor for free in a few weeks, but I'm wondering what I might actually use it for other than blowing the odd tyre up.
As it happens, I need a new grease gun, so thought an air operated one might be good. Any thoughts or recommendations? On line reviews seem pretty unfavourable, certainly towards the cheaper ones.
As it happens, I need a new grease gun, so thought an air operated one might be good. Any thoughts or recommendations? On line reviews seem pretty unfavourable, certainly towards the cheaper ones.
I have a Clarke gun.
Makes greasing the Morgan a lot easier.
One hand on greasegun while I lever up the lower kingpin plate to get grease into the right place.
Some people have set up a remote grease manifold under the bonnet with pipes to front suspension.
Saves getting under the car but I prefer seeing exactly where the grease is going.
Makes greasing the Morgan a lot easier.
One hand on greasegun while I lever up the lower kingpin plate to get grease into the right place.
Some people have set up a remote grease manifold under the bonnet with pipes to front suspension.
Saves getting under the car but I prefer seeing exactly where the grease is going.
I have a Clarke gun.
Makes greasing the Morgan a lot easier.
One hand on greasegun while I lever up the lower kingpin plate to get grease into the right place.
Some people have set up a remote grease manifold under the bonnet with pipes to front suspension.
Saves getting under the car but I prefer seeing exactly where the grease is going.
Makes greasing the Morgan a lot easier.
One hand on greasegun while I lever up the lower kingpin plate to get grease into the right place.
Some people have set up a remote grease manifold under the bonnet with pipes to front suspension.
Saves getting under the car but I prefer seeing exactly where the grease is going.
phillpot said:
You surprise me that a BMW still uses grease nipples, but I did say "not much use" not "no use" 
Squeeze trigger, nozzle pops off nipple or doesn't seal properly, grease everywhere!
We used air operated mastic guns when I worked at Land Rover, oh boy, you could make a mess with them!
I think my mangled grammar caused the sarcasm to go unnoticed! The BMW is nippleless. I have a Yanmar tractor that needs loads of greasing.Squeeze trigger, nozzle pops off nipple or doesn't seal properly, grease everywhere!
We used air operated mastic guns when I worked at Land Rover, oh boy, you could make a mess with them!
sospan said:
I have a Clarke gun.
Makes greasing the Morgan a lot easier.
One hand on greasegun while I lever up the lower kingpin plate to get grease into the right place.
Some people have set up a remote grease manifold under the bonnet with pipes to front suspension.
Saves getting under the car but I prefer seeing exactly where the grease is going.
One of the reasons I fancy one is that it leaves one hand free to hold the coupler in place. I'll be passing Machine Mart later in the week so I'll pop in and have a look. In term of messiness, is it any worse than a manual one?Makes greasing the Morgan a lot easier.
One hand on greasegun while I lever up the lower kingpin plate to get grease into the right place.
Some people have set up a remote grease manifold under the bonnet with pipes to front suspension.
Saves getting under the car but I prefer seeing exactly where the grease is going.
sospan said:
I have a Clarke gun.
Makes greasing the Morgan a lot easier.
One hand on greasegun while I lever up the lower kingpin plate to get grease into the right place.
Some people have set up a remote grease manifold under the bonnet with pipes to front suspension.
Saves getting under the car but I prefer seeing exactly where the grease is going.
As Sospan says, the main advantage is that you can grease one-handed, which can be handy sometimes. For most jobs I still use the manual grease gun.Makes greasing the Morgan a lot easier.
One hand on greasegun while I lever up the lower kingpin plate to get grease into the right place.
Some people have set up a remote grease manifold under the bonnet with pipes to front suspension.
Saves getting under the car but I prefer seeing exactly where the grease is going.
Yes, not keen to much hassle.
However there are lots of other are cool Pneumatic tools.
Wheel nut guns, air powered ratchets, screw and flex drivers, chisels, drills, cutting discs, grinders, polishers, spray guns, sand blasters, nail guns.
http://www.machinemart.co.uk/shop/categories/searc...
blueST said:
I'm getting a small compressor for free in a few weeks, but I'm wondering what I might actually use it for other than blowing the odd tyre up.
As it happens, I need a new grease gun, so thought an air operated one might be good. Any thoughts or recommendations? On line reviews seem pretty unfavourable, certainly towards the cheaper ones.
They can be useful however its easy to over grease and at best waste it and make a mess and at worst blow out seals and contaminate things like brake linings , a good quality manual grease gun is more than good enough ,the cheap ones are a real pita with couplers that leak and getting air locks As it happens, I need a new grease gun, so thought an air operated one might be good. Any thoughts or recommendations? On line reviews seem pretty unfavourable, certainly towards the cheaper ones.
I've had good results and use Samoa brand daily ...also have used air powered ones that fit on a big pail of bulk grease good if you have a fleet of excavators to look after.
powerstroke said:
They can be useful however its easy to over grease and at best waste it and make a mess and at worst blow out seals and contaminate things like brake linings , a good quality manual grease gun is more than good enough ,the cheap ones are a real pita with couplers that leak and getting air locks
I've had good results and use Samoa brand daily ...also have used air powered ones that fit on a big pail of bulk grease good if you have a fleet of excavators to look after.
That's correct. They are quite fun to use though :-) I've had good results and use Samoa brand daily ...also have used air powered ones that fit on a big pail of bulk grease good if you have a fleet of excavators to look after.
Milli94 said:
We had one 'at home' years ago and that only let out one 'squirt' with every squeeze of the trigger - not a continuous 'spurt'. At the time it seemed boring but in hindsight guess it was quite useful in some respects.
You can buy both types, either continuous flow or single shot. Single shot seems cheaper, and is probably safer in the hands of the unskilled, like me!
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