Grease guns

Post by dp » Tue Jul 14, 2009 10:03 pm

Any recommendations for a grease gun please? My old one has given up and never worked that well anyway, It's a quite corroded one of these

Are there better designs these days?

Ta

Tue Jul 14, 2009 10:06 pm

yes you can get ones with flexible ends which makes greasing your nipples easier i find

Post by **d_harris** » Tue Jul 14, 2009 10:22 pm

Just get yourself down to halfords (or a proper tool shop, prob cheaper) and get one with a lever arm. Flexi ends aren't expensive but are normally sold seperatly.

Post by **bmcecosse** » Tue Jul 14, 2009 11:16 pm

I think you will be lucky to find one in Halfords!! They don't carry any useful stuff like that anymore. More chance in a tool-store - or an agricultural engineers place !

Post by **polo2k** » Tue Jul 14, 2009 11:45 pm

does anyone have any tips for getting the gun back off the nipples? I always have to yank it hard!

Post by **ani** » Tue Jul 14, 2009 11:45 pm

I asked for one in Halfords and they didn't know what I meant

Like many people I tried so hard to avoid the place - they make me so mad!!

Post by **PSL184** » Tue Jul 14, 2009 11:47 pm

Can't think of the words to describe the action accurately, but, you just need to bend the nozzel to 90 degrees to the nipple and it kinda levers itself off....

Post by **PSL184** » Tue Jul 14, 2009 11:47 pm

polo2k wrote:does anyone have any tips for getting the gun back off the nipples? I always have to yank it hard!

Can't think of the words to describe the action accurately, but, you just need to bend the nozzel to 90 degrees to the nipple and it kinda levers itself off....

Post by **bmcecosse** » Tue Jul 14, 2009 11:58 pm

Yes - kind of twist and turn motion required!

Post by **mike.perry** » Wed Jul 15, 2009 12:09 am

I sometimes have trouble getting a good seal around the nipple, then things can get messy.

Post by **MarkyB** » Wed Jul 15, 2009 8:25 am

Try a holding bit of cloth over the nipple then putting the grease gun on.
It helps to seal the joint but grease still passes into the nipple.

Post by **dalebrignall** » Wed Jul 15, 2009 2:48 pm

go to an agricultiral dealers thats your best bet,you can get grease cartridges now so you dont get mucky refilling the gun,gone are the days of the 5litrebucket of grease and a stick,and airlocks,going back to my farming days.

Post by **Dru** » Wed Jul 15, 2009 4:01 pm

I got a cheapo grease gun from the local cheapo tool shop, and it sort of didn't quite work for a short while, until it made its mind up and stopped working altogether.

So then I got a second hand Wanner grease gun off E-bay. Very good, very cheap. Two separate gorillas, at least. Not entirely dissimilar to this one

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/GREASE-GUN-WANNER ... 1|294%3A50

Halfords? -I went in there for a tyre valve extension elbow for a trailer. "I've never heard of one of those," said snotty assistant, in tone of voice indicating that she clearly thought I was making it up.

That figures," I thought. And got one on E-bay.

Post by **MarkyB** » Wed Jul 15, 2009 5:39 pm

Proper job that is, I've got the same one.
I used to have a cheap one that relied on a rubber gasket and a lot of pushing to make a seal. It was useless.

Post by **d_harris** » Wed Jul 15, 2009 5:51 pm

bmcecosse wrote:I think you will be lucky to find one in Halfords!! They don't carry any useful stuff like that anymore. More chance in a tool-store - or an agricultural engineers place !

They did six months ago, when I got mine

Post by **mike.perry** » Wed Jul 15, 2009 9:06 pm

They did 25 years ago when I got mine! In those days you could buy A/F spanners.

Post by **d_harris** » Wed Jul 15, 2009 10:23 pm

I think the trick with Halfords is to look first and only ask if you can't find....

Post by **ani** » Wed Jul 15, 2009 11:19 pm

and only if you have a lot of time to spare ................. most of their staff seem to be in hiding

Post by **mike.perry** » Wed Jul 15, 2009 11:35 pm

I can never find anything in Halfords, they keep changing the layout every time I go in there

Post by **Sidney'61** » Thu Jul 16, 2009 12:06 am

ani wrote:and only if you have a lot of time to spare ................. most of their staff seem to be in hiding

TBH I think most of the staff seem to be teenagers needing a bit of pocket money who don't actually have a clue about cars or tools!
They probably think a grease gun is a type of mediteranean rifle...