recommend a good grease gun

[luvrbus]

Air powered grease guns have a continuous psi rating the battery powered guns don't,the battery powered guns are more convenient for most users but I don't mind the hoses   

[somewhereinusa]

I bought the Dewalt battery powered 20V gun . I looked at all of the specs that I could find and it had the highest psi rating of any. It got grease into some fittings I hadn't been able to grease before.

[luvrbus]

All the good battery powered guns are based on the hand lever Alemite or Lincoln guns,I have no idea what H/F is based on,I have a Alemite 18v I very seldom use

[buswarrior]

Lincoln pneumatic

Pick a powered gun of some sort.
Tired hands get lazy.
"good enough" and "next time" are not acceptable greasing terms...

happy coaching!
buswarrior

[luvrbus]

Lol I am old school I buy grease in 5 gal pails (35#) and bulk load my grease guns I hate the paper tubes of grease,most don't know the better grease guns have a fitting to load a gun they are so accustom to the tubes     

[DoubleEagle]

Yes, check into Lincoln models. Gemplers has a lot of their models, even the close to $500 one that is battery powered and measures the amount of grease dispensed and how empty the cartridge is. One item that I tried out because of tough fittings on trucks and skid-steers, is the LockNLube® Grease Coupler (Gempler's Item No: 227151), which clamps onto the fitting much better than the normal grease gun tip. It's about $30, and it is listed as being "imported", which nowadays usually means Made in China, but no, this is made in South Africa. They even include an extra set of jaws for repair if you wear it out. I have gotten grease into stiff situations with it that normally would have resulted in a lot of wasted grease. It is also easier to release the fitting because it has a lever release, and it fits 1/8" NPT thread guns and hoses.

If you want to do bulk greasing, that same South African outfit has a foot pedal model grease gun with a 6 1/2 ft. hose (with the locking coupler on it) that holds 282 oz. of grease, and puts out 10,000 psi. In the case of a bus, it might be a two person operation.

[TomC]

At least on my bus there are zerk fittings inside the brakes on the pivots and S cam rollers. If you do grease these, only a quick squirt-don't let the grease ooz out of the fitting, or you might get grease on the brakes. Good Luck, TomC

[Gary Hatt - Publisher BCM]

What is all of this talk about greasing fittings on a bus.  I thought they were greased at the factory!!! 

[Zephod]

I got mine from walmart


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[Geoff]

What is all of this talk about greasing fittings on a bus.  I thought they were greased at the factory!!! 

Of course everything is done at the factory.  You are supposed to take it back to the dealer for the next 50 years to keep it new.

--Geoff

[eagle19952]

it is the "component" that is plugged up.

--Geoff

really ?  i had no idea

[David Anderson]

I ordered the Lincoln yesterday.  $68 delivered.  It's on its way.

David

[Oonrahnjay]

What is all of this talk about greasing fittings on a bus.  I thought they were greased at the factory!!! 

     What's this "grease" stuff?

[uncle ned]

 

Bruce   In my younger days when I had Hair.  I had a flat top hair cut.

To make it stand up we used some kind of "stuff" that was real stiff.
I think that is the "grease" they are talking about.

Is that true Prevo Ron.

uncle ned

[chessie4905]

How many take the weight off the spindles on front axle with a jack before they grease the kingpins?