Automatic Grease Gun

Lin · September 28, 2019, 03:47:24 PM

I want to grease the bus. Obviously, it would be a lot easier with an automatic grease gun. I know there are real quality units available, but since the job is something that I rarely do, I do not want to pay for one of those. I have found air grease guns around ranging from $30 on up. The cheap ones claim to put put about 3800 psi. The next step up is about 6000 psi. More expensive ones claim 10000 psi plus. Would 3800 psi or 6000 psi be enough for an MC5a?

Jim Eh. · September 28, 2019, 05:06:33 PM

No matter which (cordless or pneumatic) model you get, WEAR SAFETY GLASSES! It looks really weird when your eyeball socket gets filled with grease. Don't ask me how I know.

6805eagleguy · September 28, 2019, 05:56:13 PM

My Milwaukee M18 runs a long time and has very good pressure.

Just the other day did 9 tubes of grease on hardly any battery.

Back to your original question, yes, I thing that would be enough PSI.

Dave5Cs · September 28, 2019, 06:32:16 PM

I have this one and it works very well.
https://www.amazon.com/Lincoln-1162-Air-Operated-Grease/dp/B0019COQ6C/ref=sr_1_4?gclid=EAIaIQobChMI2uHk7e705AIVErvsCh2_3AmXEAAYASAAEgI-bfD_BwE&hvadid=345561018874&hvdev=c&hvlocphy=9032482&hvnetw=g&hvpos=1t1&hvqmt=b&hvrand=4021088046660150898&hvtargid=kwd-20365190732&hydadcr=7511_9880897&keywords=grease+gun+air+powered&qid=1569720238&s=gateway&sr=8-4

luvrbus · September 28, 2019, 06:42:19 PM

Quote from: Lin on September 28, 2019, 03:47:24 PM
I want to grease the bus. Obviously, it would be a lot easier with an automatic grease gun. I know there are real quality units available, but since the job is something that I rarely do, I do not want to pay for one of those. I have found air grease guns around ranging from $30 on up. The cheap ones claim to put put about 3800 psi. The next step up is about 6000 psi. More expensive ones claim 10000 psi plus. Would 3800 psi or 6000 psi be enough for an MC5a?

A good hand gun will pump 10,000 psi don't go cheap Lin

buswarrior · September 29, 2019, 07:57:46 AM

More marketing crap...

HP, PSI, same lies

Buying a powered grease gun is just one of those things a busnut needs to do.

a hand gun is lots of fun on a car... but on the bus, as you are greasing zerk number 25... your hand fatigue WILL over ride your willpower to do the job right.

Name brand or waste your money.

Air powered to save some ca$h, go battery powered if you like.

Lincoln air powered is my choice, and add enough proper hose that you can hold gun in one hand, and the end is in your other. It is already hard enough to get the coupler on, you don't want to have to fight the whole gun and airline up in there too. 3 feet or more.

Add a "Locknlube" coupler to your order, especially if arthritis is setting in to your hands, and you are set.

Any fittings that are a pain to reach should be modified, if they are a pain, they get skipped... there are fittings on the coach that haven't seen grease in years, maybe not since the factory... paid help skipped them too... adding hoses and remote zerks is an excellent strategy... the easier you make it, the more likely you will be to do the job.

Buy grease by the case on sale. Store it on the shelf, standing up, it should NOT be marking it's territory.

Happy coaching!
Buswarrior

luvrbus · September 29, 2019, 08:16:12 AM

Air is the way to go IMO

Van · September 29, 2019, 10:46:48 AM

Quote from: luvrbus on September 29, 2019, 08:16:12 AM
Air is the way to go IMO

Hey that rhymes

Jim Blackwood · September 29, 2019, 11:41:59 AM

Another vote for the Milwaulkee M18 but if you have the space one of those air powered units is unbeatable. Generally not cheap and often used with an overhead hose reel and a 20 or 30 gallon can of grease, so a significant initial investment, but then you're done.

Jim

luvrbus · September 29, 2019, 11:51:11 AM

Quote from: Jim Blackwood on September 29, 2019, 11:41:59 AM
Another vote for the Milwaulkee M18 but if you have the space one of those air powered units is unbeatable. Generally not cheap and often used with an overhead hose reel and a 20 or 30 gallon can of grease, so a significant initial investment, but then you're done.

Jim

The Lincoln hand held grease gun takes tubes or bulk I have the Milwaukee battery and the Lincoln air gun the Lincoln air is far more compact than the battery power Milwaulkee

buswarrior · September 29, 2019, 12:05:49 PM

And in X years, the Lincoln won't need a discontinued battery replacement...

Getting fed up collecting perfectly good tools that the batteries have aged out...

There's some sin against the planet in here someplace, the economics of cordless tools and their batteries...

If you want to spend ca$h, the plumbed system Jim refers to is really nice, just a little trigger on the end of the long hose, bulk grease fed into the hose elsewhere in the shop, chunka chunka goes the pneumatic pump feeding it all...

A pit or hoist completes the picture.

Happy coaching!
Buswarrior

muldoonman · September 29, 2019, 02:58:53 PM

Have a Lincoln Grease Gun here and have it for years. don't know how many tubes that have run through it. When i had my cattle ranchito, Backhoe, skidsteer and dozer plus all implements and it took a beating. When time to replace batteries, go a good one as some are batteries are p's os.

chessie4905 · September 29, 2019, 03:14:07 PM

I have an old Lincoln air operated grease gun with a 16 gallon drum of grease under the cover. Bought it cheap at a garage auction. I also have Dads old Alemite air operated grease gun. It wheels around and holds about 5 gallons of grease in the reservoir. My pit helps a lot.🙂

Dave5Cs · September 29, 2019, 10:45:52 PM

If your battery goes here is how you can fix them.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wn6ruw_39MM