Greasey

[Gary Hatt - Publisher BCM]

My old chainsaw had a button you pushed periodically which would squirt oil on the chain bar.  Seems like it would be pretty easy to just run hoses to each fitting and have a push button on the dash to push now and then that would squirt a shot of grease into each fitting.  If someone could try that and send photos, then I will sign you up for a free 1-Year subscription to Bus Conversion Magazine. 

[luvrbus]

Check out Graco systems it has been used on heavy equipment for years and they make a system for buses and trucks too

[sledhead]

I use one like this and every time I change the tube it is 100 % empty . works great and was cheep like me

https://www.harborfreight.com/air-grease-gun-219.html

Dave

[Oonrahnjay]

My old chainsaw had a button you pushed periodically which would squirt oil on the chain bar.  Seems like it would be pretty easy to just run hoses to each fitting and have a push button on the dash to push now and then that would squirt a shot of grease into each fitting.  If someone could try that and send photos, then I will sign you up for a free 1-Year subscription to Bus Conversion Magazine.   

     My bus was built that way.  The book says it's an option it musta been there but all the distribution stuff is still there - the pump is (apparently) long gone.  The metal pipes are cut and crimped off.  There are plain old zerks where there useta be connections to the system.
     Move on along, folks.  Nothing to see here.

[richard5933]

Our Custom Coach has remote grease fittings on the blower which cools the generator. They ran 3/8 copper tube to some Zerk fittings just inside the bay door. Seems like it should be possible to do this on other, non moving Zerk fittings.

[luvrbus]

One example of overgreasing would be the brake cams,,very touchy about too much grease, and many others.>>>Dan

Dan there should be a seal to prevent the grease from entering the drum on the S/cam bushing, it has all-ways been you pump grease till you purge the old grease out on the slack adjuster side now if the seal is gone or wore out that is a different story it would be a mess 

[eagle19952]

Dan there should be a seal to prevent the grease from entering the drum on the S/cam bushing, it has all-ways been you pump grease till you purge the old grease out on the slack adjuster side now if the seal is gone or wore out that is a different story it would be a mess 

a lot of those seals get blown out with pneumatic greasers.. they are not supposed to shoot grease 60 feet across the shop.

[Oonrahnjay]

... they are not supposed to shoot grease 60 feet across the shop.   

      You're just spoiling Clifford's fun, Don.  (Close your eyes and think about it -- can't you just see it?  Like a kid at Christmas!)

[belfert]

I  have my bus greased yearly at a local bus garage.  My bill shows they use four or five pounds of grease.  They have a lift that can lift up the bus to make it easy to grease everything.  I don't really want to spend hours on my back greasing everything.