Lumax Grease Gun

[luvrbus]

Are the button head grease fittings still made ? those were common when I was starting in the work place my dads equipment had a lot of those and you used a hand pump grease gun that it took a 5 gal pail of grease to fill

[lostagain]

I have those on my old D4 Cat. With the special fitting on the grease gun to match.

[Jim Blackwood]

So did I. There is also a smaller sized version, but not a LOT smaller, I haven't used those. I suspect they are all 1/8npt so can't retrofit to the 1/4unf zerks.

I just ordered the Lomax tip. That link to Amazon shows it for about $40 and wouldn't ship so I cut/pasted the info and found the same thing on amazon for 20.

Jim

[luvrbus]

Wait till guys replace the drive in zerts bad idea when you remove YOU do the tapping for the screw in type LOL John Deere and I are having a good discission about the drive in zerts,their shop mechanic told me oh screw the old out and a new fitting in, he had no idea JD was using that type grease fitting,Engine made Japan,running gear ZF made in Germany ,sheet metal made in China , tires made in Isarel and assembled in Mexico,  it sucks thinking you bought America made       

[Jim Blackwood]

Those drive in zerks are the spawn of Satan. But at least the hole is usually the right size to tap to 1/4-28.

Jim

[Lin]

I do not have an cordless grease gun but was looking at the one made by Rigid since I have other Rigid tools, batteries and chargers.  One thing to like about Rigid is that it comes with a lifetime service warranty which even includes the battery.  That might only be if you buy it through Home Depot though.

[chessie4905]

Lifetime service doesn't mean a thing anymore. Couple years, parts are obsolete, or HD stops carrying that brand, which is quite common with them.
Go buy a Harbor Freight cordless Hercules blue one. Pretty decent reviews and cheap enough to throw away and buy a new one when or if it craps out.

[luvrbus]

Lifetime service doesn't mean a thing anymore. Couple years, parts are obsolete, or HD stops carrying that brand, which is quite common with them.
Go buy a Harbor Freight cordless Hercules blue one. Pretty decent reviews and cheap enough to throw away and buy a new one when or if it craps out.

Those Habor Freight guns are over 200 bucks when they get through with you

[chessie4905]

Yes if you don't already have a battery and charger. They do give a 25 buck credit for buying a battery and charger. If you already have any hercules brand, you would already have a battery and charger. I bought a 3d printed battery adapter to usea hercules battery on their bauer or dewalt brand to use their buffer that is not available in the hercules brand. Works nice.

[dtcerrato]

I used to buy power tools at Harbor Freight for the crews - 10 to 1 (HF vs Name brand). The tools never made it through a project anyway and the bean counters loved how I was beating project's the tool budget...

[chessie4905]

They've definitely stepped up on the quality of their merchandise over the years. New tool Tuesday showcases all new offerings for the week. Sometimes several, sometimes a few. Store owners have a challenge readjusting merchandise to have room for new stuff. They are adding a couple of new locations every month Owned by Eric Schmidt. No stockholders. Private company.

[luvrbus]

Habor Freight still has a lot of junk at higher prices,I notice some of the better tools in H/F are made in India now like the Lowes Kobalt brand,I did buy a hand suction gun from H/F a few weeks back they were on closeout for under 3 bucks ea so I bought Van one too .H/F warranty is not that great any longer unless you purchase their insurance   

[chessie4905]

Bought their Hercules extreme 1/2" impact. 5 year warranty. It spins off the coach lugnuts. Going to get their mega battery for it and other tools should help keep torque high, even after 8 or 10. Guess it depends on how much you use a tool as to what you prefer. Some prefer Snap on, even at their insane prices.

[luvrbus]

Bought their Hercules extreme 1/2" impact. 5 year warranty. It spins off the coach lugnuts. Going to get their mega battery for it and other tools should help keep torque high, even after 8 or 10. Guess it depends on how much you use a tool as to what you prefer. Some prefer Snap on, even at their insane prices.

I don't buy snap/on anylonger they have dealers running routes that are complete a @$#,Mac has good dealers ,but you can buy the commerical grade of Proto,Allen, Craftmans and others for a few bucks more than H/F even Snap/on has a commercial grade that cost 1/2 as much as the Snap/On shinny stuff they sell to the shops, but the mobile dealers won't sell the commercial grade.Only good thing about Snap/On is you never lose money on their tool boxes or tools ,I sold my Snap/On boxes and tools to a dealer for 3 times of what I paid 30 or 40 years ago 

[chessie4905]

Even HF sells a premium grade now, including tool boxes.