air operated grease guns

[jniolon]

I've got one grease fitting on an 03 tahoe that is almost impossible to get to. You have to hold the coupling on the fitting with one hand, hold the grease gun with the other... ??? wait ?? how can you pump the gun ??

I love those nice Lincoln battery guns but not for 200 bucks... I see air operated guns at sears and online but I wonder how good the 'home' versions really are. always used "Alemite" brand guns in the old service station days...

anyone have experience with air operated home grease guns ??

thanks
John

 

[ImportTuner]

I have the Ingersoll Rand air grease gun but have not used it for awhile; newer cars seem to not have any grease fittings; the IR worked well on my older Ford Explorer ...

 

[OldCarGuy]

I own a Lincoln air operated grease gun. And it usually sits on the shelf. It less trouble just to use the old style hand pump gun. And not to have to deal with an air hose.

 

[fourfeathers]

I like the battery operated, but as you said, they are pricy. The Legacy is fairly cheap though.

Prior to the battery style, I used a single hand pump style grease gun. Not the lever kind you usually see, this one had just a squeeze pump. It worked great just laying on my chest, with a flex whip to the zerk. Only drawback is that it is not very strong, because of lack of leverage.

 

[eschoendorff]

I've got one grease fitting on an 03 tahoe that is almost impossible to get to. You have to hold the coupling on the fitting with one hand, hold the grease gun with the other... ??? wait ?? how can you pump the gun ??

I love those nice Lincoln battery guns but not for 200 bucks... I see air operated guns at sears and online but I wonder how good the 'home' versions really are. always used "Alemite" brand guns in the old service station days...

anyone have experience with air operated home grease guns ??

thanks
John

Just use a manual pistols grip grease gun. You may laugh, but I have had great luck with this:

http://www.harborfreight.com/cpi/ctaf/displayitem.taf?Itemnumber=47520

It leaks only as much as my Made in USA Lincoln,

Seriosly, for about $20, you can have all the access that you need and YOU control how much grease is going into a fitting.

 

[byrd]

i have a pnuematic gun from napa that works great.

 

[strizzy]

Just use a manual pistols grip grease gun. You may laugh, but I have had great luck with this:

http://www.harborfreight.com/cpi/ctaf/displayitem.taf?Itemnumber=47520

It leaks only as much as my Made in USA Lincoln,

Seriosly, for about $20, you can have all the access that you need and YOU control how much grease is going into a fitting.

Yeah those work surprisingly well.

 

[dbandgb]

I Have Had My Craftsman Air Greese Gun 40 Yrs. & Use It All The Yime.

 

[Jared]

I just use a manual lever type. hold the fitting with one hand pump with the other, have the gun against the ground and get a longer hose.

 

[83diesel]

On cars I like the single shot, so the boots don't split open from too much grease. For large equipment and trucks a continuous flow grease gun is a must, takes too many trigger pulls to fill the joint. Craftsman, IR, Plews, and Lincoln are all good hand held units. I would purchase whatever is more convenient or cheaper. Very simple built air tools. I bought my Lincoln continuous flow for 75 dollars.

 

[dxdexter]

Just use a manual pistols grip grease gun. You may laugh, but I have had great luck with this:

http://www.harborfreight.com/cpi/ctaf/displayitem.taf?Itemnumber=47520

It leaks only as much as my Made in USA Lincoln,

Seriosly, for about $20, you can have all the access that you need and YOU control how much grease is going into a fitting.

Thats the type I have (not HF). They work great. I would only invest in an air operated gun if I did grease jobs for a living.

 

[Jason_D]

This works well for that Tahoe & fits on any gun.

http://www.harborfreight.com/cpi/ctaf/displayitem.taf?Itemnumber=3495

 

[jniolon]

Well I finally got time to take out the straight fitting and put in a nice 90° that is turned to an easy angle access.

I also went to NAPA and bought a hand squeeze type grease gun... uses the 3 oz carts. (bought a three pack)...added an 18" flex tube and I've got to say this is the easiest lube job I've ever done on any car. Yea, it takes nearly a full tube to grease everything, but man is it easier. and less than 30 bucks for the gun and three tubes of grease.

Thanks guys for the suggestion... I'm so glad you talked me out of the battery and air operated units... I'll save the other big guns for the tractor.

http://www.napaonline.com/MasterPag...=BK&PartNumber=7151231&Description=Grease+Gun

John

 

[wilbilt]

I've got one grease fitting on an 03 tahoe that is almost impossible to get to. You have to hold the coupling on the fitting with one hand, hold the grease gun with the other... ??? wait ?? how can you pump the gun ??

With your leg, of course.

 

[billymade]

I would pass on the Craftsman air operated grease guns; I personally have had to warranty or refund $$ on these units from multiple customers, stay away IMHO! Most had not seen much use either!

 

[rmjseeds]

Any of you guys have a Alemite 5585??

 

[aidank]

looked at getting an air operated gun, wondering does the air operated gun with ~100psi input give as much output pressure as a hand operated. looking around see that the hand operated gives up to 10k psi while the air operated is only rated to 6.5K psi?

 

[plinker]

looked at getting an air operated gun, wondering does the air operated gun with ~100psi input give as much output pressure as a hand operated. looking around see that the hand operated gives up to 10k psi while the air operated is only rated to 6.5K psi?

I have been using a Lincoln 1162 air grease gun for about four months greaseing looging trucks & some ther things, so far it has worked fine.
It has variable speed trigger, so it will eiether pump fast or slow (I run it at 90-100psi air)
It works alot better than the Craftsman pro model it replaced (which was replaced by sears once).

For hand powered, I prefer lever type w/ a 36" or thereabouts hose.

 

[posaune]

Any of you guys have a Alemite 5585??

I have a 6290 that I picked up from my grandfather's house. I love the look (except that the barrel is purple ) but I haven't attempted to use it.

For general use I have THIS ONE that I use with a whip.

 

[bgott]

You might try tightening the socket on the zerk. Look at the socket end of your gun fitting, the outside is threaded and you can stick it on the zerk and turn it counter clockwise, looking from the hose and gun side of the fitting. You'll have to loosen it back up to remove it from the zerk when you are done.