Grease Gun Suggestions

[jrockford]

My 20 year old grease gun fell and landed right on the hose fitting. Darn thing broke clean off.

Can anyone recommend a quality replacement? It will see a decent share of landowner equipment and automotive use. I had the the lever style, but the pistol grips do look a bit more convenient. US made is a plus, but they look to be few and far between.

 

[boomer12831]

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[ecotec]

Are US made grease guns still a thing? I thought that the whole industry moved to India...

 

[matthew]

If you have a John Deere dealer around, I'd suggest looking there. Farm equipment uses way more grease than cars anymore, and the JD units seemed to do very well. They do, or at least did, have some variability in their offerings - it seems to me that my uncle bought the black pistol type ones, and not the green ones,.

 

[stercorarius]

You don't think you can just replace the hose? Grease gun house replacements are cheapish and readily available. Lincoln is the "name brand" for grease guns. They seem to out last all the others.

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[shawhite]

https://www.saeproducts.com/grease-guns.html. This is the only USA made grease gun I could find when I was looking . I ended up going with the Lincoln 1134 due to price and it's more widely available. Alemite use to make good grease guns but I have heard since they moved production to China quality is not the same.

 

[jrockford]

You don't think you can just replace the hose? Grease gun house replacements are cheapish and readily available. Lincoln is the "name brand" for grease guns. They seem to out last all the others.

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No.

The cap had a hose fitting that was a part of the entire casting for the lever assembly. That is what broke..

 

[PureLeaf]

I have a Lincoln pistol grip style, works well...

 

[deberly12]

Tractor supply company used to make really good ones have one of the newer ones but haven't used it because the last two from there (one with a flexible hose and one with out) are still going strong for like 10 years. Avoid the pistol grip. You can't get much leverage for tight zerks. Also the little tubes that most pistol grip ones take are more expensive. I go through a case or two of grease on the farm and have a dozen or more guns. The only one that gets used more the the TSC ones is the pneumatic one....for obvious reasons lol

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[southpier]

anyone have an opinion on this: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B01N1YH2MK/?tag=atomicindus08-20

using it for my GMC Savana chassis/ drivetrain & whatever else I find under there! thanks

 

[sberry]

We use 2,, well actually 4. A pistol with a hose and a lever with a straight pipe in both flavors, pretty pink and super sticky bear poop. TSC has 2, a cheap one and a better one, get the better ones, only a few dollars more. If you really manage to wear them out replace.

 

[Badger 13]

I also have the John Deere grease gun. Not sure who it is made by, but it is the best one I have ever owned.

 

[KWtech90]

Why has nobody mentioned the milwaukee m18 grease gun yet? I love mine. It pumps nearly as fast as a pneumatic grease gun, but you aren't tied down to an air hose. It's a little heavy, but the 4 foot hose makes it pretty easy to reach a fitting without having to hold the gun.

 

[bsaint]

Alemite. They invented the thing!

 

[sberry]

I use about a dozen tubes in one unit over the season, a coup[le more on misc and auto as my stuff is pretty tight. If I was going thru a couple or more a day I would have an electric but for a few pumps here and there its not worth it to me to have power.

 

[zendriver]

My 20 year old grease gun fell and landed right on the hose fitting. Darn thing broke clean off.

Can anyone recommend a quality replacement? It will see a decent share of landowner equipment and automotive use. I had the the lever style, but the pistol grips do look a bit more convenient. US made is a plus, but they look to be few and far between.

I really see zero reason for a lever action grease gun, any more unless one has 3 hands.

Can't recommend a specific one, since mine is an older American made, I purchased used at an auction. I'll check the brand.

 

[vssjim]

Alemite has USA grease guns and imports a US made gun will probably be about $100,00 and have a cast steel head unit. You can sometimes find a seller on ebay sellingone cheaper but you have to look around,

 

[sberry]

A 20$ gun works the same and a homebody type couldn't wear it out.

 

[65k10]

I also have the John Deere grease gun. Not sure who it is made by, but it is the best one I have ever owned.

I think they are made by Alemite since they look like a model they make (555E?). Regardless I really like that model of John Deere gun. Mostly because they don't seem to have grease leak past the plunger like some Lincoln's we had. They also don't tire out my hands as fast as the Lincoln's did when doing a bunch of grease fittings like on a tractor loader.

 

[deberly12]

If you only had one you probably don't use it that much. Grab one cheap from somewhere. Don't bother with electric. You will spend more on the gun than all the grease you will ever use in it. As I said before I like lever far more than pistol. You just don't have any leverage. I have forced grease into some very stiff places that a pistol wouldn't have done it.

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[Wamsutta]

Lincoln 1133 with flex hose.

 

[WittHay]

Always used the Lincoln grease guns. We have both lever and pistol grip, some guys like the lever, others the pistol grip. My preference is the lever with the rigid pipe, quicker and more pressure. Also have a cordless M12 and a air Lincoln. Depends on the machine, some have over 50 fittings, others just a few.

 

[sberry]

I agree, a guy with daily greasing involving hi numbers would appreciate a battery tool, it gets old after a while. As some mentioned there is a bit of difference between lever and pistol, if it was up to one would be the pistol with hose but I have some stuff still has grease on steer parts, you simply cant get at it all with a straight pipe.
They also have rigid swivels, I probably have one but don't really use it.
I live on crappy roads and have some dirty machines. I think the sticky bear poop with moly hangs in there quite a bit better. I usually get grease in between oil changes and service the same equipment and it appears the black lasts quite a bit longer. I am kind of fussy with that but cant even remember except for a couple disk bearings replacing anything we grease regular in a good long time. The grease has got so much better in the last couple decades but our duty cycle has also changed so I try to keep that in mind.
We usually put pink in ujoints and stuff goes round and round fast. Bearings. Bus bushings and steering, ball joints get the black. Hence the 4 guns.

 

[brownbagg]

i got a blue point air, yes its air with a hose but i wont never go back to mechanical

 

[sberry]

I went thru a phase about 20 yrs ago where I used Kendall super blue in wheel bearings and it was simply due to the fact I could tell who and when it was done. Once I got around everything pretty much went back to pink. Grease got so good most of it ended up being a one time event for most pieces. I took something apart recently from that era, didn't even bother re doing it as it looked like it was recent.

 

[kams1973]

If you want the best (IMO), check out the higher end Alemite offerings.