Air Power Grease Gun Advice

[NIB-98TJ]

I found this thread: Thread (http://www.pirate4x4.com/forum/showthread.php?t=294412&highlight=grease)

Any other suggestions on air power grease guns?

There seems to be two types. One gives one shot of grease with each trigger pull. The other gives continuous flow as long as the trigger is depressed. I don't know which one is better for u-joints, cv-joints and suspension joint lube.

Thanks for any help,
NIB

[Iron Horse]

If you don't have your heart set on air, look at getting a cordless one. They are about $200, but worth it. I use min edaily, and have had great luck with it. Strong enough to set track tension on excavators, but still work good for everyday stuff like king pins and u-joints.

[Toyota_Jim]

Ive got a cordless one, I grease my equipment every time i use it, skidders get it every day, along with knuckle boom, hydraulic adjusters on dozer, works for everything.
Use shaffers moly blend high preasure grease.

[randii]

Jim, do you bulk-load? Bucket pump or suction off the tool?

Randii

[cdogg44]

That was my thread you referenced. FYI, I ended up buying a $30 or so Ingersoll Rand "Power Force" or something series from Sears' website. It is the kind when you pull the trigger and only get shot of grease, not a continuous flow. I guess you could call it a "semi automatic" grease gun.

So far it's worked pretty well. I just put a 12" flexible hose on the end of it last weekend and that should make it a lot better.

For $30 I'm pleased.

[Toyota_Jim]

Seems like mine was around $250 new with 3 batteries and a charger. It just uses the regular tubes of grease. Im thinging about getting something differnt so I can just use barrels of grease. Tube of grease lasts a maybe 2 days. I buy my oil in the barrels.

[NIB-98TJ]

I would like to have a cordless grease gun, but they are kinda pricey.

cdogg44, about how much grease comes out each time you pull the trigger. I read on the other thread that each pull is like a full stroke of a manual grease gun, but that doesn't sound right to me.

NIB

[stunnin650]

i had a one shot air powered i bought from mac tools hated it threw it on the floor and broke it it never primed it self and would lose prime had the continuious flow one from mac traded it for the one shot cause it sucked to when it worked it was awsome but it would always lost prime i'm going back to a manual gun

[cdogg44]

I'd say it's close to one pump of a manual gun. The good thing is that you can put it on the fitting, and then just fire off several shots of grease really quick. I just got sick of needing three arms with our manual gun, one to hold the gun, another to hold the hose on the fitting, and then a second person to actually pump the gun. Tons of fun bent up under a tractor.

[Urban Wheeler]

The thing I hate aboput the one shot is that I never know when I run out of grease. It doesn't feel/sound/act any different like a manual does. The continuous ones at work sit on a little barrel so all you have to do is lift the pump to check the level. One of them seems to have a habit of losing it's prime, probably due to age. Also, sometimes the handle sticks and pumps out a big wad of goo.

I mostly use the continuous at work,and keep the one shot around for service calls.

[NIB-98TJ]

I ended up just getting the $25 Campbell Hausfeld version at Wally World. We will see how it works out.

Thanks for the input,
NIB

[tdavis]

I have the el-cheapo, $17 harbor freight air gun version.. and it works perfectly fine for me, since I basically use it to grease bearings. It is a one-pull, one pulse type gun.

[haystax]

Air grease guns are from the devil. Period. You will spend more time screwing with the gun than you will using it for its intended purpose. If you still want to spend the money on one, I will PM my addy and you can just pay me the $40 instead. :flipoff2:

Just started using IR pistol grip manual grease guns this season - so far I am pretty happy. Better than the Lincolns we've used for years, the IRs prime better and are cheaper. Had the bling Lincoln cordless electric gun, it stripped the plastic planetary gearhead after trying to force grease in a stubborn zerk. Warranty replaced a couple of them but they just got to be another PITA.

Barrel pump is really the only way to go but then you're tied to the airhose plus they are $$$$.

[bronco75]

I have 2 blue point (lincoln) air operated hand grease guns and love them both
after carpal tunnel sugury years ago I couldn't use my pistol grip gun anymore so I bought my first air gun it took some getting used to but it was better than dragging the big roll around pump around to use
then I got the second one for 7 $ from snappy he customer got pissed and gave it back I really don't know how the 7$ thing came to be but I bought it and went in and cleaned the crap out of inlet port and it works fine also
everybody that uses them for first time thinks that you just squeeze trigger as fast a possible and it will work but it doesn't you have to let it do its thing
as far as feeding the grease thats alot to do with the kind of grease and how its stored and some are just better at feeding than others

[Flashover Mfg]

I picked mine up from NAPA for about $15 and it works pretty well. It loses prime quite a bit, but so do my pistol grip guns. It is certainly easier to use when greasing up three or four rigs at a time though.

[D60]

I just got a continuous flow Craftsman unit, not sure who makes it. It was little more spendy, like $30 or $40 on sale, but it seems to work fine.

Ah, here it is:
http://www.sears.com/sr/javasr/product.do?BV_SessionID=@@@@1382161086.1122932860@ @@@&BV_EngineID=ccjgaddfflhdmklcegecegjdghldfoo.0&vertical=TOOL&pid=00920484000&bidsite=CRAFT

It was in a Craftsman Club flyer a month or two ago, I think I paid something like $35 plus shipping

[Paul Gagnon]

I have a one shot hand air grease gun. All it seems to do is waste grease so I never use it anymore and use the manual one. I'd like to get one of those ones that sit over a pot of grease. They work way better.

[FlexyTJ]

Air grease guns are from the devil. Period. You will spend more time screwing with the gun than you will using it for its intended purpose.


+1

I have the HF POS. For the life of me I cannot keep the thing primed. Maybe it dosent like being held at weird angels under the Jeep, I dunno, or maybe im just an idiot :flipoff2:

I went back to manual for the time being. I'd like to try a different manfg'rs gun, maybe my HF was just a terd.

[NIB-98TJ]

I used the Campbell Hausfeld air grease gun last night. It seems to work OK. It does waste some grease compared to a manual grease gun.

What I like about it is not needing 3 hands when I'm using the flex hose.

N.I.B.

[TR]

ive got a cornwell single shot air grease gun for my service truck, it works great for everything i need it for.