Grease guns

[wjburken]

From reading that article, I'm guessing I'm doing several things wrong, lol

I keep my grease gun in the garage (detached from house). It has heat but I only turn it on when I'm going to be out there, so in the winter it will get in the 30's-40's. No AC, it has an exhaust fan and industrial ceiling fan that I'll turn on in the summer if I'm going to be out there, so it will get in the 90's, maybe close to 100 on the hottest summer days.

I also don't use the grease gun that much. Usually every 6 months or so during oil changes, and that's not much grease.

Maybe I should just look for a smaller/mini type grease gun that takes smaller cartridges? I'd think though that I'd be limited to what types of grease I can use/find in the smaller cartridges.

Yeah, I came to the same conclusion.

 

[gooffeyguy]

Yeah, I came to the same conclusion.

And keeping it in the house, like on my workbench in the basement would just be a pain in the ass when I'm in the garage and decide to use it and have to go all the way inside to the basement and back out to the garage...lol

Plus it would still probably leak!

 

[PG01]

tractor supply (and many establishments) has mini grease guns and 3 packs of mini grease tubes in every variety you like. 1 problem with the minis is it doesn’t have a flex tip (never looked into changing mine tho) i use both big and small ...depends on what i’m doing. and yes... they all leak....towel, shop rags in the bottom drawer of a tool chest....

 

[George B]

Fixed....

 

[wjburken]

Fixed....

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Might need to up your pegboard game.

 

[gooffeyguy]

Fixed....

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That looks just like my current grease gun. I also have red leakage around it, I use Redline synthetic

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[Rocket Man]

Found this article on grease storage.

https://www.machinerylubrication.com/Read/28761/storing-grease-to-avoid-bleed-separation-

Yeah, I’ll just store mine on paper towels and use them to clean up the inevitable mess that will be there when it’s time to use it. That article was exhausting. I need a nap now.

 

[Doubeleive]

looks just like mine also, I don't even remember where I bought it, no name on it but most likely came from autozone, sears, harbor freight, or ebay. maybe walmart

 

[George B]

looks just like mine also, I don't even remember where I bought it, no name on it but most likely came from autozone, sears, harbor freight, or ebay. maybe walmart

Mine is an ATC from Bumper to Bumper. I have a bunch of military surplus High pressure grease that even leaks in my shop cabinet. I have a lifetime supply of it too!

 

[George B]

looks just like mine also, I don't even remember where I bought it, no name on it but most likely came from autozone, sears, harbor freight, or ebay. maybe walmart

Mine is an ATC from Bumper to Bumper. I have a bunch of military surplus High pressure grease that even leaks in my shop cabinet. I have a lifetime supply of it too!

 

[Doubeleive]

pulled mine out and it looks like it had a little oil separation around the push-rod area that wiped right off