[Healeys] grease guns

[Bob Spidell]

Bert,

Here's my 'rig.'  It's small, so it's easy to get in tight spaces, but will do a full grease-job on my BJ8 3-4 times 
before I have to change cartridges.

I've seen other small pistol grip guns, but the handle and nozzle are oriented differently; e.g. with the hose/extension 
coming out at 90deg to the barrel of the gun.  It doesn't seem to me they'd be as convenient.

I have a 6-inch metal extension, but I only use the flexible hose.  You usually need to wriggle the nozzle a little to 
get a good seal on the zerk (although the metal pipe would be handy for getting the zerks on the drivetrain and the 
front U-joint).

I picked it up in a local auto parts store probably close to 20 years ago.  I believe it's Sta-Lube brand, who generally 
makes good products.  Yeah, it leaks a little--grease is just oil with a thickener, it's gonna ooze out--and the threads 
on the cap are easy to strip, but all in all it's been a terrific tool.

Anybody else want a photo let me know.

Bob


On 6/21/2011 2:24 PM, Bert Van Brande wrote:
> Grease guns, such simple tools yet the 2 I bought failed miserably one after the other.  The first one leaked from a hole in side of the tube, the second one leaked from about every orifice.  After some online research it seems that there are still some good guns made.  Grease guns with some good reviews: plews, alemite, lincoln.   The price is actually not that much higher than the auto-parts store brands.
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> It's just hard to figure where they're actually manufactured.  Not one spec  sheet mentions this detail. I am currently leaning towards buying an Alemite Professional 500
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> I'd like to hear if anybody has good experience with these guns.  Do you prefer lever guns or pistol grip?  Also what kind of extension do you prefer for the Healey: rigid or flexible?
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> all input appreciated.
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> bert
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