[Healeys] Penrite or John Deere CHG.

[Bob Spidell]

To clarify, all grease guns--at least the half-dozen or so I have--take 
a cartridge with a plastic cap on one end and an aluminum 'pop-top' seal 
(or just foil) on the other. The pop-top/foil and plastic cap are 
removed and the cartridge full of grease is inserted into the gun 
pop-top end first, but not before the feeder spring is retracted and 
locked in place. Then, the end cap of the gun is screwed back on and the 
spring released, so that it can force grease to the outlet end, from 
which it is pumped out under pressure, with either a pistol or lever 
type piston pump. CHG, I noticed, does not come out of the gun in a 
steady stream when pumped, there seems to be air or something in the 
stream, which requires a bunch of fruitless pumping of the gun until 
another slug comes out.

For all of you thinking 'Well, Duh! Who didn't know that?!' I had to 
figure this out on my own and made some sizable messes in doing so, and 
still do sometimes--it's an inherently messy process. My concern now is 
have I lost some of the oily goodness in the CHG that actually does the 
lubricating*, and where can I find the specialty CHG dispenser to add to 
my collection of grease dispensers? And, to further prove I have way too 
much time on my hands, and insufficient energy to use it wisely, I knew 
this 'grease turns into an oil' miracle must have a scientific name with 
which you can impress your friends and make them think 'What a 
smart-ass,' so I found it:

'Thixotropic' https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thixotropy

Now, you can be the hit of the next cocktail party--assuming we ever 
have parties again--or, maybe, you can win a fortune on Jeopardy!

You're welcome.

Bob

* All greases are oil with a thickening agent; think lithium, 
molybdenum, etc. The cheap stuff usually uses finely-ground diatomaceous 
earth (aka 'dirt').



On 2/8/2022 1:49 AM, simon.lachlan at alexarevel.plus.com wrote:
>
> Bob, that may be a good point. When I went to the agricultural place 
> for the grease, they suggested that I buy their grease gun. I bought 
> it for its flexible nozzle which is a blessing. Perhaps they sold it 
> so that it wouldn’t “liquefy and leak”. I’ve never thought about its 
> inner workings. It has a pistol-grip pump action so I suppose that’s 
> the only pressure.
>
> Maybe the recipe is to buy the tubes of CHG gloop and use it with a 
> pistol-grip pump. I doubt John Deere actually manufacture the gun 
> although they’ve branded it and jacked the price up accordingly.
>
> It’s a decent thing, though on the large size, and I use it for pretty 
> well all greasing jobs.
>
> Simon
>
> >> It'll liquefy and leak in a spring-loaded grease gun however.
>
>
> On 2/7/2022 3:54 PM, Don via Healeys wrote:
>
>     Yes John Deere corn head grease.  I had a steering box that
>     wouldn’t hold much and I wasn’t about to pull the steering
>     column/box out . I’ve done this before but it was on a total
>     rebuild. I filled the box up with this corn head grease , and so
>     far no big leaks . 🤞. Time will tell I’m sure
>
>       Don
>
>     Sent from my iPhone
>
>
>
>         On Feb 7, 2022, at 5:58 PM, i erbs via Healeys
>         <healeys at autox.team.net> <mailto:healeys at autox.team.net> wrote:
>
>         
>
>         Heat it up first in hot water. You'll thank me later.
>
>         Ira Erbs
>         1959 AH 100-6
>         1967 MGB
>         Milwaukie, OR
>
>         On Mon, Feb 7, 2022, 2:51 PM Bob Begani via Healeys
>         <healeys at autox.team.net> wrote:
>
>             John Deere Cornhead Grease is what they had made for the
>             cornhead which is an articulated joint out at the end of
>             the combine which is like our steering box.  I used it 4
>             years ago and not a drop from the steering box so far.
>             Amazon sells it in a cartridge and in tubes.
>
>             Bob Begani
>
>             *From:*Healeys <healeys-bounces at autox.team.net> *On Behalf
>             Of *Team.net
>             *Sent:* Monday, February 7, 2022 2:52 PM
>             *To:* Ray Juncal <healeyray at yahoo.com>
>             *Cc:* List Healey <healeys at autox.team.net>
>             *Subject:* Re: [Healeys] Penrite
>
>             John Deere Cornhead Grease.
>
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