<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto">Lock n’ lube arrived yesterday and gave it a workout today. Eleven fittings and not once did I have grease bypass the nipple. No problem releasing the fitting from the nipple when done. <br>Thanks guys for the recommendation.<br><div dir="ltr">Bob Nogueira </div><div dir="ltr"><br><blockquote type="cite">On Oct 24, 2019, at 5:40 PM, Karl Vacek via Shop-talk <shop-talk@autox.team.net> wrote:<br><br></blockquote></div><blockquote type="cite"><div dir="ltr"><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"><meta name="Generator" content="Microsoft Word 14 (filtered medium)"><style><!--
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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--><div class="WordSection1"><p class="MsoNormal">I’ve had a Lock ‘n Lube for a few years now and it does work just fine, but as noted, it’s bulky. And for 30 bucks I don’t have one for each grease gun or even one for home and one for the airport.<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal">I recently tried once again to buy a conventional grease coupler that works, and these Milwaukee couplers do indeed work, though it’s not a religious experience:<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00LCU7I20/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_search_asin_title?ie=UTF8&psc=1">https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00LCU7I20/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_search_asin_title?ie=UTF8&psc=1</a><o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal">They’ve got to be held absolutely straight onto the zerk nipple or they’ll leak – not like old couplers that just clicked onto the zerk and sealed even with some misalignment. And you have to buy two. They seem to be a one-time assembly – I don’t see any split where they’ll unscrew to loosen them or change the lock pieces, but whatever – they mostly work despite being hideously expensive for simple grease couplers.<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal">Oh to go back to the 1960’s and buy a handful of regular Made in USA couplers that actually work properly.<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal">Karl<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#44546A"><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#44546A"><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#44546A"><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><div style="border:none;border-top:solid #B5C4DF 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in"><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:windowtext">nick brearley via Shop-talk<br><b>Subject:</b> Re: [Shop-talk] Grease fittings<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p><p>+1 on the LocknLube. It is quite bulky so if access is limited that could be a problem.Otherwise a useful item.<o:p></o:p></p><p>Nick<o:p></o:p></p><p><o:p> </o:p></p><div><p class="MsoNormal">On 20/10/2019 04:51, Bob Spidell via Shop-talk wrote:<o:p></o:p></p></div><blockquote style="margin-top:5.0pt;margin-bottom:5.0pt"><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt">Here's a possible solution:<br><br><a href="https://locknlube.com/products/locknlube-grease-coupler?gclid=EAIaIQobChMI6aGr8vap5QIVltJkCh0oSg7HEAQYASABEgKmzvD_BwE">https://locknlube.com/products/locknlube-grease-coupler?gclid=EAIaIQobChMI6aGr8vap5QIVltJkCh0oSg7HEAQYASABEgKmzvD_BwE</a><br><br>I've never used one, so can't vouch for sure, but looks like it would work. Cheap Chinese knock-offs are available as well. I've found that couplers that grasp the nipple really well are sometimes difficult to uncouple.<br><br>Bob<o:p></o:p></p><div><p class="MsoNormal">On 10/19/2019 8:35 PM, Scott Hall via Shop-talk wrote:<o:p></o:p></p></div><blockquote style="margin-top:5.0pt;margin-bottom:5.0pt"><div><p class="MsoNormal">Bob, <o:p></o:p></p><div><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal">I don't have an answer, but I'd like to know as well--my lawnmower grease fittings have the same problem. <o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal">Scott<o:p></o:p></p></div></div><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p><div><div><p class="MsoNormal">On Sat, Oct 19, 2019, 10:23 PM Robert Nogueirao via Shop-talk <<a href="mailto:shop-talk@autox.team.net">shop-talk@autox.team.net</a>> wrote:<o:p></o:p></p></div><blockquote style="border:none;border-left:solid #CCCCCC 1.0pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 6.0pt;margin-left:4.8pt;margin-right:0in"><p class="MsoNormal"><br>My car, a Morgan, needs to have the front suspension greased every 500 miles or so (hey it was designed in 1918 so what do you expect). The problem I have is every time I grease them I spend an hour fighting to get the grease to go into the nipple. I always end up with gobs of grease leaking out around the nipple. <br>I tried changing the nipples but no joy with that.<br>Any suggestions for a fix or the name of a really good fitting for the end of the gun that will seal and hold on to the nipple?<br>Bob Nogueira <br>_______________________________________________<o:p></o:p></p></blockquote></div></blockquote><p class="MsoNormal"><br><br><br><o:p></o:p></p><pre>_______________________________________________<o:p></o:p></pre><pre><o:p> </o:p></pre><pre><a href="mailto:Shop-talk@autox.team.net">Shop-talk@autox.team.net</a><o:p></o:p></pre><pre>Donate: <a href="http://www.team.net/donate.html">http://www.team.net/donate.html</a><o:p></o:p></pre><pre>Suggested annual donation $12.96<o:p></o:p></pre><pre>Archive: <a href="http://www.team.net/pipermail/shop-talk">http://www.team.net/pipermail/shop-talk</a> <a href="http://autox.team.net/archive">http://autox.team.net/archive</a><o:p></o:p></pre><pre><o:p> </o:p></pre><pre>Unsubscribe/Manage: <a href="http://autox.team.net/mailman/options/shop-talk/nick@landform.co.uk">http://autox.team.net/mailman/options/shop-talk/nick@landform.co.uk</a><o:p></o:p></pre><pre><o:p> </o:p></pre></blockquote></div><span>_______________________________________________</span><br><span></span><br><span>Shop-talk@autox.team.net</span><br><span>Donate: http://www.team.net/donate.html</span><br><span>Suggested annual donation $12.96</span><br><span>Archive: http://www.team.net/pipermail/shop-talk http://autox.team.net/archive</span><br><span></span><br><span>Unsubscribe/Manage: http://autox.team.net/mailman/options/shop-talk/nogera@icloud.com</span><br><span></span><br></div></blockquote></body></html>