Grease Guns

[k0ua]

Your kidding! The coupler I have appears to be all one piece! I unscrwed the coupler from the hose, now I have a coupler w/ hex and knurled. I took a pair of channel locks on the knurled, and a crescent on the hex and NOTHING MOVED! I myself assumed they were two pieces, I put the coupler under a magnafiying glass and it appeares as though it is all one piece! HA! Defective is an understatement if I understand this coupler is suppose dot be two pieces! NUTS! I'll take pics later...

Ok then riddle me this, how did they get the chuck jaws in there? Put the hex/flat rear part into a vise, and take the biggest baddest pair of channel locks you own, and twist the knurled portion until you twist it in two. You have nothing to lose at this point.

James K0UA

 

[Artisan]

Some people might not realize, same as me, that the coupler is a 2-piece unit. The 2 halves of mine were jammed together so tight at the factory that I had to put one end in a vice & lay all my weight on a pair of vice grips gripping the other end to break it free. Moves like butter now. It was actually so tight I wasn't sure mine was actually a 2-piece coupler unit, but I figured I had nothing to lose by trying really hard if I broke it, since it was gonna break more of my zerks if I turned out to be a 1-piece coupler.

BINGO! LOL, Oh man..... ERRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR I will put it in a vise
I guess. I am no weakling, by far, I put a pair of Channel locks and a cresent wrench on it and I started to marr the unit so I quit! Oh man...whats there problem? Or should I say Problemo' and awnser my own question? HA!

 

[k0ua]

BINGO! LOL, Oh man..... ERRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR I will put it in a vise
I guess. I am no weakling, by far, I put a pair of Channel locks and a cresent wrench on it and I started to marr the unit so I quit! Oh man...whats there problem? Or should I say Problemo' and awnser my own question? HA!

You see at the grease gun coupler factory they have this gorilla, whose job it is to run the Ingersol Rand 600 ft lb impact. And to make sure that every coupler is "properly" torqued. It is a world wide conspiracy. They all do it.
Now get that thing in a vise and either unscrew it or break it!

James K0UA

 

[Scooby074]

There are 1 piece units available HOWEVER on the 1134 it should be a 2 piece heavy duty coupler. My 1134 has a 2 piece HD.

 

[Scooby074]

You see at the grease gun coupler factory they have this gorilla, whose job it is to run the Ingersol Rand 600 ft lb impact. And to make sure that every coupler is "properly" torqued. It is a world wide conspiracy. They all do it.
Now get that thing in a vise and either unscrew it or break it!

James K0UA

:laughing: So true.

 

[beppington]

Your kidding! The coupler I have appears to be all one piece! I unscrwed the coupler from the hose, now I have a coupler w/ hex and knurled. I took a pair of channel locks on the knurled, and a crescent on the hex and NOTHING MOVED! I myself assumed they were two pieces, I put the coupler under a magnafiying glass and it appeares as though it is all one piece! HA! Defective is an understatement if I understand this coupler is suppose dot be two pieces! NUTS! I'll take pics later...

I thought that too ... use more power! A lot more power (but still be careful of course). It should pop free.

 

[beppington]

You see at the grease gun coupler factory they have this gorilla, whose job it is to run the Ingersol Rand 600 ft lb impact. And to make sure that every coupler is "properly" torqued. It is a world wide conspiracy. They all do it.

This is just one of the many ways the Chinese are picking on & laughing at us.

(assuming of course it was made in China )

 

[crazyal]

Not all of the couplers are the two piece adjustable kind. I have three that are and one that wasn't. Since the non adjustable one is worthless and they really don't cost much I put it on the vice and used a 2' pipe wrench until I broke it in two. I have an accessory kit that includes both a narrow diameter coupler, a right angle coupler (less than $4 shipped on ebay), and various needles to get into tight places.

 

[boggen]

i tried a 12v cigarette lighter grease gun. after 5 zerks. i tossed it into the garbage can. and went back to the old manual one handed greaser gun. with flex hose on it.

trying to deal with cords, *shakes head no*

those stinking hoses were just a pain and took 5 times longer to mess with. (un-wind, get kinks out, unwind, get nots out, unwind some more, pull them around, plus trying find some spot to set end of hose down so grease doesn't get every were)

one hand normally holds a rag or some paper towels, with end of of the flex hose. while other pumps the grease. KISS (keep it simply stupid)

one thing that i might pay more for for a generic run of the mill grease gun, is some larger knuckles coming off the bottom end cap. so if things get greased i would be better able to grab a hold of and unloosen to reload another cartridge.

the other thing, i should do. is buy a better end that goes over the zerks. a little grease on the end of nozzle and it can be a pain to twist sometimes to remove off of zerks. be nice if the twisting action happened a few inches more away from the end of nozzle. atleast for me.

it would be nice to have a quick attach like air hoses. but smaller in diameter. so i might be able to quickly attach a longer short metal pipe between flex hose and nozzle. between tractors, and implements, trying to get into some spots a short end flex hose is nice. but sometimes a shorter straight pipe on end of a flex hose could be very nice. atleast for me.

when i start getting up into the years. i might start looking at a battery operated grease gun. hopefully by then, i will have a heated garage and will not have to worry about batteries with shorter charge due to cold temps.

 

[Smallplot]

BINGO! LOL, Oh man..... ERRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR I will put it in a vise
I guess. I am no weakling, by far, I put a pair of Channel locks and a cresent wrench on it and I started to marr the unit so I quit! Oh man...whats there problem? Or should I say Problemo' and awnser my own question? HA!

Is it righty tighty lefty loosey? repeat after me, I think I can, I think I can. :laughing:

 

[Smallplot]

On a more serious note, if you have good hand strength, the pistol grip is fine if not having to grease too many points. I prefer the lever gun just because when you encounter a stubborn zerk, it helps having the leverage. Gotta get the hose and throw away the rigid pipe.

As far as having to use two hands to pump a lever style grease gun, dont remember ever having to use two hands myself, that is what a leg or the ground is for. :thumbsup:

I never had any luck with the 12v grease guns. Always quit at the worst times.

Just don't grease while wearing your Sunday best and have some hand cleaner and rags handy.

My worst day greasing is better than my best day working :laughing:

 

[Tractor Seabee]

5030 I am confused, if I throw away the ridgid tube and use the flex tube how does the process get done when I only have 2 hands? It takes 2 hands to pump right? Now I have to hold the flex hose against the zerk hard...

I am just confused, I am missing the boat here on something silly. Like I think I said, I am a newb to tractors...

I appreciate the input..

Artisan,

If you can afford the BX25 you can afford a $300 air compressor. I have a BX25with over 300 hrs sinc Feb this year. I always lube in the shop area plus all other maint/repairs. There is no reason to lube in the field unless you are away from home 10-20 OP hours, lube times are not all that critical. In fact if you follow the 10 hr on FEL and BH and other imnplements you will waste a lot of grease, and remember that is implement hrs not tractor hours. Not much to lube on the tractor itself. I use a pneumatic gun from Harbor Frieght and their Moly Lube cartriges (cheap). I have found no place where I need a flex hose (I have one on hand in case). There are are a lot of fittings on the FEL and BH, make sure you find them all. Always wipe off the fittings before lubing or you will inject dirt into the joint.. In fact I use lube time as time to wash down the whole rig. Always wipe up excess that comes out; that is how you know the joint is full. Buy a stock of grease fittings of the various types in case one plugs up. When you start to make repairs you will bless the air compressor and your impact wrench. get the heavy inpact sockets or you may ruin a regular one quick.

See you thought you were done spending money. You now have fuel, grease, ATF/Hyd fluid, lube oil, 90W gear lube ( I use on all the 3PT pins and bushings each change), filters. I have had to remove a tire already for repair and replace the FEL center Hyd Cylinder (it blew up the inards, repalced on warranty). My dealer's shop backlog is min 2 weeks and that is when they first get to diagnose the problem; so. guess what I do my own labor for self preservation.

Now is the time to get a torgue wrench not when you have to put back the first lug nuts. After I took delivery I lubed everything as I do not trust any one else. Found several fittings still had the factory paint on them and no grease in the joint. Just about every thing with threads has a torque value in the manual. Recommend you get the shop manual also; has a lot of info not in the owners manual as Kubota protects their dealers on info so you have to take everything to them; not feasible for me.

Ron

 

[5030]

Gee.... The coupler (if it's worth anything that is), locks on the grease fitting head so 2 hands on the grease gun is proper procedure.

If you can't afford a 300 buck compressor, get a portable air tank and get friendly with the local gas and go and fill the portable tank and run your gun from it.....

Sure is an involved thread about a simple matter, greasing your equipment.

 

[Artisan]

1- The 1134 Coupler needed to be placed in a vise and then laid into with channel locks and it popped loose. Marred the coupler slightly, no biggie. Yep, some guy in Japan or China has a wierd sense of humor!

2- I have an 80GALLON, 5HP nice compressor, tools out the ying yang here I have, even a new tractor and shopping for trailers!~:thumbsup:

3- I think I might retire the new 1134 to being strapped to the tractor or trailer for offsite use if necessary and look into pheumatic or electric for the shop. Now that I have it I can see I want speed and I see at times I will want to flush the diss out of some zerks if I suspect water in it, perhaps after a pressure washing.

4- THANK YOU ALL for the input. Some of the replies are awsome, and yes, 5030, perhaps a simple subject to the well seasoned professional such as yourself, but us newbies whom are **** to a fault sometimes really appreciate the input, MUCH, including yours 5030! TU!

 

[Artisan]

Harbor Freight has 7- Pneumatic Grease Guns in the wearhouse, they did have 8. They want $19.99 . Punch in Coupon Code BUYWEB20 and get $4.00 off! For $15.99 and shipping I will go out on a limb and see how it performs. heck, I would probably spend more then 10 bux of fuel to go fetch it up...

 

[k0ua]

The 1134 Coupler needed to be placed in a vise and then laid into with channel locks and it popped loose. Marred the coupler slightly, no biggie. Yep, some guy in Japan or China has a wierd sense of humor!


Glad you got it going man. I don't have a clue why they are sometimes tightened up like that.

You have conquered the mystery of the grease gun coupler. Pay it forward.

James K0UA

 

[Artisan]

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Pay it forward.

James K0UA
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Yep, good list, some good people...

 

[Monster5601]

Harbor Freight has 7- Pneumatic Grease Guns in the wearhouse, they did have 8. They want $19.99 . Punch in Coupon Code BUYWEB20 and get $4.00 off! For $15.99 and shipping I will go out on a limb and see how it performs. heck, I would probably spend more then 10 bux of fuel to go fetch it up...

I run two of those, one for the high pressure grease and the other for general purpose grease. When I bought them, they were $12 each. I did replace the flexible hose on the general purpose use because the one supplied was just too short to reach a few zerts on my truck.

So far, both have been running flawlessly and have been in service for three years.

 

[Artisan]

I run two of those, one for the high pressure grease and the other for general purpose grease. When I bought them, they were $12 each. I did replace the flexible hose on the general purpose use because the one supplied was just too short to reach a few zerts on my truck.

So far, both have been running flawlessly and have been in service for three years.

Good to here, I splurged for the longer hose as well.

Does anyone know, are the zerk fittings on my BX25 metric? Also, is there
a brand of zerk fitting that is better than others? I think I should take stock of what my tractor has mostly and get a couple of spares.

 

[beppington]

Good to here, I splurged for the longer hose as well.

Does anyone know, are the zerk fittings on my BX25 metric? Also, is there
a brand of zerk fitting that is better than others? I think I should take stock of what my tractor has mostly and get a couple of spares.

My Kubota has a mix of metric & standard zerks :confused2: Found that out after I broke one when I was trying to replace it.