If you don't have this and you own a skid steer, you need it!

[Oil Pig]

Where has this grease gun been all my life???
Of the 10 grease fittings that would not take grease on my recent purchase of a used skid steer, I got 9 of them to start flowing again, but it took 4-5 hours of work to get them going. I've been working on the last one for 4 days to take grease. The next option was to pull the cylinder and remove the pin. I gave the Ole Makita a shot at it and it put 10,000 psi, you read that right...10,000 psi of pressure and the last one took it like a Las Vegas whore on penny night. You have to get you one of these. It was $160 with no battery or charger (using an adapter for my DeWalt batteries). You will not regret getting one.

 

[skidsteerforum]

Can you give the model number?

 

[Gearclash]

Power grease guns are a great product! I have two Dewalts, each has a different type of grease. Do have to be careful around some grease lines not to rupture them, especially in cold weather. Also have to be careful when greasing sealed bearings and U joints not to pump too fast and blow out the seals.

Lever style manual grease guns can make up to 10,000 psi also, but you will really grunt doing so.

 

[mrbb]

, If you still have fittings not taking grease, why not remove them and replace with new one's, ??
Most fittings simply screw in and out designed to be replaceable(or most are) , beats killing one self fighting to grease things!

but I do agree electric grease guns can be a huge time saver, but you also like stated have to be careful and not over grease things, as they can do damage

another thing I find to be well worth the $$ , is the LOCK and LUBE fitting for grease guns
I find having at least one of them on a a grease gun (I also like using there swivels for allowing the grease gun hose to be able to put in any position, are also worth buying


they also sell a device for busting open blocked grease fittings too that works pretty good
I know there are knock off models on these too, sold on amazon and like places, never used them, but have had good experiences with the originals

only issue I have with the locking coupler is, some times its too l;long for some places where fittings are, but its a great addition to grease guns IMO,

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[brdgbldr]

Most times it is not the grease zerk that is bad. It is old packed in grease.
I have used thin oils to pump into the grease areas to loosen up the grease and the pump in new grease.

I do love power grease guns.

One problem I have with them is on long grease line runs where you can't really see where the old grease is coming out. In those cases I will use a lever operated gun so I can feel the grease going in. Another problem I've had is sometimes I don't notice when it is empty or there is an air pocket. The gun will keep running but no grease is moving.
Also, you can build up that 10000 psi on a clogged fitting and it still will not break the old grease loose. Then the grease gun may not disconnect or when it does grease flies everywhere.

Of course lock-n-lube has a return valve you can purchase that will take that pressure off the gun an return the unused grease.

 

[hoardac]

Milwaukee makes a great grease gun also, you can choose high or low psi and it has a wheel to set the number of strokes.

 

[RedNeckMike]

I also have the Makita grease gun love it.
I understand you can buy a bucket of grease and self load the gun by pulling grease into the
cartridge holder but have not tried this yet.
Has anyone done this yet? I see there is a disc that replaces the bucket lid and the cartridge holder just
screws on and you simply pull grese into holder. This would save $$$ over buying tubes

 

[mikelv]

I got a Dewalt clone grease gun a couple years ago. It accepts dewalt battery's. I agree they are a real time saver, I purchased a couple spare cylinders to make changing types of grease easier. Got it on Amazon for $97. I just checked and its now 150. Of course, I still have several lever type they have their place too.