Grease cartridge dispenser

[rtadams89]

I didn't even know what to title this, or where best to post it, but as it is for my deuce, hopefully this will suffice.

I need to dispense some NLGI Grade 0 grease ("Corn head grease") into something that previously took gear oil. While I could just throw the grease cartridge into a 10000 psi grease gun and pump it in there, that seems tedious to dispense several tubes of grease that way. Is there something more like a caulking gun + funnel/tip, but for grease? Any easy homemade solutions?

 

[jasonjc]

There are continuous flow grease guns , as long as you hold down the trigger grease will flow. Both air and battery powered.

 

[CMPPhil]

Hi

I've used airpowered cartridge type grease gun to pump steering gearbox lube, which is thinner than grease and thicker than gear lube. Just used a empty grease cartridge in the gun, poured in the lube, of course you have to keep the cartridge screw barrel upright.

Problems I had was it wanted to start leaking as soon as I released the spring follower on the cartridge barrel. Also had little problem getting the grease out of the hose, should have blown it out before I started. In the end I was able to pump the lube by holding upside down. But with a lot more leakage on me the floor and truck.

Since then when needing to dispensing that type of lube, have gone the route of adding a tube to a squeeze bottle, lot slower but great hand exercise squeezing the bottle. But your question has got me thinking there must be an easier way.

Cheers Phil

 

[snowtrac nome]

the old time haul road drivers used to pour stp into grease cartages, than freeze them to be pumped into u-joints late,r they used to say they got twice the life out of their u-joints

 

[rtadams89]

I tracked down some empty caulk gun cartridges (which I never knew existed). I think these will work nicely.

 

[CMPPhil]

I tracked down some empty caulk gun cartridges (which I never knew existed). I think these will work nicely.

Sounds like a really good solution, how did you find empty caulking tubes? Local source or online?

Cheers Phil

 

[rtadams89]

Not sure if we can post links, but you can find "empty caulk cartridge" on amazon or ebay. These seem to be brand new ones that were just never filled with anything. In my case, I found an old caulk cartridge that was mostly used and was able to clean it up.