Gresp15C

I was just about to go shopping for a grease gun... what model is that? It looks nice and compact.

JohnDThompson 

It's a Dualco short-nozzle model:

https://www.amazon.com/Dualco-Grease-.../dp/B0025UGOVW

35w4

Remember this?

Bought back in the 80s. Still using.

CliftonGK1

Plenty of shops do this for grease which is being used for assembly contact points which need greased... Bolt threads, seatposts, sealed bearing seats (not the bearings themselves), and there's nothing wrong with the practice. We do the same thing at the two shops I've worked in, and have separate EPX guns for bearing applications.

Moe Zhoost

Like many others, I use marine grade grease as well. I don't recall the brand that I bought last but it looks, feels, and smells like Phil Wood grease. I suspect a lot of specialty products are repackaged bulk purchases at a huge markup.

MoAlpha

You really won't know until you taste it. As I recall, Phil grease is sort of blackish. What I use is greeny-white.

Love the clever name and the little gaff cat, y'all.

HillRider

No, Phil's is dark green.

rootboy 

There is no best grease.,

How's that for a pedantic, strong unfounded opinion?

I have all kinds., my favorite so far is Dura Ace Special German Psycho Green Grease.
Great stuff. Tastes good too. But it's so damned expensive I use it only on my fly reels.
:>

HillRider

It may be pedantic and certainly is strong but it's not unfounded.

bellweatherman

I'm heading to the automotive store to look f a grease gun and some grease. How do you know what color the grease is without opening the tube? And opening the tube is going to destroy the packaging? I like the idea of getting a light-colored marine grease so when I do grease maintenance months after installation, I can see if there has been a lot of dirt that has worked its way in.

MoAlpha

Any reputable auto parts store should offer you a sample, like they do at the gelato stand.

I hear automotive grease is full of additives that will eventually destroy the fine steel in precision, bicycular, bearings. Marine grease is acceptable because it's formulated to be kind to marine life.

Booger1

I would use synthetic grease for -10 temps.....Mobil 1 is a good one...Good from -40 to +300.

PolarBear007

I bought one of those and don't really know how to load the grease in it? I've used one before (wrenching on a chainsaw), but i didn't load it up....

I though about just packing the grease in, but....?

JohnDThompson 

Yes, just pack the grease in, as full as you can. Then work the pump while pushing the plate at the base of the grease cylinder with a screwdriver or something. Eventually, the nozzle will fill with grease and suction will keep feeding new grease into the nozzle. Repeat when the cylinder gets empty.

JonathanGennick 

Just pack the grease in. I borrow a teaspoon from the kitchen drawer -- I love my wife! -- and just scoop the grease into the chamber. Then the trick is to leave the top on loose while jamming a screwdriver in from the bottom to compact the grease. There's a tiny notch in the top that lets some grease go by when the threads are loose to indicate that you've compressed all the air out. Then tighten the cap and squeeze the trigger.

I could wish for a greater volume of grease per press of the plunger, but otherwise the Dualco works ok.

bellweatherman

Marine grease "kind" to marine life?! Don't make me laugh! I highly doubt it's called marine grease because it is so eco-friendly to marine animals. It's called marine grease because it is good in very wet conditions such as a boat, or other marine type of vehicle.

Joe Minton

CliftonGK1:
I agree with your practice. But, the two shops I deal with use the open container for everything.
Well, come to think of it --- One of the shops has a couple of old-timers and they use grease guns, good for them.

I never use anything but the grease gun and leave my tub of Phil's sealed but then I am not a shop have need of grease once a week or so.

Bully for you and how you keep bearings clean. ;o)

Joe

Gresp15C

It arrived, is amazingly simple, and works like a charm. Thanks for the tip!

davidad

You are joking aren't you?

MoAlpha

Why, yes, now that you mention it, I was.

merziac

Hi all, a big +1 for Phil dark green waterproof from me and here's why. A looooong time ago on a Mizutani Super (anyone?) in the Pacific NW far, far away, a fairly mechanical young lad finally realized that you were supposed to overhaul the BB before it got crunchy, having not done so, he was lucky enough to decide Phil could help, races, cups and spindle were still usable in his opinion (debateable) and continued to be so for another ten or so years until that BB dearly departed on a stolen Raleigh Super Course and with proper setup is likely still going to this day as it was a Sugino Super Mighty Comp and was one of the toughest components I have ever seen as well as the Mikashima Unique road pedals that were mated to it that suffered the same fate and continued on down the road. This brings up another good point that is lost on the new plug and play throw away disposable program we are subjected to now days. Those parts were still usable with proper ongoing care and setup, a lot of the stuff now days not so much, even with skill applied often we can't save it because the skill part has been designed out of the equation.

drlogik 

I've been using Phil Wood grease for many years without a bearing failure or premature wear.

melloveloyellow

If you have a cartridge-type grease gun on hand, you can fill a Dualco with it and avoid much of the mess. Remove the tip of the Dualco, take out the small spring and BB that's behind the tip, noting their orientation in the Dualco. Remove the Zerk tip from the larger grease gun, and thread the gun into the Dualco where the tip goes. (Yep, it's the same size and threading) Pump the larger gun until the Dualco is full.

If the Dualco is brand new, take off it's reservoir (the bottom part), pump some grease in (as described above), spread it out to fill the top cap of the Dualco (you're eliminating empty air space), be sure the "follower" (the moveable bottom in the Dualco reservoir) is all the way to the top, reattach the reservoir, and fill. This step isn't necessary for refills, later.

Don't forget to reinstall the BB, THEN the spring in the original positions before reinstalling the Dualco tip. It won't work w/o them.

rmfnla

Oh good, another grease thread!

DemonToes

older than your girlfriend? ludicrous!