Benn;
Even when a grease gun is depressurized the oil will bleed out of the
carrier-- that's how grease works. The lubrication of grease is
primarily the oil; there are other additives but the main lubrication is
oil. If lots of oil has bled out of the grease, it should be dumped and
fresh grease loaded into the gun.
The moral of the story is don't load a grease gun with much more grease
than you will use.
Regards, Neil Tucson, AZ
-----Original Message-----
From: owner-land-speed@autox.team.net
[mailto:owner-land-speed@autox.team.net] On Behalf Of Benn
Sent: Wednesday, April 05, 2006 4:54 PM
To: land-speed@autox.team.net
Subject: grease guns (sorta vaguely LSR)
So, I've noticed that when I leave my old spring-plunger chassis
(lithium
base) grease gun sitting for awhile, a lot of oil seems to collect
around it.
I'm thinking that the oil is being pressurized out of the base over
time,
leaving, after enough time, a lotta base and v little lubricant. Any
thoughts
on this? Maybe a different type of gun that can be readily
"depressurized"?
I can't seem to pull the plunger back to relieve the pressure on the
grease
(takes more strength than I have currently)--it was quite difficult just
to do
it when the unit was apart and empty for the refill cartridge.
Benn
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