Hi,
I bought a one-handed manual grease gun several years ago - they have a handle
that looks
a bit like a hand exerciser, but it has worked fine for me - and it leaves one
hand free to futz
with the hose...
rkg
(Richard George)
R. John Lye wrote:
> At 08:34 AM 3/17/98 -0500, Gerald Brazil wrote:
> >(Where does it say you have to be QUALIFIED to give an opinion?)
>
> Its never stopped me before!
>
> >My first question is, "why?" Do you grease a lot of cars each day? Do you
> >get bursitis from squeezing the handle? What does an air powered grease gun
> >do that a hand powered one doesn't?
>
> The only real advantage that I see, is that the air-powered ones let
> you operate them one handed. All you have to do is pull a trigger,
> not pump the lever. What this lets you do is use the other hand to
> help hold the end onto that awkwardly placed zerk fitting, so that
> the hose end doesn't pop off the zerk and pump grease all over the
> outside of your ball joint or whatever.
>
> >IMHO, the important thing with any grease gun is a good flexible hose that
> >you can get into awkward positions and and a tip that grasps the nipple
> >firmly.
>
> Agreed, but I've found that even the ones with a "firm tip" will
> still sometimes pop off - maybe I'm just clumsy, but I like the
> idea of being able to back up that tip with another hand. Of
> course, I still haven't gotten around to paying real money for
> that convenience!
>
> John Lye
> rjl6n@Virginia.edu
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