My (hand operated) grease gun was working fine until it ran out of
grease. I put in a new grease cartridge and now it refuses to work. I
pumped it darn near 100 times, pumped that spring loaded shaft that goes
into the cylinder (where the grease goes), and banged the top of it
against a board to work the grease to the top. I did get out the last
tiny amount that was in the tip, and I can hear it pump out air, but no
grease. Is the gun dead, or is there some trick to it?

wrote:
My (hand operated) grease gun was working fine until it ran out of
grease. I put in a new grease cartridge and now it refuses to work. I
pumped it darn near 100 times, pumped that spring loaded shaft that goes
into the cylinder (where the grease goes), and banged the top of it
against a board to work the grease to the top. I did get out the last
tiny amount that was in the tip, and I can hear it pump out air, but no
grease. Is the gun dead, or is there some trick to it?

Hi,
I am sure you open the cartridge?

On Fri, 05 Jul 2013 21:56:16 -0600, Tony Hwang
wrote:

wrote:
My (hand operated) grease gun was working fine until it ran out of
grease. I put in a new grease cartridge and now it refuses to work. I
pumped it darn near 100 times, pumped that spring loaded shaft that goes
into the cylinder (where the grease goes), and banged the top of it
against a board to work the grease to the top. I did get out the last
tiny amount that was in the tip, and I can hear it pump out air, but no
grease. Is the gun dead, or is there some trick to it?

Hi,
I am sure you open the cartridge?


remove the "chuck" from the end of the gun and force some grease
through the pump. Once it is primed it will pump again, but it's hard
to prime with a snout full of air under pressure.

wrote:

I put in a new grease cartridge and now it refuses to work. I can hear
it pump out air, but no grease. Is the gun dead, or is there some trick
to it?

"Tony Hwang" wrote in message
...

I am sure you open the cartridge?

We need to insert grease cartridges
(1) opened, viz. the retaining seal cut or broken open
(2) right end up, viz. the opened end nearer the nozzle.
(The seal is usually aluminum foil. This is what keeps
the grease from leaking out of the cartridge during storage.)

--
Don Phillipson
Carlsbad Springs
(Ottawa, Canada)

On 7/6/2013 6:57 AM, Don Phillipson wrote:
wrote:

I put in a new grease cartridge and now it refuses to work. I can hear
it pump out air, but no grease. Is the gun dead, or is there some trick
to it?

"Tony wrote in message
...

I am sure you open the cartridge?

We need to insert grease cartridges
(1) opened, viz. the retaining seal cut or broken open
(2) right end up, viz. the opened end nearer the nozzle.
(The seal is usually aluminum foil. This is what keeps
the grease from leaking out of the cartridge during storage.)

_BOTH_ ends are opened...assuming a cartridge -- the bottom end fully,
the top w/ seal removed.

I've not seen any cartridges that one could get into the gun upside
down--there's a metal rim on the seal end; only a plastic cap over the
other.

Sounds to me like OP didn't break the seal most likely culprit here...

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On Friday, July 5, 2013 9:21:18 PM UTC-6, wrote:
My (hand operated) grease gun was working fine until it ran out of

grease. I put in a new grease cartridge and now it refuses to work. I

pumped it darn near 100 times, pumped that spring loaded shaft that goes

into the cylinder (where the grease goes), and banged the top of it

against a board to work the grease to the top. I did get out the last

tiny amount that was in the tip, and I can hear it pump out air, but no

grease. Is the gun dead, or is there some trick to it?

Get your neighbor to show you how...or just chuck it and get another one.
I'm sure this is just another nuisance posting as you don't have to
be a rocket scientist to change a grease cartridge and get it to work.

wrote:

remove the "chuck" from the end of the gun and force some grease
through the pump. Once it is primed it will pump again, but it's hard
to prime with a snout full of air under pressure.

Interesting, I have a "broken" grease gun with a similar set of symptoms
as OP, which "broke" right after it ran out of grease.

I have been using my other grease gun, but now that I read this I'll
have to tinker with the "broken" one to see if this fixes it.

Thanks.

Jon

I've had that same problem, but many years ago. I saw your post a couple days ago, and been thinking, try and remember what I did to restart the grease. Probably the same things you did. I think the suggestion to remove the tip and pump some more makes sense. The problem sounds like you've got air in the pump, instead of grease. I also put a ring on the T handle end of my grease gun, so I can hang it, end up, and the grease should settle into the pump by gravity. Slowly, glacial slow.

Did you ever get the grease gun restarted? BTW, if the magazine capacity is over 7 ounces, might not be legal in your state of residence. If you get caught at a traffic stop or something, you could go to Mechanics Prison. Is it semi automatic, or fully automatic action?
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My (hand operated) grease gun was working fine until it ran out of
grease. I put in a new grease cartridge and now it refuses to work. I
pumped it darn near 100 times, pumped that spring loaded shaft that goes
into the cylinder (where the grease goes), and banged the top of it
against a board to work the grease to the top. I did get out the last
tiny amount that was in the tip, and I can hear it pump out air, but no
grease. Is the gun dead, or is there some trick to it?