Re: Grease

[Towboat Joe]

A grease gun is the best way to go if your stuffing tube is big enough
to accept the tip. Better yet, why not put a grease fitting on the
tube if it's that big.

[First Name]

I just bought a $10 grease gun at K-Mart. (I'm their only customer :). It
looks like it will do the trick, right out of the box. If not I'll have my
buddy rig something up (he's a machinist). But I've seen guys putting little
daps of grease on their finger and pushing it in. You have to be nuts to do
it that way, and these guys (actually the majority) are nuts for not using
some kind of tool.


"Towboat Joe" <jbrown@dragg.net> wrote in message
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> A grease gun is the best way to go if your stuffing tube is big enough
> to accept the tip. Better yet, why not put a grease fitting on the
> tube if it's that big.

[BBa5235200]

In article <Xns937DD09097DAFradcomopspamyahoocom@140.99.99.130>, Alistair
Harding <radcomop@spam.yahoo.com.au> writes:

Very interesting as to how to use grease.
If you play with motors and you use grease, it is logical that one will be coat
with it.
Workers in the motor trade doing servicing are often with their hands covered
in grease and dirt.
It is all part of working with engineering. Accept this simple fact.
I have just gone down this road. First after obtaining a suitable grease and
string I socked the string in the grease, one can warm the grease a little for
better absorption. The was then wrapped around the shaft and slowly feed into
the casing. Saves buying tools that will only be used once or twice in a life
time.


>Subject: Re: Greese
>From: Alistair Harding <radcomop@spam.yahoo.com.au>
>Date: Fri, 16 May 2003 10:30:11 GMT
>
>First Name said (and I quote):
>
>> Is there a grease that I can buy and force into the stuffing box? A
>> tube, a tube like a calking gun?... Something like that.
>>
>> Putting little daps of grease on my finger sucks. There has to be a
>> better way.
>>
>> Thanks, Bob
>>
>>
>
>Why not put on a grease nipple??
>
>can supply photo if you are interested...
>
>--
>Cheers,
>
>Alistair Harding - VK2LLL
>NSW Police Communications Operator (VKG3)
>Firefighter - Seahampton Rural Fire Brigade
>
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[Paul Davenport]

,,,err...is it me or have we all got a grease fixation? The whole point is
to get the shaft as evenly lubricated with grease (note the spelling) as
possible. Use an un-needled 50ml syringe OR just play it around the shaft
with your hands and stuff it up there. How hard can this be...stop wussing
around and get that boat on the water boy.
"First Name" <ziggy57345@yahoo.com> wrote in message
news:_5xxa.47446$MJ5.40532@fed1read03...
> I just bought a $10 grease gun at K-Mart. (I'm their only customer :). It
> looks like it will do the trick, right out of the box. If not I'll have my
> buddy rig something up (he's a machinist). But I've seen guys putting
little
> daps of grease on their finger and pushing it in. You have to be nuts to
do
> it that way, and these guys (actually the majority) are nuts for not using
> some kind of tool.
>
>
> "Towboat Joe" <jbrown@dragg.net> wrote in message
> news:59f016ae.0305170441.7ed125cf@posting.google.c om...
> > A grease gun is the best way to go if your stuffing tube is big enough
> > to accept the tip. Better yet, why not put a grease fitting on the
> > tube if it's that big.
>
>