Originally Posted by
The Thin Man
Vintage Comrades,
I have used
Buzzy's Honey Gun now with a tube of
Finish Line premium grease now for years and love in incredible accuracy of the gun. But, something seems to be going wrong with it as it has a difficult time pumping, even with a new tube installed. As I fiddle with that I figure it might be time to begin looking for a "Plan B".
Yes, Park and Dualco make grease guns but they seem to be a little chunky and don't look to be as accurate as I'd like. But, maybe I'm wrong? Can you set me straight? Or maybe you have another, entirely different alternative?
Also, I am not married to using tube grease. I use
Motorex 2000 as my bulk grease and wouldn't have any problems loading that up into a gun for accurate firing.
Let the show-n-tell begin!
This is one of those things that seem improbable but that would be wrong. A crumb, chunk, glob or maybe even a hair or fiber may be gumming up the works and if any main part of that is plastic or plastic like it may have given up in some way. Pumping grease is hard work as hydraulics come into play and pot metal and plastic are no match in the long run or in the event of a blockage of some sort.
If it is on the s**t list you might as well see if you can tear it down and figure it out.
I use a small lever action, the kind that the small cartridges fit, with a needle on it for a lot of what I do, I use axle grease for less than perfect races with new balls, adjust perfectly with minimal preload and keep close tabs on it.
Phil grease gets loaded into a couple of different size syringes for things that need it.