Do you use a grease gun?

[Veloo]

Thinking about getting a grease gun (the ones that just screw onto the tube) but I thought I'd ask first if it really offers advantages or will it just sit on the shelf.

[oldpotatoe]

Originally Posted by Veloo

Thinking about getting a grease gun (the ones that just screw onto the tube) but I thought I'd ask first if it really offers advantages or will it just sit on the shelf.

After having the ones you mentioned fail or just not work, along with the little one that you fill..I went to the hardware and got a handfull of syringes and tube of grease..works GREAT...

[R3awak3n]

I use a grease gun, a cheapo I bought off amazon 5 years ago. Works great and much better than just using a tube of grease

[makoti]

Only for my Speedplays

[rePhil]

What will you be using it for? I use a tub with an acid brush or a finger. For awhile I went the syringe route, but I got tired of filling it. I have a grease gun in a cabinet that hasn't seen the light of day in years

[zmalwo]

it's like over-engineering bike maintenance, I can't think of any application which your hand and a toothpick can't do the equivalent job a grease gun can.....

but if you are planning to use a grease gun to pump grease into vehicle grease points then you absolutely do need one since you can't do it without. imho

[Veloo]

I currently use my finger and a small flat heat screwdriver for tight spaces.
No grease ports on any of my parts.

Just wondering if they make life any easier, less messy. And if they always have a reliably continuous flow of grease coming out.

[Jaybee]

Finger or pharmacy syringe. It’s just a bike.

[wallymann]

Originally Posted by makoti

Only for my Speedplays

same here. aside from that i apply using an acid-brush or finger dispensed from a big tubba grease.

[pinkshogun]

i have 2 GualCo grease guns. use them almost daily. after a while i need to unplug the end with a pin but otherwise no complaints.

[Mzilliox]

i have two grease guns. left arm and right arm.

[alancw3]

years ago I bought a speedplay grease gun to lube my pedals. it worked perfectly but I also think you can buy the same gun at Walmart under a different name that I cannot remember. if it were me I would go to Walmart and buy one of there grease guns. same gun same cartridges.

[AngryScientist]

ahh the days of using a grease gun regularly as part of routine car maintenance. 3k mile oil changes and crawl under the old truck to grease all the front end bushings. you really got to know your car a little more "intimately" back then!

these days i only use a grease gun on trailer wheel bearings. bike stuff gets grease with my finger or an acid brush...

[Mark McM]

I got one a few decades ago when I had an MTB with Suntour GreaseGuard components (hubs and BB with grease injection ports). I find it still essential today for re-lubing Speedplay pedals. It only cost a few dollars. Even when not used for grease injection ports, it can be convenient to dispense small amounts of grease to highly localized points (such as bearing races, screw threads, etc), and without having to get grease on anything else. The grease gun I've got fits the screw threads on tubes of common bicycle greases, such as Finish Line, Pedros, Phils, etc., so 'refilling' is just a matter of unscrewing the old tube of grease and screw in the new tube.

[Mzilliox]

Originally Posted by Mark McM

I got one a few decades ago when I had an MTB with Suntour GreaseGuard components (hubs and BB with grease injection ports). I find it still essential today for re-lubing Speedplay pedals. It only cost a few dollars. Even when not used for grease injection ports, it can be convenient to dispense small amounts of grease to highly localized points (such as bearing races, screw threads, etc), and without having to get grease on anything else. The grease gun I've got fits the screw threads on tubes of common bicycle greases, such as Finish Line, Pedros, Phils, etc., so 'refilling' is just a matter of unscrewing the old tube of grease and screw in the new tube.

thats pretty cool