On mine, I permanently removed the plunger rod, and sealed up the
hole that it passed through. Thus, I can store it (in an upright
position!) without any oil leaking out.
Doug Braun
'72 Spit
At 08:41 AM 6/28/00 -0500, Richard B Gosling wrote:
>Mike,
>
>That's exactly what I mean. These tend to be cheap enough that it is worth
> buying a second gun just to do this job - better than trying to empty grease
> out of a half-filled gun, filling with oil, doing your trunnions, and then
> swapping back again!
>
>Buy gun, pull out the bar at the bottom that controls the plunger and lock
> (usually a twist, or move the bar off-centre), unscrew top, pour in oil,
> re-attatch top, release plunger. While the seals are good enough to hold
> grease long-term, oil may seep out of a cheap gun, so it may be worth storing
> it without oil in between services.
>
>Richard and Daffy
>
>
>
>
>
>
>m.chmura@umassp.edu on 28Jun2000 02:20 PM
>
>To: Richard B Gosling/1M/Caterpillar@Caterpillar
>cc:
>Subject: Re: adjusting konis and oiling trunnions
>Retain Until: 28/07/2000 Retention Category: G90 - Information and
> Reports
>Caterpillar Confidential: Green
>
>Richard,
>
>By 'cheapo' do you mean the cartridge type grease gun? So do you ignore
> putting
>in one of those grease filled cartridges and pour the gear oil directly into
> the
>gun? Please explain that little process?
>
>Thx in advance for the help.
>
>mike chmura
>78 Spitfire 1500
>
>Richard B Gosling wrote:
>
> > Ron,
> >
> > To oil the trunnions, I just use a cheapo grease gun from my local car parts
> > store. Take the top off, pour in the gear oil, connect up to the nipple
>and
> > off you pump (sorry - far too much sexual innuendo in doing this job!).
>You
> > do get a bit of leakage, but no worse than you do when pumping grease -
> > anyway, I always view leaked or spilt oil and grease as rust-proofer for
> > whatever part it leaked onto!
> >
> > Easy job, there's no reason for paying anyone else to do it - unless, like
> > Laura, you live somewhere you are not allowed to!
> >
> > Richard and Daffy
>
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