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I have several old vehicles with lots of grease fittings (1952 Chevy 3100, 1960 Massey Ferguson 50, etc). I'm having a terrible time getting a nozzle for my grease gun that works right. My old nozzle is too loose so a lot grease squirts out around the fitting. The new nozzle(s) I bought fits so snugly, I sometimes can't get them off. Last week I got 3 of the four fittings on my kingpins greased without too much tugging, but on the fourth fitting (which was a new fitting I had recently replaced), I could not pull the nozzle off the fitting. After about ten minutes of pulling by hand, I gave up and unscrewed the fitting with the nozzle still attached. Then I tried putting the nozzle in a vise and pulling the fitting out with vise grips. All that did was break the fitting, and left part of it still in the nozzle. Is there a particular brand of grease nozzle that works better than others (I got mine from NAPA), or is there a trick to breaking in a new nozzle?

Interesting problem. My old Sears gun is loose too, so I usually hold the nozzle tight by hand when I pump the grease. That seems to work. I wonder with the large amount of metric stuff now,if that's the reason the new one is too tight.

MY old grease gun has a hose and nozzle and the nozzle has a knurled adjustment "collar" that I can turn to tighten or loosen the fit...

Hi Frank50;
Do you remember where you got the grease gun & nozzle from and does it have a brand name on it?
Thanks
Roger.

I think that Lincoln has a fitting that is adjustable for the grease zerks problem that you are talking about. At least the ones that came on my 2 Lincoln grease guns have them. I have 2 seperate guns because 1 is used on aircraft and the other is on vehicles. Good luck

Ed

Sorry roge. No name on it that I can see. I've had it about 30 years and may have bought it at K-mart...

Hi guys -

My post is probably more for newbees like me ...

I ran across this thread when I was trying to figure out how to use my new $15 Harbor Freight grease gun. Never had a grease gun in my hand before; didn't even know how to load it with grease - and now I'm an expert! (HA)

Anyway, one of the reviewers of the HF gun wrote "Grease Gun 101" instructions for newbees. He's a little condescending, but the info worked for me.

Click on "Customer Reviews." The review by "AJ - Professional Mechanic & PT Farmer" is about half way down the reviewers' page.
> Grease Gun 101

Are you trying to pull the grease gun straight off the fitting? They won't come off straight. Otherwise they would blow off when you put pressure on them. Try wiggling the the nozzle to the side and it will come off. If you have a fitting in a tight place such as a U-joint, use a needle nozzle.

http://www.thetoolwarehouse.net/p-16306-lincoln-lubrication-82784.aspx