How To Clean A Grease Gun

9 tips for caring for your grease gun.

How to clean a grease gun. Learn how to prime your grease gun. Find us on facebook. Heat up clogged grease fittings and pins with a standard hair dryer or a heat gun on the low setting. Open the new grease cartridge.

Lock the rod handle. Ensure that cartridge is. Insert the new grease cartridge into the barrel of the gun. Attach the grease gun and use it immediately.

Note the pull tag on the end of the new cartridge. Step 3 attach a commercial grease fitting cleaner to the clogged grease fitting or grease pin. Heres a general procedure for cleaning your gun whether its a handgun rifle or shotgun. Pull the rod handle back.

Remove the head of the gun from its barrel. Debris and contamination is the 1 cause for failure of grease gun operation. Though grease guns certainly clean up the process of applying grease compared to the old method of applying it by hand or with a grease swab using a grease gun is still a messy process. Tip 2 storing.

The new grease will push the now softened older grease out of the way and unclog the fitting. Keep your grease gun thoroughly clean before and after each use. Tip 1 cleaning. Avoid placing on dirty areasanother best thing that you can do to keep your grease gun cleanis to avoid placing the.

The best practice to maintain a clean grease gun is to hang it horizontally inside a clean fireproof cabinet with the plunger disengaged from the tube. In this quick tip video we show you how to get a proper and secure fit with your grease gun to a grease fitting. After you through with your project depressurize your gun. Pour some lubricant on the nozzle and wipe with a clean cloth.

Before pumping the grease clean the nozzle and the fitting. Use a clean dry cloth to wipe the grease gun because any. Tip 3 moving parts. Clean your grease gun with clean cloth towels and water mixed with a gentle anti grease soap such as dish detergent.

Unload and strip your firearm run solvent through your barrel with appropriate brush wipe everything off you can with towel q tips. Grease guns should be stored horizontally to avoid two potential problems. Cleaning a grease gun ensures that it applies grease evenly and smoothly. Cleaning grease guns wipe using clean clothit is essential that you wipe first the fittings along with all the other grease gun parts.

Store it while in a straight position in a cool dry place to ensure the grease does not separate. Tip 5 calibration. Enjoy thanks for watching.