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I'm after some advice as to what portable grease gun to buy .

I've seen Fenwicks Assembly Grease that comes in tube with a very good applicator for hard to reach spots.

Here's a link to that : http://www.chainreactioncycles.com/fenw ... prod149717

I wondered if anyone uses that or any other grease that works well and also has that type of easy-to-get-into-those-hard-to-reach nozzles ?

Thanks

Bikerwaser

a tube of grease with a nozzle is a handy thing but it isn't an alternative to a grease gun when it comes to forcing grease into small drillings. For that you need something that generates more than a few psi. Good grease guns can generate up to several thousand psi.

So really you need to choose your weapon according to your intended target. I use various 'proper grease guns' but for occasional use on bike parts the little dualco grease guns seem quite good.

cheers

How about one of these?

I bought one of these recently ...

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Beta-1750M-min ... 00JWM3X1A/

... and filled it with Castrol LM.

It's not particularly designed for hard-to-reach places but is certainly a convenient dispenser that, for the most part, helps avoid a messy finger.

Thanks for the replies.

I think the Henwick grease is still looking like the option as its small, cheap and has the small nozzle.

Cheers all !

Bikerwaser

bikerwaser wrote:I'm after some advice as to what portable grease gun to buy .

I've seen Fenwicks Assembly Grease that comes in tube with a very good applicator for hard to reach spots.

Here's a link to that : http://www.chainreactioncycles.com/fenw ... prod149717

I wondered if anyone uses that or any other grease that works well and also has that type of easy-to-get-into-those-hard-to-reach nozzles ?

Thanks

Bikerwaser

I don't know why you need a portable grease-gun in the first place, I know a guy who's cycling from London to New Zealand and he's not carrying one...
But if you really want to carry one, bear in mind that plastic ones that screw onto a tub of grease are lightweight and convenient, but not all the grease tubs have the same thread! Also, bear in mind that for proper high-pressure use like in grease ports/nipples you may end up breaking the tip of plastic guns, I've seen this happening.

"I don't know why you need a portable grease-gun in the first place, I know a guy who's cycling from London to New Zealand and he's not carrying one...
But if you really want to carry one, bear in mind that plastic ones that screw onto a tub of grease are lightweight and convenient, but not all the grease tubs have the same thread! Also, bear in mind that for proper high-pressure use like in grease ports/nipples you may end up breaking the tip of plastic guns, I've seen this happening.[/quote]"


I'm a Mobile Bicycle Mechanic and was just looking for reasonably priced easy and light options.

In the end I've gone for this :

https://www.decathlon.co.uk/700-teflon- ... 0AQAvD_BwE