Anything Interesting to Deal With a 14-Oz Tube of Grease?

 Well, I have a couple 14-oz tubes of grease coming.

Question:  Is a grease gun my only option when grease is packaged in a tube?
Are there any other cool appliances for dealing with grease in a tube?

I kind of like the grease packaged in something about the same size and
shape of a large margarine container so I can stick my fingers in ... but no
such luck here.

The Lizard

 
Lizard:

If you don't need to install the grease under pressure from a grease gun,
just remove the plastic cap from the open end of the cartridge, get an
appropriate size dipping tool, dip out what you need and have fun getting
your fingers greasy.  You might want to use a pair of disposable gloves
because the molybdenum is tough to wipe off once you get it on your hands.

Once you have all of the grease you need, just push the plastic cap back on
the end of the tube.

Take Care,
--
Steve Spence
Independent AMSOIL Dealer
AMSOIL - The "Once A Year" Oil Change
Unemployed Car Guy - Trying To Earn A Living
35 Years of G.M. Parts Experience
URL: http://synthetic-oil-tech.com/1690163
Email: amsoil1@charter.net

 
That sound doable but a lot of work.

I'll probably just buy another grease gun and squeze out what I need onto a
piece of cardboard or something then go to town with my fingers.

Thanks for the explanation about the moly, but it comes about 48 hours too
late.  My bike had a valve adjustment recently, and I just put some moly
assembly lube on the access port cover threads (per the shop manual, which
calls for moly grease but that is all I have) then torqued them to spec.

The motorcycle dealership does not follow the shop manual with quite the
same vigor that I do, and I was right to assume that they didn't lube the
threads.

Anyway, got some on my hands, and I did notice that it was very hard to get
off.

So, it is the moly solids that do that.  Interesting.

The Lizard

 
Lizard:
You probably don't need instructions on how to use a grease gun since you
stated above that you'd just "buy another grease gun"; however, I'll post it
just in case there's anyone here that's new to using one.

The grease gun's plunger needs to be pulled all the way out and "cocked" to
the side to hold it in place while the tube is installed.  Pull the plastic
cap off of the open end (not the end with the metal pull tab) and slide the
tube into the grease gun (the end away from the plunger).  After the tube is
fully inserted, pull the tab to remove the metal seal and discard it.  Next,
with the plunger still cocked to the side, reinstall the grease gun's screw
cap securely.  After the gun's cap is securely installed, pull back on the
plunger, move it back to the middle of the hole and push the plunger through
the grease until the plunger cannot be pushed in any further.  The spring
inside the grease gun provides the pressure against the grease to force it
out the grease gun tube.

Pump the handle until all of the air is purged and grease starts coming out
the gun's fitting.  You are now ready to grease every fiting you see until
the cartridge is empty.
--
Steve Spence
Independent AMSOIL Dealer
AMSOIL - The "Once A Year" Oil Change
Unemployed Car Guy - Trying To Earn A Living
35 Years of G.M. Parts Experience
URL: http://synthetic-oil-tech.com/1690163
Email: amsoil1@charter.net

 
Hi Steve,

I'm just clever enough and I've seen enough mechanical systems that I
probably would have got it right.  I think in the worst case I would have
put the tube in backwards, which might have still worked.  Thanks for the
good instructions.

The thoughts of grease guns is giving me ideas.  One of my cats vomits from
time to time (she is long-haired and it is a hairball thing), but trying to
give her her hairball medicine is a very difficult affair.  What I do is
lock both of us in the bathroom until the struggle is over.

The hairball medicine kind of resembles grease.

I'm wondering if I could use a mini-grease gun with a soft rubber hose ...

The Lizard