Greasing a Deuce

I'm using a Legacy Workforce lever grease gun. I bought it for about $40 from Tractor Supply and I hate it! It won't use the grease cartridges because the rubber push seal is too wide to fit down the grease tube. I'm going to call the manufacturer to see if they can help me out. I checked Amazon and people are having the same problem with $25 manual grease guns. So I'm having a $25 problem on a $40 grease gun

HDN said:

I'm using a Legacy Workforce lever grease gun. I bought it for about $40 from Tractor Supply and I hate it! It won't use the grease cartridges because the rubber push seal is too wide to fit down the grease tube. I'm going to call the manufacturer to see if they can help me out. I checked Amazon and people are having the same problem with $25 manual grease guns. So I'm having a $25 problem on a $40 grease gun

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Buy a battery powered gun. You can pick up a dewalt for around $100 to $150. Bleeds air very easy as well

You may also wish to consider what type of grease goes where. I suggest you use lithium type grease with bearings such as u-joints. I use black moly grease in sliding joints such as spring shackles , tie rod ends, and the like. Just my two cents worth.
TomC

How much grease should I expect to put into driveshaft slip joints? I've given them about six pumps each with a manual grease gun and I don't see anything coming out anywhere. Should I just keep dumping grease into the slip joint until it comes out somewhere?

HDN said:

How much grease should I expect to put into driveshaft slip joints? I've given them about six pumps each with a manual grease gun and I don't see anything coming out anywhere. Should I just keep dumping grease into the slip joint until it comes out somewhere?

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I would give it another 6 pumps and look again. Kinda depends on how much grease your gun pumps, but I would think you should see something happening pretty soon...

I am leery of pumping too much into these slip joints at one time. Not sure where it goes or how hard it is for it to squeeze out past the felt seal. Once the truck is moving and the driveline sliding in and out due to suspension articulation what you already put in should do the job. I suppose I fear it going to the empty space behind the slip end and preventing the shaft from contracting when needed.

Mullaney is probably on the right track. Pump a little more or leave it as it is and run it and take a look at it.

My Toyota FJ Cruiser has greaseable slip joints and U-joints. I put 5 pumps into the slip joints every 10k and I can always see they are a little wet with lube in the area where it moves in and out during operation when I get under there. Been good for 293k miles...

Since the spring seat trunion came up again recently, how many tunes of grease should I expect to put into a trunion on one side before it comes out around a loose trunion bearing cap?