Improved Grease Gun Coupler

[Shoebox]

I see numerous ads for improved grease gun coupler gadgets on line. They all appear to have an improved ability to grip the grease zerks, one hand operation, etc. I imagine there could be a good one among them as well as some junk. Can anyone share personal positive experience with a particular one? Thanks.

[Ricosan]

Shoebox,
I really like the idea so I bought a “Lock n Lube” on Amazon $29.95. It says it fits all zerk fittings. All but mine. I found it hard to work, especially with a little grease on your hand. It wouldn’t attach to my zerk fittings. I was very disappointed and wouldn’t recommend it.
I hope someone who has had a good experience with one will post.
Richard

[petehoovie]

Originally Posted by Ricosan

Shoebox,
I really like the idea so I bought a “Lock n Lube” on Amazon $29.95. It says it fits all zerk fittings. All but mine. I found it hard to work, especially with a little grease on your hand. It wouldn’t attach to my zerk fittings. I was very disappointed and wouldn’t recommend it.
I hope someone who has had a good experience with one will post.
Richard

[Kube]

Originally Posted by Shoebox

I see numerous ads for improved grease gun coupler gadgets on line. They all appear to have an improved ability to grip the grease zerks, one hand operation, etc. I imagine there could be a good one among them as well as some junk. Can anyone share personal positive experience with a particular one? Thanks.

I have had a few different "improved" types, none of which I was too fond of.
They do grip! Releasing them can be a bit of a challenge if the fitting is in an inconvenient spot.
Methinks new & improved is often only different.

[40cpe]

Originally Posted by Ricosan

Shoebox,
I really like the idea so I bought a “Lock n Lube” on Amazon $29.95. It says it fits all zerk fittings. All but mine. I found it hard to work, especially with a little grease on your hand. It wouldn’t attach to my zerk fittings. I was very disappointed and wouldn’t recommend it.
I hope someone who has had a good experience with one will post.
Richard

I have a flex hose on my grease gun and I got tired of having to prop the gun against something while I hold the standard coupling on and work the lever gun at the same time. The lock 'n lube works much better for me.

[flatford8]

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I have a lock-n-lube......it is hard to release at times but, I think it’s easier than trying to hold the fitting with one hand and pumping the gun with other........Mark

[Shoebox]

Thanks guys for the comments, both pro & con. Looking at any of these gadgets I can see they would not be best for confined spaces. "Lock& Lube" is one I have seen and will bear in mind that some of you have used them and they didn't come apart. I'll continue to look at some and probably pull the trigger on one and see how it works for me. Thanks.

[swedishsteel]

I bought the lock and lube gun, spendy but it works good in 98% of zerk locations. Can be a little hard to attach in tight areas. I really like the zerk on the head to attach the hose when not in use--needs wiping but the end of the hose isn't spreading grease around. I use it on everything from lawn mower to heavy equipment. The gun itself is better quality than most at the local stores.

[petehoovie]

Oscar Zerk - Informative Quiz - Fill in the blanks from the multiple-choice list below.


Oscar Zerk was an inventor born on May 16, 1878, in Vienna, which was the capital of ____________ (1). With the help of the Emperor, _____________ (2), Zerk was admitted to engineering college in Brno, which is now located in ______________ (3). After graduating, he became interested in the emerging automobile industry. He soon designed both a six-cylinder engine and proposed a form of automatic transmission. He traveled to the United States in 1907 to view the steam cars of the White Motor Company. During his trip over he was inspired to improve the system of lubrication then in use on automobiles – grease cups and oilers. Zerk eventually founded a company in ______ (4), Ohio, to produce an early version of what became the Zerk fitting. He was not the first person to think of forcing grease under pressure into joints and bearings, but his designs were very good. Unfortunately, Zerk’s business sense was not as good as his engineering skills and in 1913 he was forced out by his investors. After the Great War, he became involved in the Allyne-Zerk Company. In 1924 this company was purchased by Stewart-Warner, which also owned Alemite, a market leader in lubrication technology. Zerk became a stockholder and consulting engineer. In 1929 Zerk created a refined version of his lubrication nipple and assigned the patent to Alemite. Zerk pulled back from the business a bit in 1939 and moved to Kenosha, which is in _____________ (5). He remodeled a mansion and called it “Dunmovin.” He registered many more patents, over 300 in his lifetime. Oscar Zerk died in 1968, but his name lives on in the grease fitting that we still use to this day.


1] a-Austria b-Hungary c-Austro-Hungarian Empire

2] a-Joseph Leopold b-Napoleon Bonaparte c-Franz Josef

3] a-Czechia b-Austria c-Liechtenstein

4] a-Kalamazoo b-Cleveland c-York

5] a-Wisconsin b-Illinois c-Iowa








Answers: 1-C 2-C 3-A 4-B 5-A

How did you do?

[Zeke3]

Thanks Pete, that was fun. I think I got a 40%, is that a B?

[Fritz]

Lock N Lube coupler has worked well for me. It gets grease into zerks that just leak out on the normal push-on coupler. I bought the longer one, and I don’t see any cons using it.

[aussie merc]

cant beat quality nipples and couplers NO NEED FOR GIMMICKS wipe clean before greasing and fit dust caps when greased 2 pumps on the gun to flush the end before using and fit a cap when finished DUST is a dirty word [it also has 4 letters ] . Spent years working on heavys in the worst conditions [Aussie n/west] so i might have learnt a thing or two . Best coupler i ever used didnt have any jaws or seals but sadly cant find them any more [they didnt wear out but did tend to block up if miss treated .]