How to Load a Grease Gun Without Wearing the Grease

Learn how to load a grease gun properly by inserting a new grease cartridge. You can do it yourself, simply and easily, without wearing the grease! Refilling your grease gun can be simple and clean.....You can learn how to load a grease gun and have it ready to go for the next lubrication job. This type grease cartridge is typically used to lubricate bearings and joints with zerk fittings. My method will show you how to remove the empty grease cartridge without getting into a greasy mess or getting grease all over you, a clean way to fill a grease gun. Then you will see how to install the new grease cartridge properly into your grease gun simply and easily. By refilling your grease gun yourself, you can do it yourself and save a big mess and a lot of time. Thanks for watching and learning how to load a grease gun, please share my video showing how to load a grease gun properly .

Dennis Coffey
Coffey Craftsman Co.
DIY with Dennis

[pennsylvaniacitizen]

Thank you for this! I have always wondered what I was doing wrong when air was trapped inside rendering the gun useless. Really appreciate your videos on everyday homeowner problems.

[koolkevin]

Thanks Dad! At last an explanation to the mystery of the mighty grease gun has been answered! You are awesome (and I did not have a Dad growing up in the '60s) - so I missed this lesson. Well done!

[colehara]

Grease guns have vexed me over the years and contributed to my learning to swear in a number of languages.
Thanks for this!

[larrycook]

Am an old retired mechanic but I still learned and appreciated your video!

[afara]

One of the rare detailed and helpful tutorials about standard grease guns, thanks a lot. Most people posting grease gun videos have no clue about air being trapped in the tube and they never mention loosening the tube about quarter or half turn to let air out before pushing rod back in. Also, most people posting negative reviews about grease guns don't know how to load and use it properly and blame malfunction on manufacturers.

[normwhinnery]

The rubber ring came out with the old cartridge so glad you showed where it goes. Thanks!

[carolh]

Thank You!!!! Have an old grease gun and never saw my late husband change one out. ( l learned a lot from watching him and holding tools!)
I had put mine in backwards and spent over an hour trying to get the spring pushed in! LOL Finally came up from the barn and found your video! Now my brush hog zerks are all greased and the wheel turns as it should! Ya made an old lady's day!

[daleh.]

Thanks so much for the clear explanation. I've been "using" a grease gun for some once-a-year maintenance projects at home, but never really understood how to unload/load it properly. Now I have the confidence to do it correctly "without getting grease all over myself." I appreciate your taking the time to film and post this tutorial... great job!

[hjboots]

Thanks for the video. I have use the grease guns for years but for about twenty five years i never touch them. So watching your video refreshed my memory. Appreciated it, Thank you.

[DalV]

I needed a father like you. I’ve learned a lot from your videos. Thank you!

[jacklee]

Thanks, You included removing the old grease cartridge. My days of being covered in grease are over

[kklein]

I bring your video up everytime I need to change tubes! I just don't use that much. So each time I am relearning it. Thank you!

[georgecheney]

Couple of add ons here from a guy who consistently makes a total mess of this every time: 1. Be very very careful with locking off of the spring loaded rod: it usually will release right when you are trying to screw on the pump top, spewing grease everywhere. 2. older equipment zerks will have dried out grease if under maintained. You may need remove the fitting, clean it out, flush it with fresh grease. Some brief heat helps too. Also if it’s dried out in the zerk, it’s probably dried out on the pin and bearing surfaces. So you may need to pull the pin, clean both the sleeve and pin surfaces and re-grease. 3. If you have your grandfather’s grease gun it may be so old it cannot use a cardboard grease tube and has to be manually filled with grease. Good video!

[angelcintron]

Thanks for demystifying the process of properly loading up a grease gun without wearing most of it.

[erwinerwin]

Have watched several videos on this and yours is the best by a mile. I am new at this and have never loaded a grease gun so I went to YouTube and with your video I am now confident that I accomplish the task.

[glfarwell]

My supervisor would never buy the prefilled cartridges, we had to bulk fill grease from a 5 gallon tub of grease. Same method as your video, which was excellent, except for the mess. That's something I don't miss in retirement!!!

[Anonymous-itjw]

It's been a while since I used my old grease gun, but I need to use it this week and I had forgotten the fine points of putting in a new cartridge. I probably would have started by trying to unscrew the wrong end, with predictable, if not disastrous, results. I appreciate the clear, easy-to-see demonstration and the tips on how to deal with air bubbles and leaks, and the reminder on being careful to not lose the rubber seal. The most essential basic tips for everyone are (1) wear rubber/nitrile gloves and (2) do the job over a trash can with a liner, preferably outdoors.

Thanks again for this well thought out and very useful video.

[zorin]

For a techno-dumb like me with no one to help that was the best COFFEY I had this morning! Thank you.

[lostinmyspace]

Hello Dennis. Thank you ever so much for showing me how to load a grease tube. I've had two of them for years and have never known how to properly handle the installation properly. Even the guy at Tractor Supply was of little help.And now your Youtube is invaluable to me and everybody who comes across it because this is a thorough "how to" video on exactly the proper way to load a grease gun. I'm gonna go back to Tractor Supply for a new tube and finally be proud of my grease gun, cocked and loaded and finally my zerk fittings get what they deserve. THUMBS UP!!!

[jameshanna]

That was a great explanation on getting the air out so the gun will pump grease out instead of pumping nothing! Good job buddy!