Do Grease Tins have Filling Plates these days?

[jsf55]

Used a can of Castrol LM i bought in 76 today .... i have used other grease tho !

 

[Alan Reynolds]

My tin of copper ease has the disc with a hole in it

My tin of CoppaSlip doesn't though, odd. The red rubber grease hasn't got one either.

 

[DAPPH]

My latest tub of general all purpose bearing grease purchased nearly three weeks ago from a local Motor Factors does not have the plate which is a bit of a bummer when refilling my small small levered grease gun . Happen I will make one from some 2 mm thick industrial WPM plastic

 

[dobbslc]

I thought that disc was an additional bit of packaging to be chucked away when you opened a fresh tin

every day is a school day...

Same here
I only worked it out a couple of weeks ago when I needed to fill a grease gun to do my Surf prop shafts!

 

[lotus_esprit_s1]

I thought self fill grease guns were a thing of the past, and the self fill discs were going the same way, last few pots I have bought haven’t had them. I Certainly wouldn’t want to go back to the old Wanner gun after twenty plus years of cartridges.

 

[8ob]

I thought self fill grease guns were a thing of the past, and the self fill discs were going the same way, last few pots I have bought haven’t had them. I Certainly wouldn’t want to go back to the old Wanner gun after twenty plus years of cartridges.

Same here, that said there are still lots of smaller grease guns used in maintenance that won’t take a grease gun cartridge.

Bob

 

[Bryan Williams]

And nobody would read them anyway. [I'm pretty sure you wouldn't suffer from constipation, if you were brave or stupid enough...]

My gran used to swear by eating a spoonful of petroleum jelly daily for her joints.
I guess it's a type of grease.

 

[James1979]

My new Milwaukee grease gun has a self fill bit in the instructions. You can also spoon it in apparently.

Cartridges are a lot easier. My old Rottie used to nick them and eat them given half a chance.

 

[DAPPH]

Same here, that said there are still lots of smaller grease guns used in maintenance that won’t take a grease gun cartridge.

Bob

I use my baby grease gun to give half a squirt into each head stock bearing ( it's an ancient 1943 lathe ) before the days use. Also use it for the caravan tow bar lubrication nipples . It's about a foot long , small enough to pop back in a poly bag inside a canvas bag & store it in the front locker which was handy in our six weeks Europe run around in 2008 .
I've always lubed the grease nipples the night before with a half shot of grease at the start of each journey .

 

[dobbslc]

My new Milwaukee grease gun has a self fill bit in the instructions. You can also spoon it in apparently.

Cartridges are a lot easier. My old Rottie used to nick them and eat them given half a chance.

Christ imagine the state of that when it comes out the other end!

 

[armalites]

My latest tub of general all purpose bearing grease purchased nearly three weeks ago from a local Motor Factors does not have the plate which is a bit of a bummer when refilling my small small levered grease gun . Happen I will make one from some 2 mm thick industrial WPM plastic

My small grease gun had a blanking plug in the top, I took it out and put a grease nipple in there. I fill the little one using the big one.

I know doesn't work for all of them because my mate tried it on his and got grease everywhere

 

[slim_boy_fat]

My gran used to swear by eating a spoonful of petroleum jelly daily for her joints.
I guess it's a type of grease.

Was she still doing the can-can at 85?

 

[Bryan Williams]

Was she still doing the can-can at 85?

Not quite but she did reach 97.

 

[Keith 66]

If you are missing the plastic disc thingy you could always watch Dr Sandra Lee Pimple popper for tips on how to get the grease out.