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.

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

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

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!

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

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

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.

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.

Thank you for making this video . I haven’t messed with my grease gun in years and your video helped me do it in minutes !

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

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!

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

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!

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.

Thanks again every time I need change I watch this as A refresher cause I all ways forget which way goes and few other little things like bleeding it...I don t change in very often..

Yay! I managed with soooo much less mess. Thank you. I've watched several of your very helpful Husqvarna videos, too.

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!!!

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 KZfaq and with your video I am now confident that I accomplish the task.

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 KZfaq 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!!!

Thanks . Found my fathers . He said he never refilled it in 50 years and it’s about to get refilled today for u joints and drive shaft

Thanks. As many times as I've done it, it still feels like the first time. That tension spring always gets me.

NOW I find this! :O Yesterday, when I loaded my grease gun, I had literally half of the grease in my hands.

My grease gun is just like yours. Bought it when i was 17, 65 now. still use it.

How did you get the plunger out WITHOUT struggling with all the grease that migrated to the back side of the plunger!?!?!?!?!

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!

Hey thanks. This helped a whole bunch. I haven’t had the need to reload my gun for over 20 years. The cartilage was stuck in the tube but this vid help me get it taken care of. Thanks again.

Thank you Sir. I thought my greaser was broken but it was just air!!! God bless

You can't imagine how excited I am in finding this video. I have one of those grease guns from back in the early - mid 60's and never knew how to fill it. I didn't even know it took a tube of grease. I thought you spooned it in my hand ... I won't go into how that has worked out LOL. Now I need to clean it up and see if I can resurrect it.

Thank you!! After multiple other videos, including the manufacturer, I was able to get a new grease gun working. I have subscribed to your channel too. I like your no nonsense approach to instruction. Thanks again!

I've always struggled with this, I won't be struggling anymore, thanks much, I learned something.

Hi Dennis. Thanks for this tutorial. It’s saved on my phone and I refer to it every time I reload my grease gun. Cheers! Joe in Australia

Always fudged around with grease gun. Thanks. Very good.

I will have to follow this next time, I hate to change my grease gun because I make a big mess and have a difficult time to make it even work, sometimes I get lucky. I can see things I have been doing incorrectly now, thanks again.

You are a good teacher.

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

Thank you! Very useful !! Won't make a mess anymore....

Hot dam! Well done sir. Been using grease guns for 50 years. Sometimes they work well, sometimes not.

Thanks for unveiling the mystery of reloading this common mechanic's tool. My grease gun is currently lying out on the driveway from futile attempts at properly reloading the darn thing. Guess I'll give it another try now.

Thanks so much for this. I've been doing it wrong for years. Had to load a grease gun yesterday and I had it all over the place. Next time it should be a breeze!

Thank you for straight forward easy to understand proceedure. Grease guns have been my bane at the end of maintaining my boat trailer. One hour to change the hubs, several hours to get the grease gun to work to grease the suspension grease points. Thanks again

thats great I ben fighting with them for years!! Now I rewatch this every time I load gun..Only use it once year now for boat and trailer always forget..

great step by step, have older gun not used for awhile, this answered ALL my questions

Excellent video. thanks -- it's been years since I loaded mine that is now missing.. just bought another

That pointer about the seal made watching the video well worth the time. I never would have thought to check for it. Thank you!!!!

All of your videos are top notch! Thank again.

I can never remember how this is supposed to be done when I need to do it ... maybe once a year. Thanks for the great explanation, Dennis!

It also helps to loosen the pump a few turns from the tube before pulling the rod back to refill.

OMG!!! Shoulda watched this before I struggled with my grease gun. I actually pulled out the rod/spring assembly entirely, loaded the grease cylinder, tightened the top/pump end and then MIGHTILY FOUGHT AND STRUGGLED with jamming the plunger/spring assembly back in and fought to get it threaded while the spring tried to push out the side. Grease all over the place, Smeared up many gloves as I tried to get a grip and turn it while the spring pushed back so hard. Thanks for this clear explanation. Next time... LOL!

Great public service. Thanks

I'm not trying to be disagreeable but I always unscrew the pump end of the tube off first because if you pull the plunger back first it will suck the grease out of the pump. If you unscrew the pump off the end of the tube and lay it aside then put your cartridge in when you screw it back onto the pump leave it loose at first until you push the plunger back in to help expel any air that's in the end of the cartridge and then you won't have to reprime the pump... Just my two cents from my own experiences.

Thank you Dennis for this video. this worked perfect to change the grease cartridge in my small gun. The tip for the air release and to DO it over a garbage can are spot on. now im off to clean the grease blob off my driveway! I wish i would have clicked on this video first would have saved me the hassle!

Thanks you cleared up some things on this process

Thank you very much for the video, now I know about the air and the position of the cartridge

God Bless ya Sir,...you have no idea how many times I got grease everywhere and could never figure this out. Thank you so much, I subscribed and saved this video to watch again soon, when I hff ave to replace my grease.

Thanks for the instructions. I have never known that air needed bleeding off. Never too old to learn, and I thought with my four degrees I knew everything. Ha ha!!!

Hey Dennis, I used a grease gun for years and through trial and error I found a way to quickly reload a grease gun that is similar to what you do but I never had air in the grease pump or lost prime on the grease pump. When you pull the plunger back without unscrewing the tube from the gun, you can suck grease out of the grease pump thereby losing the prime. Like you, I work over an open trash can with a couple of rags placed in easy reach. Now, assuming the grease gun is empty, grab the pull handle on the bottom and check the plunger is at the top of the tube, confirming the grease gun is empty. Leave the pull handle alone now and unscrew the top of the grease gun like you did and set it aside. Now manipulate the pull handle to push the empty cartridge out of the gun. Pull the handle out now and lock it. Insert the new tube like you did. Now screw the tube onto the grease pump but only a turn or so. Release the pull handle and slowly turn the tube fully into the grease gun. My grease guns, and I assume most grease guns have a small vent opening on the side of the grease pump top that allows air and grease to discharge. When the tube is fully screwed into the gun, the vent is sealed. Now the gun will continue pumping without any air problems.

Thanks I can’t tell you how frustrating this process is without instruction. Good deal

I think to myself “who needs a video to load a grease gun?” I watch any ways. I find out that the rod goes in after your done. For 30 yrs, I’ve been leaving it extended and having it be in my way until the grease was depleted . 🤦🏻‍♂️. Nice video.

Thank you for a simple demonstration. It was a Great help to a widow trying to do some more simple maintenance of my older riding mowers. I had no idea how the grease hun worked.

Very good video, Mr. Coffey. Most people who use grease guns would probably think "DUH" if they took the time to watch this video, however, "THEY SHOULD NOT"!!! I've used grease guns for decades, but on far too many occasions, I've tried using a gun another person had refilled/used (tried using) before me & I had to take it apart, clean it out & replace the tube because ??? & of course, I wound up wearing quite a bit of grease. You wouldn't think putting that cartridge in upside down (backwards) & venting it would matter much, but if that previous user wasn't mechanically incline & was incredibly impatient, you can have a real mess on/in/all over your hands & most things near you. THANK YOU, SIR!!!

Perfect demo and verbal explanation. I like your easy going mannerism. Thanks.

A very good informative video for those who don't know the proper way to load a grease gun. I have seen a lot of folks, even here on youtube that say, Oh don't need no help... how hard can it be. Then I cringe watching them struggle with a confused look on there face trying to put the quick pull tab end in first... just not goona happen! Great vid and more should watch this demo! 🛠️👍

Thanks Mr C!!! As elementary as this is I couldn’t figure out why mine kept leaking. Turns out my pump was missing the seal at the top when I bought it! 😂 thanks again!

Great video on how to load a grease gun. Just the information I was looking for. Thanks.

Thank you for your time!

Thanks for the great tips. Never could figure out why I couldn’t get it working properly! Thanks so much!!

I know a lot, but I didn't know that. Thanks very much...

Thanks for the video! Now, I can reload the grease gun to grease the fittings on the lawn-tractor!

Thanks to you Dennis, after 30 years of filling my grease gun by removing it from the tube and pushing it in with a putty knife (embarrassed) it will be a pleasure to do it the right way, i can't wait to try it. Thanks.

Great video thanks. I've always struggled with this task - and some great tips, very useful.

Very well explained! Thank you! Most guys don't say WHY they are twisting the plunger (my unit doesn't have that style of "catch" so it made no sense to me), or how it's different if you have the valve on top

THANKS! I no longer have to wear grease. I have been packing straight grease by hand, did not know my gun took a cartridge!

Thanks, I threw mine in trash, Grabbed it back out and threw it in again :) now I know how to use the new one I will buy.

Thanks for explaining how to reload my grease gun. It's been a while since I had to change a grease cartridge and your video helped a lot. I appreciate your help.

Good video that’s such a aggravating chore.

Well done! I have the exact grease gun and this will help me with making sure the air is out of the system!

Thank you. Worked perfectly

Very helpful, thanks!

I've had this same kind of Grease gun since I was a kid...It was my dad's and I've always hated when I had to fill it...I'd get it to work but I'd have grease all over....Thanks for the Video Dennis....BTW I got my Husky Lawnmower Straighten out today thanks to you !!!!

Thank you sir! When I’m in doubt I look on KZfaq and find a man with a mustache, I know you want steer me wrong! 😎 Thank you!

Dennis. I truly appreciate your programs on husqvarnas. I have a zero turn and ? all of a sudden I can't remember. It could be LTG 2645. At any rate, you've been very informative.

Awesome tutorial. Thank you!

When working in oil field we would load grease by sucking from a bulk barrel taking top off and putting open end in grease and pulling plunger until full. Recap and release air and your ready to go.

Nice presentation. Also great info re: when you have air in the gun and how to get rid of it. Seems I always get a little of it no matter what. Thanks for sharing..

Thank you for this video. I am way behind in maintaining my equipment and this tutorial will save me good deal of effort.

Good vid, thanks. I like to hang my guns on the wall, with the lever out, it seems to never have any air bubbles in the pump.

Grown man sitting in my garage wondering what in the world I'm doing wrong...thanks KZfaq Dad.

great info. I bought a coffee roaster and was told to buy gun and grease. Ordered it, came..had zero clue lol. Luckily my buddy how is a race mechanic popped over lol

Absolutely helpful for people never doing this before. Many thanks!!!!

Easy to follow. Thanks

Thank you. Your video is very helpful.

Thank you. You seem like a very patient kind person

Great video Mr. Dennis, from my husband!!!

Great instructional video, sir. I have had a grease gun sitting on the shelf because the instructions with it made no sense.

I wasn"t sure how to do it. That was some good information.

I have found that if you loosen pump on grease gun and if you have a front tractor tire just bump the pump end on top of tire the bounce will make the grease fill the void and get rid of air. Be careful and don't loosen pump too much (maby 1/2 turn)

I wish I saw this before …but now I know…thank you

Excellent demonstration. Thank you.

Thanks for this. Very helpful

Thanks Dennis, I had to re-watch your video as It has been awhile since I changed a tube of grease, cheers