8 replies to this topic

[wingnut]

Think i've asked this before,but whats the best grease gun to go for

[nicklouse]

One with a flexy hose.

[Richie83]

I've got a Wanner. Old but gold. Snapped it up on eBay last year.

[62S]

+1 for a Wanner. Swiss made so top quality & there is usually a few on eBay for less than the price of some new probably Chinese rubbish

[pusb]

Also +1 for Wanner. I spent 2.5 years struggling to grease the car with new guns and it was always a struggle, and would usually end up with the gun breaking.

 

With the Wanner gun its becomes a quick simple task.

[Steve220]

I got an old one at a car boot sale (probably 30+ yrs old) and it's amazing. I find with some tools that the more modern stuff is expensive and never as good as the older stuff.

[wingnut]

Thanks guys,just bought an old wanner gun off ebay

[Mat]

I rescued an Alemite A500 from the skip at work, about eight years ago. I'd buy another one if it broke- which I doubt will ever happen.

[tiger99]

My father bought a Wanner in 1959 for our first car, a Ford Pop. It was expensive for the time, about £6 if I recall correctly. They are still expensive.

When he got a company car in 1967 it came to me, acquired a flexible hose from Halfords, and continues to give good service to this very day. At the time I was doing 20k to 30k miles a year in Mini no 2, it was in use every few weeks, which may be one of the reasons why I had to do very few ball joint and radius arm bearing replacements, and only ever one upper arm. It had plenty of pressure to get the grease into the joints.

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