Harbor Freight Orders? next trip 4/15 ish
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I'm planning on making the next Harbor Freight run around 3/22-23. If anyone needs anything from Harbor Freight, let me know by Saturday . Refer to www.harborfreight.com for current sale items. If you have personal items I'll pick those up too, although I usually take the Metro and a bike so if you have large or heavy items - you may be on your own .
Current items planned:
1) Shop towel/rags
2) nitrile/rubber gloves large size
updated next trip around 4/15 -
J. Harv, I'm going to head out there on my bakfiets on Saturday morning as well. I've got to buy a vice and a bunch of tools for my chinese junk bike project. I'll see ya there?
I bring it up because I'll be able to haul heavy crap back in my bakfiets if you don't want to carry it on your back.
I have a 200 lbs limit in the fron box - so nobody go too crazy. Go Karts are definitely not going to fit in front. -
anything else we need at Harbor Freight ? - See above- let me know by Saturday 3/21/2009
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Next time, let's get three or four small bar clamps that we use for third-hand brake tools. We may have had some at one time, but none are visible now. I like these better than anything else, including the Park item.
4" Ratchet Bar Clamp/Spreader
46805-2VGA
$1.99 -
noted, next trip somewhere around 4/15.........
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I don't think we ever used the larger grease gun I bought a few months back. We should still have the receipt. If we don't think we'll use it, might as well rtn. Though I think it only cost $7-$8 anyway.
I noticed some grease cartridges. Are those for anything specific or just grease for general use.
The little guns seem to be working pretty well, though I think they get air bubbles occassionally and stop pumping. If anyone has that problem, put a screwdriver through the hole in the bottom and push up pretty firmly. That should get the flow going again. I just refilled them on Tuesday. -
I got a question about how to refill the little grease guns we have so thought I'd post it here in case anyone else had qquestions.
- unscrew cannister
- push a screwdriver or something else rigid down into the grease and push down the plunger to the bottom of the cannister.
- pack the cannister full of grease from one of the tubs by hand or whith a plastic knife
- thread cannister back to grease gun
- push the screwdriver up into the hole in the bottom of the cannister to push out any air bubbles and prine the pump.
- gun should work now
There is one gun that seems to have a broken pump, we should probably chuck that unless anyone can free it up.
These work great...when they're working. They seem to lose the air seal a lot and you need to push up in to the bottom of the cannister again to reprime it. Considering these cost $3 each, if we found some better quality ones of similar size, I'd vote for upgrading. -
I have one of these and use it regularly. I did have an initial problem getting it to work, but figured it all out and now it works flawlessly. So, two additional tips: Use a wooden paint stirrer stick to bulk load the gun, its the right size and won't damage the metal parts. Make sure the check valve is clean, packed with clean grease, and assembled correctly. The check valve consists of a ball (like a bearing) and a spring. This allows the grease to come out of the gun, but not be sucked back into the gun when the plunger is released.
Also, I installed a longer spout on mine. The thread is standard 1/8 pipe, so you can get a "long nipple" at a hardware store and it screws right in to the gun. -
I think the reason these stop pumping occassionally and you need to re-push up the plunger to re-prime the pump is from air bubbles in the grease when you pack the cyclinder. If you get everything packed well, they seem to work great for me. I don't think they're clogging or anything. Of course, in the shop environment, people are dropping and generally misusing these. Don't know if more expensive ones would hold up any better of course.
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They make grease 'tubes' to slide right into these which don't have any air pockets. Thats what I use at home, and have had better luck that I do when I'm at the shop, but I'd also assume that these are more expensive than the tubs we use now. I think manually packing the grease just causes air pockets to be in there which is what we might have to deal with if we want the cost savings, would be my guess (and I think its a find trade off).
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