Any suggestions for greasing my own bus?

[chessie4905]

They make one with a hand trigger, so you can use your other hand to guide the hose. I have one. Since I have a pit, I like the pneumatic one on the drum. Hand or hands can get tired sqeezing so many times, especially when in geezer status.

[chessie4905]

They make one with a hand trigger, so you can use your other hand to guide the hose. I have one. Since I have a pit, I like the pneumatic one on the drum. Hand or hands can get tired sqeezing so many times, especially when in geezer status.

[luvrbus]

Some of the newer buses and trucks have a automatic grease system like the grease jockey just add grease and your done lol you don't even need coveralls

[lostagain]

All I used all my life is a regular old hand grease gun. I also have an air gun that is better in some ways, and you have to drag the hose with you, and it gets stuck under the wheels of the creeper, and so on. When I help with the harvest for a neighboring farmer, there is a lot of greasing every morning. We use Milwaukee electric guns. They are GREAT. Best invention since the wheel. But the price of one is only justifiable if you do a lot of greasing, every day.   

[luvrbus]

Pistol type guns are ok if the fitting are greased everyday the Lock and Lube heads are really a good invention when using a hand gun ,me I like the bulk loading hand gun,tubes are handy but not much grease in one for the cost IMO and I don't like the air locks with tubes either 

[buswarrior]

tag axle bushings don't get well greased using hand power.. If they are getting greased at all...

Happy coaching!
Buswarrior

[luvrbus]

tag axle bushings don't get well greased using hand power.. If they are getting greased at all...

Happy coaching!
Buswarrior

You can pump a tube of grease into those bushing easy

[buswarrior]

You can pump a tube of grease into those bushing easy

Yes, a busnut CAN... the question is whether one is commited to putting a tube into one with hand power...!!!

Couple squeezes, and "that's good enough" happens too often...

Having to remove and replace the bushing might be motivation enough to get pumping??

Happy coaching!
Buswarrior

[belfert]

I was going to buy some 2x10s to build ramps, but after seeing the cost I decided against it.  Lumber costs have come down significantly, but some of the wider boards are still really expensive.

[chessie4905]

Try a local or nearby sawmill. Save some money and get the width and thickness you need in rough cut. Save mark up from box stores. Consider hemlock.

[dtcerrato]

For extreme leveling ramps we have four 6"x6" PT pine that have a diagonal cut in them. They're 4' long with a 3'2" ramp cut then a full 6"x6" full height 10" long flat top.  They're not awfully heavy and stack tight inverting the diagonal to store like two full 6"x6". We use them when uneven ground exceeds our manual leveling. Also carry two 8" round & two 6"x6" shorties & use them vertical under far front & rear bulkheads for long term leveling, they double as jack stands too using small steel plates on top to prevent splitting. PT pine is nice, it's strong & never rots.

[TomC]

Not necessary to lift the front wheels off the ground to grease the lower king pins. Just have a good powered grease gun and it will shoot the grease in just fine. I never did that on my truck and have never done king pins in 1.2 million miles (amazing what greasing will do). And that's with the front of my truck being 13,000lbs on 12,000lbs rated axle. I have an air powered grease gun and is the only way to go. Good Luck, TomC

[chessie4905]

The grease will bypass the area on bushings that are tight against the pins and leak out the gaps instead. I'll continue to raise mine off the ground to grease. A regular greasing schedule is the most important thing though. We always used a  Mobil grease with moly.

[belfert]

I am pretty sure I have had my bus greased every year since I bought it.  I usually take it to a bus shop that has a hoist that can lift the whole bus by the frame, not by the wheels.  This year I am doing it myself as the shop is booked way out.

[chessie4905]

give you a chance to see if they are greasing ALL of the fittings. Be sure you have the grease point chart.