NB Lola Posted August 7, 2013 Report Share Posted August 7, 2013 Tried all sorts and always a mess. What's the best way to refill the greaser - standard screw down greaser. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ray T Posted August 7, 2013 Report Share Posted August 7, 2013 (edited) I unscrew the unit from its base and take the top off. The grease tin has a plate with a hole. I push the greaser body down on the plastic plate so the grease is pushed into the body. I then finish off with a tea spoon and a butter knife, still makes a mess. Edited August 7, 2013 by Ray T Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
john6767 Posted August 7, 2013 Report Share Posted August 7, 2013 If you have the tins of grease with the plate with a hole in it put the open end of the greaser over the hole and push down while unscrewing the greaser and it fills with little air. Trouble is usually some grease will come round the side of the plate so you end up scooping that in with a screw driver or similar when the tin is almost empty unless you just waste that part. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted August 7, 2013 Report Share Posted August 7, 2013 Tried all sorts and always a mess. What's the best way to refill the greaser - standard screw down greaser. Wind the screw back about an inch or so, use a broad knife to scoop and lay the grease in the resulting space excluding as much air as you can. Repeat until the stern greaser body is full. Time consuming but it works every time for me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nightwatch Posted August 7, 2013 Report Share Posted August 7, 2013 If you have the tins of grease with the plate with a hole in it put the open end of the greaser over the hole and push down while unscrewing the greaser and it fills with little air. Trouble is usually some grease will come round the side of the plate so you end up scooping that in with a screw driver or similar when the tin is almost empty unless you just waste that part.This is how I do it. Described superbly if I may say so. In fact I push and the wife screws. Martyn Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
john6767 Posted August 7, 2013 Report Share Posted August 7, 2013 This is how I do it. Described superbly if I may say so. In fact I push and the wife screws. Martyn There is no answer to that! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nightwatch Posted August 7, 2013 Report Share Posted August 7, 2013 Lubricant goes everywhere as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pie Eater Posted August 7, 2013 Report Share Posted August 7, 2013 Wind the screw back about an inch or so, use a broad knife to scoop and lay the grease in the resulting space excluding as much air as you can. Repeat until the stern greaser body is full. Time consuming but it works every time for me. This is the method I use as well. Steve Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nb Innisfree Posted August 7, 2013 Report Share Posted August 7, 2013 I wonder if a convenient method of melting grease could be used and just remove greaser top and pour it in and leave to re-set before screwing down. Grease would need to be the right temperature so as not to damage it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Pipe Posted August 7, 2013 Report Share Posted August 7, 2013 I modified mine, The screw is no longer attached to the piston. When the greaser is empty you unscrew it from the fixed base in the boat. Unscrew the top which leaves you with the screw and the top but the piston still in the barrel. Turn it around and fill with grease via the normal method of pressing down on the plate in the grease tin. (The hole in the piston acts as an air vent while you are filling with grease). Wind the screw back and screw the top onto the end of the cylinder (which will be the opposite end to which it came off). Then screw back on to the fixed base in the boat. Putting it simply I turn the greaser around 180 degrees every time I fill it and the piston goes from one end to the other. I have NO mess this way On the other hand the boat in my avitar has a conventional type of stuffing box and no way of greasing it, it also has round gland packing. Never seen another like it before but as it has been running like that for 48 years it shoud see me out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steelaway Posted August 7, 2013 Report Share Posted August 7, 2013 I unscrew the unit from its base and take the top off. The grease tin has a plate with a hole. I push the greaser body down on the plastic plate so the grease is pushed into the body. I then finish off with a tea spoon and a butter knife, still makes a mess. Ditto Alex Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keeping Up Posted August 7, 2013 Report Share Posted August 7, 2013 If you have the tins of grease with the plate with a hole in it put the open end of the greaser over the hole and push down while unscrewing the greaser and it fills with little air. Trouble is usually some grease will come round the side of the plate so you end up scooping that in with a screw driver or similar when the tin is almost empty unless you just waste that part. Yes that's how I do it too Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thewatchmaker Posted August 7, 2013 Report Share Posted August 7, 2013 After filling up, tap the tap end lightly on a block of wood,that expels the trapped air Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bod Posted August 8, 2013 Report Share Posted August 8, 2013 Tried all sorts and always a mess. What's the best way to refill the greaser - standard screw down greaser. Easy......no mess......clean hands.... Get someone else to do it! Bod Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Laurie Booth Posted August 8, 2013 Report Share Posted August 8, 2013 My greaser won't unscrew and this gives me loads of problems. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BruceinSanity Posted August 8, 2013 Report Share Posted August 8, 2013 If you have the tins of grease with the plate with a hole in it put the open end of the greaser over the hole and push down while unscrewing the greaser and it fills with little air. Trouble is usually some grease will come round the side of the plate so you end up scooping that in with a screw driver or similar when the tin is almost empty unless you just waste that part. That's how I do it too. The odd bit left over in the tin can be used for other greasing jobs. Lakeland do a pair of jar scrapers that are brilliant for getting the last of the grease out: clicky. Just don't try putting one back in galley afterwards... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jim and pat dalton Posted August 21, 2013 Report Share Posted August 21, 2013 I did ours tonight, I didn't have any special tins though, So I unscrewed the greaser body from its base and wound out the handle, tried to spoon in the grease but it was proving a little difficult. Then Rick and Lorraine on the boat next to us told me they just pop a plastic straw into the base of the inverted tube pushing down to the unwound piston. this allows the air to escape as you spoon in the grease they kindly popped a straw into my greaser tube and It worked, I filled the tube up within a minute!!! very happy! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jaywalker Posted August 21, 2013 Report Share Posted August 21, 2013 Ah bugger. My only chance of appearing clever and I was too slow. The straw method works well and virtually no mess. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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