DPete
Senior Member
What's good now? Looks like they all come from China including Alemite
lock and lube http://www.locknlube.com/
Bought one for myself when the other guys found it had to order 5 more
Shimmy, I don't know why you're having problems with Lock N Lube, I've been using them for several years now with great results, they work far better than any zerk coupler I've ever used, and they make them now where the rubber seal inside is replaceable, don't have to purchase the entire coupler.
Have you read my posts on the current "Year round grease" thread? We could maybe take this conversation there. What brand you use?NLGI 2 Moly grease works well in my area, not too cold in the winters, and the heat in summer isn't extreme. Of course I service a rental fleet so once it goes to a site there's no telling what kind of grease a customer pumps into the joints...if they do at all, so it's kinda hard for me to form a definitive opinion on grease service.
I don't feel they are any better than a normal coupler. Got one, and after a few weeks it was leaking, not to mention I have several fittings that are recessed into a pin, and the locknlube doesn't fit in the hole. I've just accepted the fact that every two weeks I need to put another $5.99 coupler on. I will run it until it takes four or five wiggles to get it to seal. I have also discovered that fittings wear out as well. If the coupler is consistently leaking on certain zerks, they get changed. As for brand of couplers, best luck for the last 3 years is Lubrimatic. http://www.plews-edelmann.com/lube-products/grease-gun-accessories/ DO NOT get the heavy duty coupler. Doesn't last any longer, and if you have a tough fitting, you're breaking it off. Lincoln, Milwaukee, Alemite couplers are all garbage. Had several leak right out of the package. Napa are better, but most Napa couplers have three jaws, no good. I've found the four jaw couplers last a little longer.
Alemite are still made in the good USA, Tennessee I believe. SKF hasn't ruined them yet.