The Complete Handbook of Grease Guns

It's a solid reference, but it didn't tell me much more than I already knew after working in a fleet shop for a decade. The section on coupler types and how they can fail was helpful, and the maintenance chapter is thorough. I was hoping for more detailed data on specific brand model ranges, but it stays pretty generic on that front. If you're new to the trade, you'll get more out of it than I did.

Good, practical book. I run a small agricultural contracting business and have a whole drawer full of old grease guns that don't work well. I learned specifically why they fail (mostly the check valve and plunger seals) and was able to fix two of them myself. It's written in a straight-forward way, no fluff. It would be five stars if it had a little more depth on specific repair procedures, like seal replacement diagrams.

I've been using grease guns for years but never really knew the difference between the various couplers and why sometimes they slip off. Chapter 1 alone is worth the price because it explains how hydraulic pressure actually works and why you need to give the grease time to travel. Very useful for anyone who works on modern precise equipment. A well-organized handbook.

I bought this for our maintenance crew. The information is correct, but I was a little disappointed by the lack of pictorial illustrations or a more visual approach to the installation chapter. It's nearly all text and while that's informative, it means I had to relay the info to the guys in a separate training session. It's solid but not the complete modern handbook I expected.

I'm a hobbyist, so I mostly do my own car and small tractor maintenance. The book is comprehensive but has a whole business chapter which I'm not interested in. The good part is the troubleshooting section helped me identify that my grease gun was just sucking air rather than broken, a simple fix I made in about ten minutes. So, it's good except for the parts that don't apply to me.

Finally, a grease gun reference that treats the subject seriously and doesn't just read like a manufacturer's manual. I especially appreciated the breakdown of volume-per-stroke specs and the advice on how to prevent bearing damage from over-pressurizing. The maintenance chapter is now taped inside my tool box lid. I bought a new pneumatic unit on the recommendation from the comparison, and it's paid for itself already with saved time in my motorcycle shop. Highly recommend.

The packaging of the Kindle edition is a bit clunky for a tech reference, and the formatting in the glossary could be better aligned. Content-wise, it helps to understand the basic premise of what you're doing, which for me a newbie, has been pretty valuable. I can't speak to if it's better than the other commercial texts, but it's definitely straight-forward and readable. It's fine.