Stihl hedgetrimmer greasing points.

[RMB68]

Hi,

Currently i grease the gearbox of my Stihl long reach hedge trimmer with the small tubes of grease sold by Stihl that screw into the housing.Is there an attachment i could buy that would enable me to use a normal grease gun as the current method is expensive?:

[hazzygawa]

Just hold the grease gun end flat against the hole. They are pretty much the same size. When grease starts to come out the hole, that means it is full.

[RMB68]

Cheers mate.That sounds pretty straight forward.I wondered if there was a grease nipple that could be used rather than unscrewing the bolt off everytime.

[WoodED]

Cheers mate.That sounds pretty straight forward.I wondered if there was a grease nipple that could be used rather than unscrewing the bolt off everytime.

 

nope unforunatly, do you grease the angle box?

[RMB68]

Yeah,i grease the angle box every 16 hours or so.

[porky]

It's worth buying the Stihl grease despite the cost. The bigger tube is more cost effective. I have used other types of grease and they just dont seem to "stick" as well.

[WoodED]

stihl do a specail spray for the blades to which relly cleans them up, and well lubed to

[Mesterh]

The Stihl grease is very sticky compared to your bog standard bearing grease so I doubt it will be as effective tbh. Well, you may just have to grease it a lot more than normal I suppose.

 

BTW, the bits inside the gearbox's arent cheap if they need replacing!!

[RMB68]

Thanks for your feedback lads!