GX Grease pot

[MACTEN]

So people know about the grease pot rubber gasket being an issue as it rips or bends and keeps it from actually being worthwhile. Some on here have made a limiting disc, o-rings install etc, but I was wondering if someone could look into this... My gasket was so ripped up that it's not in the machine and I'm not using the thing at the moment as I try t oeither get a replacement gasket or find some rubber that will serve as the same thing. But for those whose gasket is actually intact and can have the giant wrinkles pressed out,
How about a little rubber cement? I was thinking that if the pot hole was cleaned out and the gasket cleaned as well, that a little dab of rubber cement around the outer perimeter in between it and the aluminum at the bottom may keep it in place to actually do it's job? The issue with it seems to be that it moves and wraps itself up inside the pot either keeping grease from entering the machine or allowing too much which is what happened to mine. If this is a dumb idea it wouldn't be my first. EDIT: Maybe someone has already done something like this with the gasket and I didn't find it out there.. If so, sorry

 

[MikeAllen]

I bought mine from Amazon - same issue. I contacted the seller - ANKUL - and they are sending me a few replacements.

 

[MACTEN]

I bought mine from Amazon - same issue. I contacted the seller - ANKUL - and they are sending me a few replacements.

Well if you get your before I find some rubber, can you try it out with some rubber cement? The reason rubber cement is that if it doesn't work the rubber will still be fine if pulled out of there, but I'm nut sure other glues would be the same. I have some that came with a inner tube patch kit.

 

[BackStop]

Introducing a "glue" into the system is a bad idea. Period.

Just my humble opinion.

All my best!

Kerry

 

[MACTEN]

Introducing a "glue" into the system is a bad idea. Period.

Just my humble opinion.

All my best!

Kerry

If this grease made it into the cylinders I would agree with you but since it doesn't...

 

[BackStop]

If this grease made it into the cylinders I would agree with you but since it doesn't...

I am not sure that some grease doesn't migrate into the compression cylinder. But, by all means do what you want to.

If you look at the various threads for the GX CS4 (GX-E-CS4) you will find where I made a flow limiter from the plastic lid of a Walmart Lemonade mix canister.

Introducing a glue into the grease pot is ridiculous when there are much easier and rational solutions available.

Of course, to each their own. (smile)

No offense intended.

All my best!

Kerry

 

[MACTEN]

I bought mine from Amazon - same issue. I contacted the seller - ANKUL - and they are sending me a few replacements.

Did they say how long it would take to get to you? I looked and that's who I got mine from as well.

 

[MACTEN]

I am not sure that some grease doesn't migrate into the compression cylinder. But, by all means do what you want to.

If you look at the various threads for the GX CS4 (GX-E-CS4) you will find where I made a flow limiter from the plastic lid of a Walmart Lemonade mix canister.

Introducing a glue into the grease pot is ridiculous when there are much easier and rational solutions available.

Of course, to each their own. (smile)

No offense intended.

All my best!

Kerry

Not sure what was offensive? I had mine apart and saw where which grease goes and dry rubber cement certainly isn't an explosive of course. Thanks for your best that's nice of you! !

 

[MikeAllen]

Did they say how long it would take to get to you? I looked and that's who I got mine from as well.

They said about two weeks since it’s coming from China.

 

[Grassguy12200]

For what it’s worth,I just filled the grease cups on my CS4 and Omega Aircharger. The Aircharger doesn’t even have a rubber diaphragm. The two are cousins and use the same system. Just saying.. Grass

 

[MACTEN]

They said about two weeks since it’s coming from China.

I'll see if I can get one coming this way.. weeks isn't bad. Thanks..

 

[MACTEN]

For what it’s worth,I just filled the grease cups on my CS4 and Omega Aircharger. The Aircharger doesn’t even have a rubber diaphragm. The two are cousins and use the same system. Just saying.. Grass

Is the hole at the bottom the same diameter or do you know? Mine was empty I assume from being sucked into the crank area. The yellow grease was all over the place under there.

 

[Grassguy12200]

Is the hole at the bottom the same diameter or do you know? Mine was empty I assume from being sucked into the crank area. The yellow grease was all over the place under there.

Yes it’s the same as the CS4. My Aircharger only takes grease when I turn the knob. It doesn’t just pull the grease in by itself. I just refilled it, but it wasn’t nowhere near empty. I just got an eight ounce jar of the Renewable lube so I filled them both up. The Aircharger has 38hrs on it. didn’t use much grease since new. I’m thinking of taking the rubber disc out of the CS4 to see how it does. Thanks for asking the question.

 

[MACTEN]

Yes it’s the same as the CS4. My Aircharger only takes grease when I turn the knob. It doesn’t just pull the grease in by itself. I just refilled it, but it wasn’t nowhere near empty. I just got an eight ounce jar of the Renewable lube so I filled them both up. The Aircharger has 38hrs on it. didn’t use much grease since new. I’m thinking of taking the rubber disc out of the CS4 to see how it does. Thanks for asking the question.

I wonder how all the grease from my grease pot got into the crank case and the pot was almost 100% empty then? I turned it 1 full revolution 3 times and it twisted really easily because the gasket wasn't doing anything as it turns out. Maybe the factory somehow put the grease into the crank case instead of the pot.. Or there was never any in the pot to begin with and they just put a ton into the case.
I ordered some of that grease as well but never again from the place I ordered it. Found out they only drop ship and wait weeks to actually do that so I have no idea when it will actually ship out.

 

[Florida_Man]

Just a PSA. My sister and I had….. an incident…. with rubber cement when we were kids. That stuff nearly burned our kitchen down! A gob of it caught fire on the brush cap applicator, my sister panicked and waved it, a flaming piece of rubber cement flew across the room and stuck to some blinds and started those on fire. My sister was doing some stupid craft thing with candles and I witnessed this.

Years later my cousin, on his own, had a rubber cement incident. He walked away with no permanent injury, but with the nickname “flamin’ fingers.”

 

[MACTEN]

Just a PSA. My sister and I had….. an incident…. with rubber cement when we were kids. That stuff nearly burned our kitchen down! A gob of it caught fire on the brush cap applicator, my sister panicked and waved it, a flaming piece of rubber cement flew across the room and stuck to some blinds and started those on fire. My sister was doing some stupid craft thing with candles and I witnessed this.

Years later my cousin, on his own, had a rubber cement incident. He walked away with no permanent injury, but with the nickname “flamin’ fingers.”Didn't

Sorry to laugh but I just pictured that. So many youtube vids today are something just like that.
This rubber cement is black like liquid rubber. It becomes the patch itself when dry. This take on the same properties as that rubber piece that's already in there when it's dry.