Dillon

February 01, 2017, 10:56 PM

OKCGene

Dillon

I've been awful busy and my new in the box 550B is still not out of the box and set up.

I just looked online to price some accessories and what do I find? The 550C.

What? When did this happen?

February 01, 2017, 11:07 PM

exx1976

Shot.

February 02, 2017, 07:18 AM

rduckwor

Don't keep up. What's the difference?

RMD

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February 02, 2017, 07:53 AM

45 Cal

Seems they added grease fittings on the arms,takes needle valve fitting on your grease
gun.
Looks like the engineering department are creating fixes for problems I never encountered.

February 02, 2017, 09:34 AM

rduckwor

HA! Rem Oil baby!!

Thanks,

RMD

February 02, 2017, 11:01 AM

sigcrazy7

quote:
Originally posted by 45 Cal:
Seems they added grease fittings on the arms,takes needle valve fitting on your grease
gun.
Looks like the engineering department are creating fixes for problems I never encountered.

Probably only high volume loaders need grease.

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February 03, 2017, 06:58 AM

45 Cal

quote:
Originally posted by sigcrazy7:
quote:
Originally posted by 45 Cal:
Seems they added grease fittings on the arms,takes needle valve fitting on your grease
gun.
Looks like the engineering department are creating fixes for problems I never encountered.

Probably only high volume loaders need grease.

Ha,I put a drop of slick 50 on my pens on the 550 about twenty years back,still working

May 09, 2017, 04:01 PM

Smokey99

Solution to non-existent problem. Had my 550 since '84. Loaded about 200K rounds. Just a little oil squirted in the gaps from time to time - and a little on the ram.

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May 11, 2017, 09:25 PM

fredj338

Well i wouldnt say non existent, you do need to lube the press working points. I'm not selling my 20yr old one but grease fittings are a good idea.

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May 11, 2017, 10:23 PM

jmorris

It has a different frame now but so does the 650. They changed the pivots too but the C doesn't do anything the B can't, except the C will be less likely to be confused with the BL.

May 12, 2017, 07:51 AM

jmorris

This is the new 550 frame.

And the new 650 frame.

May 12, 2017, 07:56 AM

jmorris

FWIW they had already added a lube zerk to the 550 B on the lower link pivot before the frame change.

May 12, 2017, 05:39 PM

GT-40DOC

I wish that my 650 did have grease zerks, but not enough to sell my 650 to buy one with them.

May 12, 2017, 06:15 PM

Smokey99

Take apart, drill some holes, screw fittings in!

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May 20, 2017, 03:05 PM

Maj Dad

I love zerks - let you keep things slicked up - but I have been running my 550B for ~20 years and every few years I put a little light oil between the moving parts of the ram, and clean the ram & put either 30wt oil or ATF on it. The ram gets dirty, and dirt will eventually score the ram & bore.

May 20, 2017, 03:27 PM

45 Cal

quote:
The ram gets dirty, and dirt will eventually score the ram & bore.

I don't reload in a sand storm the last forty years with a pickup truck bed loaded with a vast assortment
House is pretty clean for a widower.