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I buy my silicone fluids in bulk by the gallon from a company called Clearco: https://www.clearcoproducts.com/ I then bought a used viscometer off eBay and have blended my own fluids to save a small fortune. Cost me around $800 total for the initial investment for everything, but broke even...

Thanks for providing more detail about what happened! I did see an article mention that white lithium grease tends to get hard/chalky over time and perhaps this may be a contributing factor to causing rubber to break down faster with this presumed chemical reaction. Generally, in the RC world...

I have seen cases of poorly maintained cars which had bearings seized up which creates excessive heat and melt the plastic diff cases, and no doubt with enough heat could potentially melt the rubber seals as well :( I believe the damage was caused from the bearings, not white lithium grease...

I have been using white lithium on all my rubber seals for the past 3+ years, in fact my eTruggy is still using the same rubber seals when I built the original kit.... I've replaced a bunch of worn aluminum/plastic parts over the years and the rubber shock boots start to tear every 6 months when...

I use a dental syringe packed with Lucas White Lithium Grease, more info here: Maintenance Tips