Question about transmission and differential lubrication

[jjbigfly]

couple of questions.... Does anyone use white lithium?
second: why can't I drill a very small hole in the transmission (and the diff housing) and fit a removable plug? Then I could use the small tube that comes with the aerosol Lithium Can to lube the transmission and diffs when I FEEL IT'S NEEDED.
I understand that I can do anything I want to my crawlers, but I have no desire to showcase my own stupidity.
As an aside...When doing some shock building/expermenting I went with internal springs on a set and no oil (not dry, but a tiny bit of oil for lubrication) but the shocks were not as smooth as I felt the should be so I coated the shafts with WD40 (dry lube) and that really screwed everything up. Took two men and a boy to move the shocks after that.....

 

[CertifiedMike]

Ideally, you want to use non petroleum lubes on plastics and rubbers. It compromises the integity of the materials.
My quick guess is that your shock orings absorbed oil, expanded, and theres your difficulty.

Petroleum and silicone based lubes don't mix. Maybe you had an issue there.

If your shocks use pistons with holes in them, they are much more likely to work well when filled with a proper silicone oil.
The oil passing thru the tiny holes on you pistons IS the function of the shock.
I would fill with very light oil rather than trying to run them empty

White lube contains petroleum. I would avoid it. There are plenty of silicone based lubes that work well.

That said, it IS your RC. If you feel like white lube is the best thing for your rc, give it a shot. I seem to recall a few folks here claiming that it works just fine.

Superlube is my silicone lube brand of choice.

Its availible in a tube so you could load it into a grease gun and attach to a fitting too. I don't think i've seen anyone use zerk fittings on an RC yet.

I also have a little rubber point tip for the end of a grease gun. That might work if you follow thru with the 'fill hole' idea.

https://www.jbtools.com/performance-tool-w54214-1-8-grease-gun-seal-off-adapter-with-rubber-tip/

There are needle tips for grease guns. You could use those too.

The only dry lube I use on RC is graphite. I never had it react with anything.