Originally Posted by
DesertRat
I did break it in, and it works great. No reason to take it apart just to switch to black grease in the thrust bearing.
Well, when you rebuild (which will probably be soon), use the black grease for the thrust. The silicon grease actually is designed to give the balls "grip", not just to lubricate. The black stuff is grease, and is designed to lubricate, which is what the thrust bearing needs.