Originally Posted by
trerc
I have been in the hobby on and off for 20 years and have never took a servo apart to clean and re-lube and I have never had any problems. The speeds and range of movement in which a servo operates will NEVER breakdown the lubrication provided from the factory.
Stress kills servos, period.
But it depends also, some ppl are constantly replacing their servos selling their old ones. For me I after using for 1 year.
The grease changes to black quite sticky like gum. I had the gears cleaned & relube with same type of grease. The performance is much better hence lasted me another few more years. Till now still using...