jombo yeah, that's pretty much exactly what I do, except for the grease. Do you get much dust in your grease, I would have thought it would become abrasive?
no, and i drive in some dusty places. i put it on very thick but by the time i'm done driving its almost all off except a thin layer on the gears. the pics there are from the nemesis and as you can see their in good condition. the only thing that i could think of is since the gears are exposed to rocks and bigger rocks that is the only way they can get damaged. i'll see what i can come up with, i see a custom gear cover in the works.