Another dumb question...?
How long of a life is to be expected from the transmission shaft bearings...? I, too, keep mine lubed but in the absence of anything else I've been using oil I use in the Hammond organ.

I noticed a very tight mesh 'tween the mH autorotation gear and the motor pinion but that's been fixed.

When I installed the swashplate (an eflite alum. unit), connected it to the servos and tested it, I noticed some quite serious binding and I had to "introduce" some slight bends in the servo rods 'cos they are being held too rigidly in the servo arms.
Trying to remove the rods from the arms is a job and a half, ain't it....gotta find a way around that.
On full right elevator the starboard servo gives that humming vibration "end of travel" sound even with trims set in center......is there any way of alleviating this condition...? I wonder if the swashplate is limiting the travel at the servo...?
At these end of travel conditions, the green LED changes to a blinking red. Stick movements up to about 3/4 travel keep a green light...over that and I get the red light.
This eve I'm going to remove the mH swashplate from P-1 and install it in P-2 and see if that helps.
CX-2 had a good flight yestereve and p-1 was right sensitive but maybe it was me...two packs on p-1 and some fun with neighbor's pooches as the sun went down.
I love flying these things...............R