I've got to agree with Tom on this one.Â* Cleaning off and reapplying
grease to the wing pins of all of my previous gliders seemed like such a
waste

Interesting, on my Ventus B, it seemed harder to assemble if I didn't replace the grease every other assembly. I haven't repeated the experiment on the Ventus 2. I felt that wiping out the grease and replacing was good insurance if also wipes out the dirt which is potentially abrasive. It's hard to argue with success if old grease is keeping your pins pretty.

I asked about grease because with the good ole' white grease, I was seeing a ring of dark stuff on the load bearing surfaces of the pins after flying. Thought it might be metal from the pin. Since then, I got out Mr. Starret and measured. Everything looks good, so perhaps the dark stuff was from the grease.

Perhaps resorting to digesting grease specs is an early warning sign of Covid cabin fever. Naa, the inner nerd would do it anyway. Cheers.