Originally Posted by CharlieBauer
The orange seems to be Canada's version of the red. So if OP hasn't had much luck with the orange, then the red won't be any different.
I'm curious to understand what problems the OP has had with purple and orange (red).
Purple for me does bad things to rubber, swelling it and turning it into glue. It also seems to dry out and leaves a purple crust/dust. Seized pins, destroyed rubbers, it goes only on metal parts for me.
Red/orange didn't even survive a year, of 4 pins...
Pin 1: Seized solid with rust, corrision on pin, dry. Boot looked aged on the inside, but was solid and looked fine on the outside.
Pin 2 - 4: Wet rust still hints of orange colour, making it muddy looking, pins had corrosion damage. Boot rubber looked new, no holes.
New pins and boots, well lubed, and I don't understand where or how the water got in. I actually use grease on the lips of the boots to help them seal, but there was lots of rust around the sealing points.
So I'm suspicious about how water proof the orange/red really is.