Have watched Bob's videos on waterproofing servos along with several others all informative with most having common threads. From Bobs approach like filling with olive oil (hard for water to intrude if theres already fluid int he cavity. i pulled a couple screws diagonally and flushed with a syringe several times filling the internals then tightened all the screws down. i noted it slowly leaks from the wiring strain relief - added RTV local to seal there. sealing the seam on the body didn't really want to glue with CA or JB weld in case i ever want to open it up. putting an o-ring with grease between the servo horn and body - great idea, done. to seal off the body and potentially the wiring if the RTV doesn't seal everything. changed the servo mount into a cup and potted the servos in RTV molding compound. The cup has two areas to fill, the body side and the connector strain relief area. I used a gap filling CA to draw around the cup to the servo as a temp seal so all the potting material doesn't flow out the bottom after pouring the body side. once cured flip it over and do the connector side. wost case a servo goes bad you can dig out the silicone and repot with a replacement servo.
best i can do blowing up with 2mb pic limit
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