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Yes, I got my new Powerpack 500 from Merlin a couple of months ago. At least £100 cheaper than anywhere else I could find. I was worried that it was too good to be true and a scam, but it was the real thing of course.

It is indeed plastic-to-plastic. I only have motor oils and greases like graphite grease to hand, which are just too messy. But I think you underrate WD40 - I've used it for things like curtain rails, and its effectiveness lasts for a couple of years. I assume it contains a propellant/solvent...

I know this is an old discussion now, but I'm posting my findings to help other people who are having this problem and find this discussion via internet search (which is how I came upon it). I have a Raleigh Motus with Bosch Powerpack - originally a 400, which I recently replaced with a 500...