Thats not good at all, what makes it worse is the time and effort involved in replacing the rubbers.

If it was a 1 hour job it could be just an inconvenience or similar to replacing the rear brake shoes.

I'm sort of happy that I stuck with the MK1B compensator with grease nipple. Up to press it has been 100% reliable and quiet with 10 pumps of grease every 1000 miles or so.