I found one of my front wheel bearings is leaking oil (very liquid, drippy stuff). There's only one place it could be coming from, the grease. A search revealed that it was probably just overfilled with grease (Leaking wheel bearing grease)

I'm going to be repacking and inspecting the bearings & races anyway.. anything special I should look out for?

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look for scoring on the spindle, and the races. be sure to replace the grease seal.

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Checked and didn't see any scoring or discoloration.

Did notice that there was some sort of brown, with a slight greenish tinge, grease in there. Looked a lot like the brown stuff I have in a tub from years ago, perhaps mixed with a trace of green MB grease?. I suspect it may have been repacked with the wrong grease at some time and wasn't standing up well to the load, hence the drippiness.

I replaced the entire grease charge, so I didn't worry on it too much though.

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Broadband: more lies faster.

It's also possible that grease was added to the bearings without getting all of the old stuff out.