Grease leaking from rear hub

In article <81MIf.63965$bF.39770@dukeread07>, Michael Shaffer

Quoted message said:

I was riding in the snow yesterday and I guess some got in the rear hub
because there's grease on the outside. The wheel is only a couple weeks
old. Should I regrease it or do you think it'll be ok? I don't think
there was any salt where I was so I guess that's good.

Just a little excess lube working its way past the seals; wipe it off,
no need for further lubicration.

The presence of snow is immaterial in this case - your hub's still
shiny clean! The hub's seals prevents snow such as that in your photos
(clean powder in temps below 0 Celsius) from working its way past the
seals; it's the corrosive salty slush common on urban roads that's the
most damaging, melting past seals and into interfaces.

Luke

Michael Shaffer said:

I was riding in the snow yesterday and I guess some got in the rear hub
because there's grease on the outside. The wheel is only a couple weeks
old. Should I regrease it or do you think it'll be ok? I don't think
there was any salt where I was so I guess that's good.

http://members.cox.net/michaelshaffer/grease.jpg
http://members.cox.net/michaelshaffer/snow1.jpg
http://members.cox.net/michaelshaffer/snow2.jpg

Thanks

Hey, you should be rejoicing. What you see is a bit of excess grease
working its way out past the seals. This is good news. It means
whomever set-up your new wheel actually bothered to open and pack the
bearings with some lube (most hubs with cups and cones have almost no
lube in them when delivered from the factory). Nothing to worry about
and no snow got in your hub; just wipe off the excess grease and go for
another ride.

- rick

Michael Shaffer said:

I was riding in the snow yesterday and I guess some got in the rear hub
because there's grease on the outside. The wheel is only a couple weeks
old. Should I regrease it or do you think it'll be ok? I don't think
there was any salt where I was so I guess that's good.

http://members.cox.net/michaelshaffer/grease.jpg
http://members.cox.net/michaelshaffer/snow1.jpg
http://members.cox.net/michaelshaffer/snow2.jpg

Thanks

Grease on the outside probably means it had a lot of grease in it-a
good thing. You really can't put 'too much' grease into hubs, headsets
or BBs(altho another Boulder local bike shop guy did say a HS wouldn't
adjust 'cuz it had too much grease in it------where do these guys come
from!!). Leave it there. It acts as a wonderful additional sealant to
keep the nasty outside outside.