Doing the first tire rotation, pulled off the front passenger wheel and found this greasy mess.
The gob on the bottom wheel is some that I scooped up off the brake line and elsewhere on the inside, to see exactly what it was. Grease, not oil. It's also only a large spot like this on one section of the rim. Like it only leaked/plopped once there, melted/spread out a bit, and then there was bit flung all over when speed resumed.
Maybe this means it was an oppsie spill during manufacture? And/or it's been like this since I got it.
Much larger images for more detail looking in behind the hub:
The gob on the bottom wheel is some that I scooped up off the brake line and elsewhere on the inside, to see exactly what it was. Grease, not oil. It's also only a large spot like this on one section of the rim. Like it only leaked/plopped once there, melted/spread out a bit, and then there was bit flung all over when speed resumed.
Maybe this means it was an oppsie spill during manufacture? And/or it's been like this since I got it.
Much larger images for more detail looking in behind the hub: