Front wheel bearing

[E. Roy Wendell IV]

> Hi,
> I'm changing my right front wheel bearing on my 91 200 Quattro  
> Turbo 20V.
> There was some type of oil oozing out when I took out the axle bolt  
> and then
> inside the hub. Is this just the wheel bearing losing its grease? I  
> didn't
> see any other source. I've never seen this before, as you could  
> probably
> guess.
> Thanks,
> John

It's a component of the CV joint grease. The hole that the axle bolt  
threads into continues all the way through the splined stub/outer  
housing into the area where the balls, cage and therefore grease all  
hang out.

Roy