unknown leakage on driver side spindle

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I have a 1992 sho and I have been experiencing an unknown leakage on the driver side of the spindle and I can't figure out where it's coming from

I checked the brake hose and caliper and it's bone dry, I checked the power steering rack and it seems to be dry, anywhere else I need to ckeck?
 

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Either your tie rod end is leaking grease out the fitting or boot (like if you allowed a tune-up shop to give you a "**** job"), or you have a blown strut.
 

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that is most definitely not grease, so rule out the tie rod end.

it looks like brake fluid to me - the caliper itself could be leaking. the strut is the other alternative, although I have never seen one leak quite like that in the past.
 

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I figure it's some type of fluid that's leaking, I checked the brake caliper some more and it doesn't seem to be leaking, I'm leaning towards the strut, also I cleaned up the spindle and strut so I can spot where it first starts leaking at by looking at it every day before and after use
 

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I agree that from the pic you posted the caliper appears okay.
 

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I found out it's actually the strut that's leaking, for like two days I have been keeping on checking for new leaks but it didn't make any more so today I was curious how my front shocks is doing so I press down on the front hood multi times making my sho to bounce and the bouncing was decent then I checked the strut again and it leaked right where the spindle meets the strut
 

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