Rust on my gear

I visited my plane in storage today. When I was looking at my parts I noticed this rust on the gear leg. I feel like a dummy;I should have put a skin of grease on it before storing these steel parts. Is this anything to worry about? I'm thinking some light steel wool will take this off pretty readily.

Rust

It doesn't look pitted. I would rub it out, wipe with a solvent and shoot some primer on it. Skip the grease. You can always wipe off the primer with a solvent.

Good point about the primer. That might be the way I go.

Agree with Larry,
simple primer will wipe of if necessary further into build, any grease will collect dirt over time.