[mjlaupp]

In most instances the hubs are warm to very warm to the touch at any time except after extended periods of braking. I have only found them to hot to hold after a long downhill run following a conservative driver. I had to stay on the brakes almost all the way down. If the hubs are too hot touch at any other time then there is something very wrong.

Mike

p.s. I melted or deformed the plastic (yes plastic) caliper brake pistons on one of my minivans going down a mountain following a "conservative" driver. I wasn't towing anything and had a minimum load aboard. I had an automatic an he had a manual and must have been in 1st gear to keep it that slow without braking.