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Thanks to everyone for your expertise. My son picked up an IR Thermometer but before taking any readings he changed out the outer seal with an OEM seal (took off the made-in-China seal), and took the truck for a spin. The hub in question "was much cooler infact seems cooler than the other 3...

1/8 to 1/4 turn

Interesting you say that simp5702.....The Rockwell guys in Canada told my sons yesterday that we don't need to use the cork to prevent the oil from reaching grease. They said in fact, in the off=road world, they don't use the outer seal either. They DO let the oil lubricate the bearings.

The rear-most passenger side hub is the hub in question. No load in the bed of the truck, normal size tires.

Thank you....I see that many others have had the same issues and it look as though that cheap seal between the outer bearing and the nut is the culprit. gringeltaube has pictures and an explanation in his response in that thread and I will try that this weekend - removing the outer seal, going...

Thanks for your timely response....I don't have an IR thermometer (may have just found another reason to get one) however going by touch it is much hotter than the other 3 rears. We have used both methods - we used the TM spec of torqueing the inner nut to 50 ft/lbs and the outer to 100-200...

Greetings All...I have a perplexing issue I sure could use your help with. One of the rear hubs on the Deuce has a very warm hub after even short runs. We torn the hub down, repacked the bearings (with high-temp grease, no noticeable wear markings on the bearing or race), reinstalled the hub...