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What causes a wheel hub to heat up?

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FRICTION, lots of it. This is usually caused by lack of lubrication in the wheel bearing. This can also be caused by excessive brake use since brakes create heat due to friction. Question to you: Is this wheel hub glowing orange? or do you just feel heat coming from it? If it's glowing, big problem (take your vehicle to repair facility). If it's heat, that may be normal.

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