[vipermanden]

OK, none of you are going to believe this, but I jacked up the wheel and spun it, and it sounded like the drum brakes were dragging. So I called out a mobile repair guy and when he took off the hub a couple of things fell to the ground! The brake adjuster and the spring! He was wondering how I could have driven so far with these things rattling around inside the drum, without a major failure. I told him I only noticed the temperature rise for the very last part of the trip. Anyway, he put everything back together and adjusted the brakes, and we are praying all stays together this morning on our next leg of our 9 week trip. I will be watching the temp and pressure on that tire like a hawk this leg!