Thanks, that is good to know. There have been a lot of rumors and second and third hand reports about XT hub problems on this forum, but I believe you are the first person that I can remember with first hand experience.

I run both XT and LX hubs on my touring bikes. I have a little over 7000 miles of loaded touring on the XT hubs with no issues so far. I'll probably continue to run them until I do have a problem. The XT wheels are better built than my LX wheels (maybe). My next long tour, starting in June will be in Canada, so I am not too much more than a 2 day delivery of a new freehub.