2004 3L Patrol
Submitted: Friday, Sep 16, 2005 at 06:53
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chump_boy
Just a quick question.
My cousin has a 2004 3L Automatic Patrol, which keeps having front hub problems. When the vehicle is cold, the hubs make a god awful clicking sound as the car drives along. Kinda like they are trying to engage.
They whole hubs have been replaced 3 times, but the problem is still there.
Has anyone else had this problem? How have you fixed it if you have.
Cheers,
Chump
Reply By: PandJ - Friday, Sep 16, 2005 at 10:45
Friday, Sep 16, 2005 at 10:45
Hi Chump,
My does not do that, my hubs in Auto, this maybe something to check.
If in manual could be to do with it making the weid noise.
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Follow Up By: chump_boy - Friday, Sep 16, 2005 at 10:50
Friday, Sep 16, 2005 at 10:50
Naw...checked that... they are in Auto, definitely.
It seems like the auto is trying to engage, but just when cold, and driving on bitumen.
The dealer has replaced the hubs, but it seems a bit wierd.
Cheers,
Chump
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Reply By: Patrol22 (Queanbeyan - Friday, Sep 16, 2005 at 10:51
Friday, Sep 16, 2005 at 10:51
Tell him to make sure that BOTH hubs are set to auto (best setting for highway running) or BOTH hubs set to lock (best setting for dirt). If he has one set to auto and the other set to lock it will make noises. Had a similar problem when some smartar$e in a shopping centre played around with
mine.
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Follow Up By: chump_boy - Friday, Sep 16, 2005 at 10:55
Friday, Sep 16, 2005 at 10:55
lol...thats the only problem with free wheeling hubs. I had that done a few times to an old sierra years ago. Di** head mates at school.....
We have checked both, and were both set to auto.
He picked it up from the dealer yesterday, after them having had it to fix just that problem, and about half a km up the road it was doing it.
It does go away after, say, 2 or 3 minutes.
He is on a first name basis with a few national nissan people, and is getting sick of it.
Bit wierd, hey?
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Reply By: vinh n - Friday, Sep 16, 2005 at 11:11
Friday, Sep 16, 2005 at 11:11
i have heard somewhere that when cold, the gear oil in the transfer case can get thick enough to cause the front prop shaft to turn even in 2-hi. this effectively sends drive to the front axle and cause the auto hubs to lock.
this was the theory given to me why patrols run automatic fluid in the transfer case.
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Follow Up By: awill4x4 - Friday, Sep 16, 2005 at 19:26
Friday, Sep 16, 2005 at 19:26
I can confirm this. There was a club member of a 4x4 club I used to be a member of that had an identical problem with his GU and the cure turned out to be changing the transfer case oil to a different viscosity. Offhand I can't remember what oil he changed to but on changing, his problem was solved.
Regards Andrew.
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