100 series potential rust trap

I had a bit of a bingle in my first GU, the mud and sand was almost to the top of the flare, luckily no sign of rust. The problem is if you try to remove the Patrol flares, the posibility exists to break off the boss's that hold the clips. Roachie, best to put a holesaw hole without removing the flare and just hose out.. Michael.

Cheers mate, that's what I'll do.....probably need to remove the wheels to be able to do it properly ....

Another tip on the patrols Roachie
When I had the GU as well as the holesaw trick I also pulled all of the seal strips around the flares off ,I noticed that with the sand and dirt that they were rubbing through the paint. It also let you get the hose in to get rid of the dirt that builds up behind them

Just make sure you don't over tighten the nuts then Bill when you put the wheel back on! Still waiting for FTG NIssan to tell me what cased the studs to shear. Have discovered about three others with the same experience.

Peter

G'day Peter,

Thanks for the timely reminder!!

I've never been too particular about the tightness of my nuts, but perhaps I should invest in a talk wench (sorry....."torque wrench"...hahaha). At present I use a length of gal water pipe over the Nissan's standard wheel brace and also have one of those 12v rattle guns (Shentai?) which makes quick work of removing the nuts and doing them up initially.

Cheers

Roachie

PS: Have just this minute opened the box which arrived containing the extra Poron camera and cabling to fit to the back of the camper....another round of cabling to channel through the bowells of the Patrol and underneath the Ulti. uhhh Why do I do these things to myself???heheh