TONI loses a wheel

OUCH

Gees Col, hope all is OK. Is this the other 'known' problem with Patrols shedding the near side rear wheel ?

Need to put a Cruiser diff in the back of it to stop them wheels commin off!! TIC

Geeeez Donks well done,
I've only just got home to read this before I can report myself. LOL

Er Indoors was driving home when it happened, we had a service done and the wheels torqued up just a couple of weeks ago, Jason Dymock (Total 4WD) is paranoid about wheel nut tension and double checked them all at that service. So who knows what caused it??

The result is needs new rotor, backing plate and the wheel is stuffed, brake calliper is OK. I will claim insurance for it, as the wheel alone is near a grand, with the insurance money we will buy 5 Pro Comp steel wheels and I will sell the other 4 mags on E-Bay with luck I might even make a profit on this.

Next week I will be fitting new 3" springs and bilstein shocks and a long range tank and Jason will be beefing up the spring mounts at the rear so that will NOT become the next problem.

I hope that will get all the known gremlins out of the system.

Thanks to all for their sympathy.
Colin

Joining the club Colin?? nothing worse than the wheels fallin off...ive had a caravan and a 60 series rear passenger part company.....with the 60, the van was on the back.....and the retrieval took the 60 on the tilt tray and van on the towbar, back to Mittagong faster than the 60 could tow the van itself.
Hope all ends well for you...better now than later this year around june....u could call this a shakedown...lol
Andrew

I have to say this,
it happened on a very busy Sydney road in PM peak (4.00pm) in the centre lane (far right of 3) next to the median strip. Er Indoors was almost immediately offered assistance by 2 passing drivers and 1 guy from a nearby house. The passing drivers saw that they could do nothing and left, but at least they stopped to offer a liitle help, thanks guys.

The guy from a nearby house called the RTA road side assist who then called a tow truck that was also an NRMA approved tower, he removed the car even before the NRMA patrol man could even be there to approve it, in fact the RTA cancelled the NRMA saying they had it all under control.

It was a smooth and friendly exercise by the tow truck driver and the RTA and Er Indoors thank's them for making the whole thing as easy as possible, they are to be commended.

Thanks guys, Colin.

I wonder if changing the studs every, say, 50,000ks may fix the problem.. That really is a strange recurring problem.. MIchael

Hi Colin.
May be a good case for left hand nuts and wheel studs.
Just's re minds me of my old International Scout 4wd.
Nearly broke and bent the crap out off 2 wheel braces and a heap of swearing,before i noticed a small (L) stamped on the end
of the wheel studs on the passenger side.
And i think some trucks have left hand studs as well.
I have always wondered why?
But as now with Nissan loosing their wheels it may have been a problem in the past with other vehicles.


Rob.

Colin

SAorry to hear that you've joined the "where has my wheel gone club".

You'll see reference in the archive posts on this to using a torque wrench and checking regularly - particularly with the Nissan 16" alloys. Torque up to 98ftlb.

I also encourage all who have this problem to submit a DOTARS form so that the issue can once again be referred to Nissan.

Peter

Good to hear no one was hurt and the insurance is coming to the party. get her back on the road soon

Cheers Luke