Check ya nuts..

[BigRAWesty]

I didnt....http://www.nissanpatrol.com.au/forums/images/imported/2017/07/145.jpg

[Touses]

Dang mate! Not to expensive hopefully. Where are ya?

[my third 256]

ouch that hurts didnt you have the indicators on the nuts
hope every one is safe and well
not good happening before your big trip but i supose better now than later

[GQtdauto]

Were they alloy wheels ?

[Rossco]

Bugger, not too my much damage i hope? Had that happen a couple of times before, don't really know what's going on till it's all happened - bit scary. . .

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[Plasnart]

Oh sh!t, hope all OK mate.

[Sir Roofy]

Hope you have an air jack not a good thing if it falls of

[Avo]

The wifes nuts are all good.....cheers

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[TPC]

Bugger mate, hope there was not too much damage.

[Clunk]

ouch that hurts didnt you have the indicators on the nuts
hope every one is safe and well
not good happening before your big trip but i supose better now than later
They're on their trip.......

That's a buggah Katnip, hope all is ok and not too much damage

[NissanGQ4.2]

I check my nuts daily, don't know what I'm checking 4 but they still liked 2 be checked

[Maxhead]

Looks like it just a dropped down? Can't see any drag marks in the dirt.

That was one of the main reason I got steelies after reading a few unfortunate stories







................on the road

[CPOCSM]

Glad there wasn't too much damage.

Then go check your nuts...take it from me when you are 30 and find a mass on your left nut...I now have a pretend one...please check them...both types!

[CPOCSM]

Looks like it just a dropped down? Can't see any drag marks in the dirt.

That was one of the main reason I got steelies after reading a few unfortunate stories







................on the road

I can see plenty of drag through there...enlarge the pic and you can see the furrow and how the gravel is all flattened out aft of the rear axle.

Yes the nuts are a pita to check weekly but a necessary evil.

[Maxhead]

I can see plenty of drag through there...enlarge the pic and you can see the furrow and how the gravel is all flattened out aft of the rear axle.

Yes the nuts are a pita to check weekly but a necessary evil.

Yeh, not pretty that's for sure. Couldn't see much on the phone.

How did you go with the fix Kallen?

[TPC]

Some guy from Wolfe Creek offered to help, nobody has heard from them since.

[Avo]

Some guy from Wolfe Creek offered to help, nobody has heard from them since.

bwhaaaaaaaaaaaa

[MB]

That was one of the main reason I got steelies after reading a few unfortunate stories ................on the road
We too hope all is well Kallen & Nissa, check in here when you can hey!
Krisso mate, have also heard of the alloy nightmares so have always ripped em off cars when bought and back to faithful steelies too!
Steelies we've found also when fitted in cold temps do seem to loosen very slightly on the highway back home although that could be the studs and nuts expansion possibly? Either way, the team down here can vouch that our morning departure daily ritual is to check our nuts together:-(

[BigRAWesty]

ouch that hurts didnt you have the indicators on the nuts
hope every one is safe and well
not good happening before your big trip but i supose better now than later


Bugger, not too my much damage i hope? Had that happen a couple of times before, don't really know what's going on till it's all happened - bit scary. . .

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Looks like it just a dropped down? Can't see any drag marks in the dirt.

That was one of the main reason I got steelies after reading a few unfortunate stories







................on the road


We too hope all is well Kallen & Nissa, check in here when you can hey!
Krisso mate, have also heard of the alloy nightmares so have always ripped em off cars when bought and back to faithful steelies too!
Steelies we've found also when fitted in cold temps do seem to loosen very slightly on the highway back home although that could be the studs and nuts expansion possibly? Either way, the team down here can vouch that our morning departure daily ritual is to check our nuts together:-(
Cheers guys.
Yea happened on blacktop at 80kmh so disc on bitumen for about 30m untill i coukd slow enough to move off.
Shield is cactus and disc is damaged on the outter edge.
Will probably replace it soon as its also tearing pads.
Doesnt feel warped though..

No exhaust jack, all i could do was place some timber under the outter hub and drive it uo obto it and dig in the jack a bit..

Un embarrassing but yes i did have the indicators on it..
But i noticed a while ago the center cap actually fowls the indicators..
So nuts can undo but the caps will hold the indicator straight to the center..

Also on 2 big sweeping corners both wife and i noticed a rummbelling sound..
Thought shit frint wheel beari gs as we had done a few water crossings a day before..
Checked bith fronts and no wobble, hubs cool..
Weird..
50m down the straight real loud rumble and then bang and the back end dropped away..
Looked back to see the tyre over taking us..

So jacked it up, cleaned the alloy out of the 5 remaining studs..
Took one nut off the rear and 2 off each front and limped into darwin.

Replaced all 6 studs and new nuts.
About 30 mins to change.
Have taken off other hub cap but have checked them about 10 times since..
Any little rumble im pulling over..
Going to take a lot to get confidence back..

Luckily no major damage to rear bumper..
But rim is shagged..
Center is shagged.
Holes flogged out
And outter rim is ripped to shreads..
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[dom14]

Happy to see no injuries.
I think having the trailer attached to it must have helped a lot with stability and saving from more serious damage to chassis/diff etc.
I wonder how it came loose in the first place.

[TPC]

Glad to hear there was not too much damage and you were able to continue, would have been a scary moment.
You going to stick with the alloys or piss them off and get some steel rims?

[mudski]

Yeah bugger Kallen. Good to see it was only that and nothing worse and the family are ok. Woulda scare the shite out ya when it let go...

[shantillylais]

isn't the main cause hot flanges and cold water crossings? sudden cooling that lossens the nut tension, bit like freeze spray on rusted nuts. I know I was always told to check regularly after water crossings, especially the first one after any distance of normal 4x4 travel. BTW, that was with the old style GQ alloys, and they aren't as bad for it as the GU alloys/nut style. Nissan aren't the only brands to suffer from this.

[BigRAWesty]

Yea at TPC theyll stay for the mean time.
But yea Nissa was screaming.
As soon as i felt the shake and ass drop i looked over the shoulder to see the tyre going past out into the scrub..
Shantillyais it coukd well be that.
We did do a couple of crossings the day before from 35 plus ambient temps to cold water..

Anyway.
On the way home now.
Have a spare alloy at home so I'll swap it over and throw out the shagged one.

[shantillylais]

hahaha Kallen nothings changed back home, its still cold but not raining ;) might need your heater pumped up a bit as you approach :)

[my third 256]

use old rim as a hose real works great

[TPC]

use old rim as a hose real works great

Being an alloy it will probably come loose and fall off the wall.

[shantillylais]

actually, they look great too, much better than "Bunnings" plastic. We have 3 around the garden :)

[BigRAWesty]

hahaha Kallen nothings changed back home, its still cold but not raining ;) might need your heater pumped up a bit as you approach :)
Not bloody wrong.
Spent friday night at newcastke water just north of elliot and had to pull a jumper on after dark..
And now just north of Ti Tree and its bloody 5 degrees.
Fark shis shoit im turning around!!!

Being an alloy it will probably come loose and fall off the wall.
Bahahahahaha.

[the evil twin]

Time for a bump... aaand... here is a great link for a quick read as it reminds one to clean the clamping face of the rim going on (All of us always do that right?)

Skip the first 1/2 if you like, the good guts is in the second part

http://www.meaforensic.com/wheel-separation-investigation-metallurgical-expert-mark-bailey-mea-forensic

[Avo]

Time for a bump... aaand... here is a great link for a quick read as it reminds one to clean the clamping face of the rim going on (All of us always do that right?)

Skip the first 1/2 if you like, the good guts is in the second part

http://www.meaforensic.com/wheel-separation-investigation-metallurgical-expert-mark-bailey-mea-forensicChecked n fine mate....2 weeks on the road....home yesterday and gave em a good check....they did need a little tweaking....

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