Loose alloy wheels on Nissan Patrol

[97_gq_lwb]

I heard something about a coarser thread stud and nut like a 1.5 over the 1.25 that was a bit longer worked a treat.
Has anyone else heard of this working or tried it and had success.
I would have thought a split washer would do the trick .

[megatexture]

stock rims have a taper not flat so i dont think you can use a split washer

[threedogs]

Tojos ungrade from an 10mm stud to a 12mm stud, maybe do this mod for the Patrol. mine have come loose but sorted them out in time. Just retighten after a quick drive, Shouldn't have any problems

[nomadTech87]

I had this problem. They sent out the safety notice not long after I bought my 'Trol. I had nissan fit the indicators and I checked them every couple of weeks, they never moved.

That was until one rainy freezing day in the blue mtns, I felt a bit of a wobble driving round a bend.
It was wet so didn't think much of it, the highway gets pretty slippery up at mt. Victoria. Next bend the wobble was there again and there was a rattle sound.
At this point I thought, "I'll pull over in town and work out what the hell that was", there was a rest area less than a km ahead. Before I even got out of the bend,
there was a loud bang and the back end slid along the tar and pulled me into a ditch. Had to get the cops up there because it was half on the hwy on a blind corner in the wet.
Then I stood in the rain for 2 hrs because there were no towtrucks in the upper mountains that day.

Once the towie got it back home I worked out the brake rotor was buggered, 4 wheel studs bent/ 2 sheared off, brake baffle plate gone and the tire had smashed the plastic tail light
asssembly on its way out.
ASAP I went to my local nissan dealer to get the parts I needed, after talking to my usual parts guy who is always a massive help, he suggested I should go over to the service department and tell
them what happened.
I talked to a service mechanic, told him what had happened, explained I had the tires with the defect etc. He seemed genuinely concerned and went to get the head service manager
... That's when the usual Nissan Australia experience began. He came out in his suit and tie, then explained to me there was no recall or defect on the alloy rims, simply a 'notice'.
I wasn't even interested in getting money out of them, just wanted to let Nissan know that this had happened even though I had the markers and had regularly been checking them.
If my tire had come off the way it did in an urban area it could have seriously injured someone.
The service manager however didn't want to know about it and palmed me off by telling me that it wasn't their problem, said I'd have to take it to the dealer who fitted the indicators.
(As if to say that fitting the plastic caps wrong at the dealer had caused the incident).

2 weeks after this happened, a work colleague saw a GU near Port Stevens laying on the side of the road with a wheel missing and one very frustrated driver.
I also found out that a couple of years ago a Patrol in my employers WA office had an alloy undo and shear off.

After the incident I swapped the factory alloys for steel sunraysias. I could have sold the alloys and made a profit but I took them to the
local tip instead and threw them in the landfill. Decided it would be wrong to sell them to someone else knowing just how much trouble those particular alloys cause


I'll add that while I was waiting for the cops/towie, a bloke in an older 'cruiser pulled up on the other side of the hwy,
looked at my Patrol laying in the ditch(the missing wheel was on the other side away from his view), looked at me standing in the freezing rain and said "put it in four wheel drive ya idiot"
before shaking his head and driving off. Needless to say if I ever see that bloke again me and him and going to come to blows

[Russo]

I too have had the exact same issue this weekend with my '04 Patrol. After servicing (private mechanic), 1 weeks full regular driving, a 4 hour trip to the Murray with caravan in tow & a couple of 1/2 hour trips in & out of town, the left rear wheel sheared 2 studs completely & had the other 4 hanging by a thread after 2 hours travelling home. How, after so much driving even under heavy load can the wheel then decide its time to work itself off the axle? Really disappointed & I have no confidence at all in the wheels now. I will also be looking for a set of steels to replace the alloys.

[lorrieandjas]

Soo - glad I found this thread. I have the 2102 GU 8 with alloys and what look like the indicators on three studs. Now - I found that little aluminium tool in the console - nearly threw it out - hope I haven't. Can anyone tell me how to use it since I didn't receive any info from the dealer about it? AM I just supposed to check the red arrows stay in the same spot?

[BillsGU]

Ask the dealer - that's what you paid good money for. Also the more peeved off customers they get the more chance they will do something about it. Asking for help on the forum for something like this is great and you will get lots of help and opinions here - but that wont fix the problem.

[threedogs]

This thread been going since 2 of March , Put some 14mm landcruiser studs in up grade the torque rating to suit.. MR Nissans Not going to fix it Just put the thicker studs in
Surely this tread should have been resolved months ago, Over engineer your studs, peace of mind . I'll also be doing a a BOLT instead of stud for your rear wheel carrier if anyony interested
This With allow you to have a high light jack holder up to latest model. Just PM if Interested. High Quality product most colours not charge if different colour required

After having wheels fitted or rotated, check after 30-40 k nip up after that you should be fine, you'll find the'll only come loose in first 30 or so kS

[happygu]

I don't want to speak too soon, as I have never had a problem with the GU Alloys in over 12 years.

I once nearly lost a steel rim on the left rear of the MQ once, and I think that has made me cautious and made me check the wheels with a little extra diligence from then on.

It isn't just an alloy whel problem and it isn't just pertinent to Nissan's, but I think that the main problem is that the GU Alloys are particularly tight on the hub, causing you to think that the wheel is all done up tight when it isn't sitting flat against the hub......

[Rumcajs]

Soo - glad I found this thread. I have the 2102 GU 8 with alloys and what look like the indicators on three studs. Now - I found that little aluminium tool in the console - nearly threw it out - hope I haven't. Can anyone tell me how to use it since I didn't receive any info from the dealer about it? AM I just supposed to check the red arrows stay in the same spot?

Here is some info about that, these cards are meant to be supplied when the safety recall is done. The whole issue is a typical Nissan failure. Even the recall is botched up by supplying only 3 indicators per wheel. What the cheap skates. You can purchase a rest of them from Ni$$an Rare Parts department for lousy $72 AUD GST Incl.
Cheers