Quote Originally Posted by Morton View Post
Rober, it is just my theory in regards to the diff but I have spoken to a couple of people including an Engineer & my theory 'seems' plausible to them, I am not saying this is the issue but let me explain my theory, Patrols appear to have an issue with the back left wheel coming loose & often coming off as a result, often damaging the rim & the lugs (what you refer to as screws) The LSD in the back of the patrols are notoriously good, if your vehicle is RHD the left rear will turn in a tighter circle when turning left everytime, sometimes a good rear diff will 'chatter' when turning as both wheels are trying to turn at the same time which is physically impossible when doing left turns (U turns create the same issue but people rarely perform U turns) I believe this is creating more stress on the back left nuts/rim/lugs causing a failure at times, one theory of mine is the rim holes for the lugs are slowly becoming larger over time & to the eye is no more noticably different to the others, eventually the torque settings become redundant as it will not hold as well as it was engineered to do, again this is only my theory, my other theory is my wife is trying to collect on my life insurance lol, I wouldnt put loctite on the lugs mate, just be vigilant with them & you will be fine
Did I good understand,when you say LSD,that is when i normally drive car without locking back diff...My car is left hand drive.but in practice you have more or less same thing of turns on the right and on the left side.i did loose rear left wheel,but also the wright side was loosen,and front left wheel was also loosen...a day before i was off roading on the snow,it was cold,and wheels were full of snow(discentered)or what is the wright word(steering wheel was shaking).day after it happened...i think that problem is that it is a large diameter of wheel(more stress and vibration),and alloy is much softer than steel,so vibrations shows on connection,between wheel and nuts,and nuts with time loose....