GU Wheel coming off at 110km/h

[TimE]

A repost but everyone should look at this Video.

I carry a torque wrench (cheapie) set at 133nm and regularly check my nuts. More often if I have rotated/changed a wheel.

[tracemul7]

http://www.nissanpatrol.com.au/forum...nal+check+nuts

I usually post this up before any long weekends or holidays

Yeah I've seen these posts before, but as we got ours rotated & balanced, i figured it wouldn't be an issue ... turns out it's more likely to be an issue then!

Still impatiently waiting for a call from the garage ..... patience isn't one of my strong points .....

[tracemul7]

So, phone call number 3 ... and I get the usual 'Oh, I was just about to call you'.
So they reckon that because of the Nissan recall and the fact that we've driven around for 2 weeks, that they can't be 100% sure it's just down to them, and therefore can't claim on their insurance.
They offered to get a tyre at 'cost' and to 'source' a rim (either new or second hand) .... but still wanted us to pay for it.

He reckoned the tyre (pics in original post) is still fine to drive on, and there's no problem continuing to use it ...... maybe it's me being paranoid, but I am NOT going to use that tyre ever again!

So in the end, I (reluctantly) said we could claim on our insurance if they pay the excess. He said he'll talk to the owner and get back to me.

Watch this space

[TimE]

Check with your insurance company. They may well meet the claim and go him for costs and not hit you for the excess.

[mudski]

This reminds me (indirectly)of that episode I think was on 4WD TV where they went out across the Simpson I think it was, there was a few guys in convoy. Was a while ago. I said to my wife that they are driving on terrible roads, long distances, on alloy wheels and I bet they will destroy a rim or two. And they destroyed two. Literally split one longways in half and massively dinted another and the nong, Alan something or other, had the rim turned over and was smashing it with the backside of an axle to try and straighten the dint. Its an alloy rim FFS, you ain't gonna straighten nothing, a big, cracked, dint. He gave up in the end and fitted another alloy from a mates Tojo.
I do love the look of the alloys but I prefer the reliability of a steelie.
Good luck to the OP in your claim...

[DX grunt]

Just checked my nuts - they're fine.

Sorry that it took a thread like this to remind me, but timely.

Hope all goes well with the 'compensation'.

Rossco

[Kevs GU]

Just checked my nuts - they're fine.

Sorry that it took a thread like this to remind me, but timely.

Hope all goes well with the 'compensation'.

Rossco

What about the wheel nuts?lol

[SonOf]

Had mine checked with the recall and plastic caps added. Usually check em every 5k at service but lost 2 the other day form the DS Front after a wheel allignment and balance.

[tracemul7]

Phone call #4 - the owner might have been able to find a rim for us. I now have the owners details to call him direct, but have to wait until Monday because he's been on leave.
I wonder how it would work if i just approached my insurance and told them what happened, and they contact the tyre place on my behalf ....
I'll see how tomorrow goes when i call this guy, and go from there.

It's amazing how after just 2 weeks on the vehicle, it comes off, yet was fine for 10months after they originally fitted them .... but they still deny it's anything to do with them! Originally they said we could have just hit a curb in a car park and tried to blame them ... WTF!?
I'm just glad we weren't fully laden for a trip away - could have been a very different story!

[outback]

A repost but everyone should look at this Video.

I carry a torque wrench (cheapie) set at 133nm and regularly check my nuts. More often if I have rotated/changed a wheel.

suggest you don't keep the torque wrench set at 133 return it to Zero after use. You may damage its spring/torque ability.
Just a thought.