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  1. 11th September 2009, 02:06 PM #11
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    Is a design issue with Patrols fitted with alloy wheels - apparently does not happen to steel wheels.
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  2. 11th September 2009, 02:16 PM #12
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    Quote Originally Posted by garrycol View Post
    Is a design issue with Patrols fitted with alloy wheels - apparently does not happen to steel wheels.
    You are spot on.... This is how my neighbors failed. Must be fitted very carefully as can misalign. Bad news with a tyre change in the dark on a busy road
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    It happens everyday,it's one of the 100 things Jap owners don't talk about,only LR's are unreliable. Pat
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    I almost lost a rear wheel on our Patrol a few years ago. 3 studs sheared clean off - the other 3 were rattling around and only moments from letting go themselves.

    Had to replace the stub axle as well as the holes had flogged out.
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    Happens on our jap work vans as well,we ALWAYS use a torque wrench on the wheel nuts....
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  6. 11th September 2009, 06:17 PM #16
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    It happened to a nice bloke in a Navara with mags on the Mitchell Falls road.
    LH rear and mangled the studs.

    A close friend had it happen to his GU at Barcaldine after a rotate and balance. It is suggested that the wheels can catch on the centre hub and not be as tight as intended.

    I saw an interesting idea at Port Alma that I have never seen before. The rental Hilux utes have yellow plastic push on "arrows" on all the wheel studs pointing to the right into the hub. Gives a great quick visual if any have moved.
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  7. 11th September 2009, 06:32 PM #17
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    I believe this happens to all Nissan Patrols, alloy or not.
    I have been reading the Patrol forum as well as Hilux and Triton for quite a while and it seems the trouble people have with Landrovers is minor compared to the trouble with the jap vehicles. Seems owners of the new Triton complain the least about problems
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    Quote Originally Posted by amtravic1 View Post
    I believe this happens to all Nissan Patrols, alloy or not.
    I have been reading the Patrol forum as well as Hilux and Triton for quite a while and it seems the trouble people have with Landrovers is minor compared to the trouble with the jap vehicles. Seems owners of the new Triton complain the least about problems
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    I was watching a tyre fitter use a rattle gun today when putting on new tyres on my disco and he really was going for it , I wonder if I should Undo every Nut and do it up with a Torque wrench after reading this thread.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Disco_owner View Post
    I was watching a tyre fitter use a rattle gun today when putting on new tyres on my disco and he really was going for it , I wonder if I should Undo every Nut and do it up with a Torque wrench after reading this thread.
    More like replace the studs and nuts, they could already be stretched. Tyre fitters often wreck truck studs with thier rattle guns, and they're 1 1/16" or 1 1/8".
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