Thread: Important BB6 wheel info

Thanks for reminding about this Brian,

Just spoke to the owner of Performance Wheels re my cracked BB6 rim and he has undertaken to replace all five BB6 rims with the new spec LR BB6 17" rims as soon as I send him my postal address.

It is rare now a days that anyone stands by their product like this Australian company does and just gives another reason for buying an Australian made product when you can.

Thank you Performance Wheels.

I put a notice up about 3 weeks ago re BB6 wheels in that i nearly got the wrong one,s given to me from the Perth agency , i asked for 17inch wheels to fit RRS and by accident i found out about the newer wheels that utilise the your own wheels nuts etc , these have a 42mm off set as oposed to 38mm o/set for the older wheels and wheel nuts which they were going to sell me .

It has been said that that the tapered wheel nuts as supplied on the older BB6 wheels cause the cracks but looking at your photo i cant see how ?,
have you any idea how the cracks were developed . Hope the new ones dont go the same way .

The owner of Performance Wheels told me they had done extensive testing once they became aware of possible issues. What they found was if the wheel nuts weren't tightened up to at least the minimum correct settings then under hard off road driving the wheels could flex and cracks could happen.

They also have done extensive testing with the wheel nuts tightened correctly and had no failures.

Any way they have done the correct thing and are making good which is very rare these days to say the least.

Hats off to Performance Wheels.

HI Terry,
Yep had the same conversation last year with the owner of performance wheels when I cracked the first wheel and since then I've been very dilligent in checking the torque setting myself every week or so when I'm travelling, as yet none have ever been even slightly loose.
As to the reason behind the cracking??? Hmm this time it was the rocky hill climb up mount Pinnibar travelling from Tom Goggins. Last time was most likely whilst driving around Barrington tops NP. Common denominators
- steep rocky country
-cold weather
- water crossings
I'm no automotive engineers but people can draw their own conclusions.
Regardless as you have said Terry, performance wheels have been absolutely brilliant to deal with and I would gladly continue dealing with the only australian company still making wheels....

P.S.-Terry I've been running the AT3's you recommended last year for 25000k's now and they have been excellent. Thanks for the good advice

Originally Posted by NomadicD3

Hi All,
Just thought I’d post a quick update for those of us who have purchased the BB6 wheels from performance wheels. I recently cracked another 2 wheels on the trip through the high country in Vic. One front right and the other rear left. Upon discovering these cracks I contacted Performance wheels in South Australia and after very little discussion the team there decided to replace all six wheels without any cost to me, including refitting and balancing all the tyres. They conceded that the original design did have a few issues with cracking and have since redesigned the wheel to now be able to utilize the original land rover wheel nuts. So I would strongly recommend that anyone who is doing offroad work with the original BB6 wheels regularly check the wheels for cracks and in the event of finding any contact the supplier ASAP.
Now I haven’t really been in touch with the forum over the last year so if the information about redesigned BB6 wheels has already been posted I apologise
Regards
Brian

The photo you have put up shows the original design, there was another one after this and now the new ones that take the LR nuts.
Yes there is something to be said for buying Australian and its all good.

connock

Originally Posted by TerryO

The owner of Performance Wheels told me they had done extensive testing once they became aware of possible issues. What they found was if the wheel nuts weren't tightened up to at least the minimum correct settings then under hard off road driving the wheels could flex and cracks could happen.

They also have done extensive testing with the wheel nuts tightened correctly and had no failures.

That shows that the wheels are marginal for a D3 and have little in the way of a safety factor.

Garry

Originally Posted by garrycol

That shows that the wheels are marginal for a D3 and have little in the way of a safety factor.

Garry

May be but at least they are addressing the issue and hopefully have fixed the problem. I had a mag break on me years ago and got no where, they were from off shore. These are (were) cracking not breaking and they are replacing a full set not just the knackered one. (as they should).

connock

Ummm, have been away working up on the Cape for a few weeks, came home & thought that the rear right wheel (BB6) had a heap of cobb web wrapped around the spokes. The car was filthy (SWMBO doesn't wash cars) so decided to give her a wash.
Well, it wasn't cobb web around the wheel spokes, 2 of the spokes were cracked right through. NOT HAPPY!
I replaced with the spare & only 1 wheel seems to have been effected.
I intend to get onto Performance Wheels this week to see what they have to say but I'm pretty annoyed because SWMBO has been driving around on a cracked rim with 5 kids for who knows how long through the Atherton Tablelands winding, hilly roads.
BTW the car has done some long rough gravel road runs & some hard mud work but no real off road, just normal Western QLD roads under dry & wet conditions.
Jonesfam