Went for a great wheel in the watto's tonight.
Daniel's Point Rd, hit up some unknown tracks found a pissa near vert hill climb then topped it all off by climbing Whitemans Ridge Rd.
Got to the top easy as, headed back out, turned onto Hue Hue Rd only to drive about a Km and have my front right wheel come off and shoot off into the scrub, bounce over a barbed wire fence, cross the F3 freeway and bounce over another guard rail and come to rest in the median.
Thank christ it was a night drive and there was next to no traffic on the freeway.
Could have been a huge accident if it cleaned up a car doing 110!
I now need a disc rotor so if anyone has a spare one to suit a GQ patrol and wish to sell I would greatly appreciate it.
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My F***ing wheel fell off!!!
My F***ing wheel fell off!!!
Current ride,
96 GQII TD42
Previous rides,
87 High Lux single cab. Yes she was my first!
93 80 series Land Cruiser.
Project Zook Vitara. Previously rolled! So I just had to get the 9 inch out!
96 GQII TD42
Previous rides,
87 High Lux single cab. Yes she was my first!
93 80 series Land Cruiser.
Project Zook Vitara. Previously rolled! So I just had to get the 9 inch out!
new 17s anyone Been there done that
Had the same thing happen to me on the GQ with a 1.6 t van on the back, in the wet. Ended up on the back of a towie with the van behind. Was the scariest trip home I've ever had. Did the rotor, bearings and never found the new tyre I'd just put on, went down into the scrub never to be seen again. Gazza!
Gazza the Chippy
i put alloys on my GQ, about a week later i lost the passenger side rear. its definately not the most fun you can have... driving home with 4 wheel studs isnt so great either...
since then ive used the torque wrench, rather than by feel and havnt had an issue, 100ft/lb the book says, and i check them the next day to make sure they havnt settled in
since then ive used the torque wrench, rather than by feel and havnt had an issue, 100ft/lb the book says, and i check them the next day to make sure they havnt settled in
97 GQ patrol coilcab. TD42, safari turbo kit with fiddled turbo, D-GAS kit. dyno results to come...
4inch lift, king springs, efs and procomp shocks
315/70R16 cooper ST's
found fuel economy...
4inch lift, king springs, efs and procomp shocks
315/70R16 cooper ST's
found fuel economy...
my mate lost a wheel at 100 kms on the way to work the day he was goin in for a roady 
another mate was constantly doing front wheel nuts up as they kept coming loose, and another mate just lost a front of his new gq ute(alloys). i alway so mine up with a short breaker bar as tight as i think is right, and just a word of advice is to always check them after you get new rims/tyres fitted, a few times iv found them finger tight 
another mate was constantly doing front wheel nuts up as they kept coming loose, and another mate just lost a front of his new gq ute(alloys). i alway so mine up with a short breaker bar as tight as i think is right, and just a word of advice is to always check them after you get new rims/tyres fitted, a few times iv found them finger tight 85 hi top drover, 31s, 2 inch exended shackles 2 inch bl.
88 tb42 swb mav,35 claws, 4 inch lift
88 tb42 swb mav,35 claws, 4 inch lift
Happen to my brother, When he put his alloys back on drove about 500kms never checked the wheel nuts, Like I told him. I had to rescue him get the wheel back on when the car was stuck in the middle of the road, lucky it was a quiet road, but it's hard to put a wheel back on with a bottle jack on a lift patrol and 35's on it and on a hill.
Just remember to always check your wheel nut especially with alloys
Just remember to always check your wheel nut especially with alloys
Re: My F***ing wheel fell off!!!
Ssame thing happened to me last night but rear left of a gq wagon so if any 1 has a rrear left rotor for gq that they want to sell give me a buz cheers 0400 905 304thelux wrote:Went for a great wheel in the watto's tonight.
Daniel's Point Rd, hit up some unknown tracks found a pissa near vert hill climb then topped it all off by climbing Whitemans Ridge Rd.
Got to the top easy as, headed back out, turned onto Hue Hue Rd only to drive about a Km and have my front right wheel come off and shoot off into the scrub, bounce over a barbed wire fence, cross the F3 freeway and bounce over another guard rail and come to rest in the median.
Thank christ it was a night drive and there was next to no traffic on the freeway.
Could have been a huge accident if it cleaned up a car doing 110!
I now need a disc rotor so if anyone has a spare one to suit a GQ patrol and wish to sell I would greatly appreciate it.
LH rear wheel fell off whilst wife was driving in heavy traffic a couple of years ago - no one seemed to notice the wheel nuts falling off or the wheel wobbling. She turned right into a side street and off it came.
RACV had to flatbed to a Nissan dealer as it only had 3 studs left. I did find some of the nuts in the gutter. Nissan told me the nuts are 'soft' and not designed to come on and off every other week with the changing of road tyres to muddies and back.
Anyway, replaced all the studs in back LH, and all the wheel nuts.
Just fortunate it happened at low speed. All good since.
RACV had to flatbed to a Nissan dealer as it only had 3 studs left. I did find some of the nuts in the gutter. Nissan told me the nuts are 'soft' and not designed to come on and off every other week with the changing of road tyres to muddies and back.
Anyway, replaced all the studs in back LH, and all the wheel nuts.
Just fortunate it happened at low speed. All good since.
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