NL Pajero Rear Wheel Studs
Posted: Wed Jun 01, 2011 4:20 pm
I think I must have run over a Chinaman, but not killed him because he seems to be chasing me... I was at Leigh Creek in teh Northern Flinders Ranges, turning in to fill up with gas ($1.06 per litre - Ouch). Rear tyre was half flat, but not overheated. I pumped up the tyre but oculd hear air hissing out froma cut about 12 mm long in the tread.
I chenged the tyre to fit the (old) spare and then went to Copley to get the puncture fixed. They removed the case from the rim and put a patch on the inside of the tyre ($40 - Ouch). I jacked up the car again and put the good tyre on. Next morning it was flat, so I jacked the car again fitted the spare and took it back. We all looked at the patch and decide that it looked OK. The guy said that the tyre must have become porpus (I have never heard of this), so he fitted a new inner tube which I had with me for such an occasion. I then jacked the car again and was removing the wheel nuts, but one of them got half way off and siezed. We could turn it half a turn each way, but it was going nowhere, so eventually the guy used a long bar on an impact socket and broke the stud. I completed the trip on 5 studs - no problems.
I bought a new stud ands nut on the way home and am about to try to fit them. I don't foresee any problems, but what is the procedure? I know I have to remove the rear handbrake drum/brake disc, but am unsure of what goes on after that/ Any ideas?
I chenged the tyre to fit the (old) spare and then went to Copley to get the puncture fixed. They removed the case from the rim and put a patch on the inside of the tyre ($40 - Ouch). I jacked up the car again and put the good tyre on. Next morning it was flat, so I jacked the car again fitted the spare and took it back. We all looked at the patch and decide that it looked OK. The guy said that the tyre must have become porpus (I have never heard of this), so he fitted a new inner tube which I had with me for such an occasion. I then jacked the car again and was removing the wheel nuts, but one of them got half way off and siezed. We could turn it half a turn each way, but it was going nowhere, so eventually the guy used a long bar on an impact socket and broke the stud. I completed the trip on 5 studs - no problems.
I bought a new stud ands nut on the way home and am about to try to fit them. I don't foresee any problems, but what is the procedure? I know I have to remove the rear handbrake drum/brake disc, but am unsure of what goes on after that/ Any ideas?