Unko's little 3 litre patrol

[unko84]

I haven't had the patrol 80km shake before I have been very fortunate, could be it^^

 

[discomatt]

Surely it wouldn't be caused by over tightening wheel nuts, more likely years of corrugations ?
It is a Patrol so over tightening is more likely to cause the wheel falling off due to stud failure ...
Years of fatigue and a heavy 4wd would be my guess

 

[dno67]

Surely it wouldn't be caused by over tightening wheel nuts, more likely years of corrugations ?
It is a Patrol so over tightening is more likely to cause the wheel falling off due to stud failure ...
Years of fatigue and a heavy 4wd would be my guess

Unless there's a flaw in the wheel, which is quiet possible. IMO there will be a route cause for only one spoke to develop a crack like that. My guess is many cycles of minor deflection, possibly a crook wheel, but also possible from my expirence to indroduce deflection from over tightening one or two wheel nuts on a steel wheel similar but not the same as the one above.

 

[unko84]

The rim was CSA

 

[dno67]

Pretty sure mine are ROH, has the damaged wheel got or had a lot of wheel weights to
balance it ?

 

[stevemc181]

There have been numerous reports of steel and alloy wheels cracking, particulary aftermarket stuff. I've cracked a Kings alloy wheel, not sure exactly where it happened but noticed it was losing pressure slowly after a 15,000km trip, which included the Anne Beadel back before it was graded around Emu airfield.
Have a look at this, it's worth a read. https://www.outbacktravelaustralia....r-wheels-could-be-rolling-you-toward-disaster

 

[dno67]

The route cause will still be the rim deflecting. Heavy loading light gauge steel or poor quaility and designed wheels is a sure recipe. Yours look to be nice and thick, you just need to make sure your not the cause.

 

[Petunia]

The route cause will still be the rim deflecting. Heavy loading light gauge steel or poor quaility and designed wheels is a sure recipe. Yours look to be nice and thick, you just need to make sure your not the cause.

Some wheels are scored as the cutout is punched [die punch & shere] leaving the beginning of a weak point for failure to start? [aircraft suffer fatigue from vibrations]
Young and lazy time efficient grubs in the tyre service rattle each nut as it appears in a circle, not many use the correct method to pull a rim down by using the opposite nut in turn ..... how can I have 3 bent studs in the spare carrier? because those studs are just mild steel, no need engineer any fine tolerance, so i thought? until little grub bent all 3 in one go!! i was like peaced out !!

 

[unko84]

Had a quick week away with the old man, around lake eyre. Farina bakery was open on the way up so we poped in a loaf if bread and pies, the volunteers had done a fair bit of work since the last time I was up there they had a fair few plp doing stone work and a new few new buildings in the same era, no photo's
We made it a far as coppers camp along the birdsville track

The best camp was about 50km north of marree at a staion called muloorina,only one way in and out, only good if you have a few days spare

 

[unko84]

I don't know if im getting wiser (older) im starting to notice that pretty much all the hills out there have tire marks on then where plp have tried to get up them, I didn't really notice that 10 years ago( maybe i wasn't looking at the scenery as much back then)

 

[unko84]

Had a quick trip up to birdsville stayed at Annandale for only a night as I had a few mates waiting in birdsville they had just completed the manigain line, quicker then they expected, they where going to spend a few nights at the pub/ birds. Then i was going to spend a week on stradbroke but the boredom set in after the 4 day so we headed home, did something stupid a mate and i drove form the qld border back to Adelaide took around 20hrs

 

[unko84]

A bit of an update had the bus returned +10 timing still 28 psi can't get it over 550 ( that was full load 4th gear up hill on the brakes when needed to keep it under the speed limit for 30 secs run) with 18afr

 

[unko84]

Had a week in the high country started around deep creek tracks did a few of them ended up around licola had a few problems with a few cars. I had a minor hick up rear swaybay snapped again. 1 of 80 on 35 front right cv clicking, 1 of the 80's decided to park in the middle of a creek 1 snapped a rear u bolts

 

[unko84]

and some of the drivers during the mini holidays didnt move off the middle of the dirt roads so bloody annoying forcing me off, where there would have been enough room for 2 cars to pass. one was a bright red amarock, white 200 series.

 

[dno67]

and some of the drivers during the mini holidays didnt move off the middle of the dirt roads so bloody annoying forcing me off, where there would have been enough room for 2 cars to pass. one was a bright red amarock, white 200 series.

Higher and mighter, than you in your clunker, people like that should stay in the suburbs.

 

[unko84]

well update time
sennce the last update ive done a bit of the manigan line to stradbroke island in 19

done quick week in the high country and gold fields

 

[unko84]

well I notice i was using a bit of coolant on the last high country trip, my mechanic took the head off, off to the machine shop, then found out the short block it warped as well so a full engine rebuild with arp studs. I have already upgraded my injectors and turbo

 

[cam04]

Google up 'cobb and co tie wire' mate - you'll never tie wire like that again.