MY WHEEL CAME OFF AT 80kph 😒
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- MY WHEEL CAME OFF AT 80kph 😒
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I recently had my wheels aligned at a local garage and it was only 7 days later when I was cleaning the wheels that I noticed that rooughly 75% of the nuts were loose. Many of them were so loose that I could take them off by hand! Fortunately, in the 7 days I'd had the car since the alignment, I'd only been travelling around Perth! Very lucky I reckon!
Great advice Ronny. Your experience has convinced me to beef-up my kit contents and to inspect and re-torque my wheel lug nuts anytime they've been removed. Good lesson. 👍
This is a top video Ronny. I love that you turned this into something that everyone could learn from. Thank you for sharing the experience mate. It's always good to be able to learn from others, to prevent you from making the same mistakes, and this - and a lot of your content - gives us all exactly that opportunity. Cheers mate.
It doesn’t matter what type of wheel you have steel or alloy, if you don’t tighten your wheel nuts enough the will FALL OFF.
Torque them correctly
It does matter! I have torqued junk alloy wheels before and had them flex and come off. I use only quality steel. Lets look at it this way. He has never lost a wheel before in many years of wheeling and his truck was heavier. Suddenly after swapping to alloy this happens. Strange.
I've never had a problem with tons of sets of Toyota alloy wheels. Aftermarket, who knows. The thing is, usually you hear and feel them coming loose before they fall off.
Maybe adding wheel nut indicators like they use in the mines could be worth considering Ronny.
Aftermarket wheel nuts are 💩
I've learnt my lesson over the years from shoddy work from tyre shops or mechanics.
Whenever I have any work done to my car that involves removing the wheels I visually inspect their work at their shop before I leave and double check their work again for torque when I get home.
I've had everything from loose wheel nuts, overtightened wheel nuts to missing wheel nuts and sometimes all of the above. It's a f***g scary world out here folks, always take a minute to check something as important as your wheels whenever you have any work done to them👍
A very important story to share with your subscribers Ronny👍
Great to see you cover everyday misadventures along with those epic adventures. Grounded and real. Everyone can learn from watching and listing to others problem solve. Cheers and glad there wasn't any injuries.
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Always good idea to invest in a torque wrench and know what your wheel nuts torque settings are.Big breaker bar is good but could be stretching studs to much
Another reason to love steelies, I was rally driving some very rough roads near Oberon, numerous bent rims (easily hammered back into shape, and cheaply replaced) --no suspension damage!
Thanks Ronny :)
Spent 30 years in the 4x4 industry and a lifetime four wheel driving
Ronny you are spot on alloy wheels just create problems
Steel wheels are way more reliable
And no rattle guns
Cheers
Tough luck mate another idea is especially on trailers we mount the spare on a stub axle with bearings and everything that way you have a whole spare hub assembly
With a trailer that may make sense, because there are only a limited number of total components required for the trailer to roll. It may well be possible to carry, on the trailer a full replacement loaded hub with brake.
For a truck though, there are considerably more total components required to make it drive. You can't carry everything. You have to pick and choose. If your vehicle as a platform has known weaknesses then you'll probably carry those parts, and depending on your prior experiences you might carry some other parts, but you simply cannot carry everything. It just isn't possible.
Thanks for the handy information for what to do during and after. Glad you're all okay 👍
G'day Ronny great content mate. I drive a 78 and purchased steel wheels about 2 years ago. The trouble I had was the run out of the rims I purchased was massive, what I mean is that the rims weren't spinning true and created a vibration at about 80km an hour. Most of the steel wheels are pressed and welded overseas and a cheap item. Bob Jane helped us with the issue and sorted through about 20 rims that were not up to spec. I think you will find alloy run perfect as they are generally a machined finish. I still run steel rims but was looking forward to buying alloy rims next time because of this issue with steelies. My rims now have lots of weights because of the imperfections in the rim. If u purchase steel rims make sure you get them to spin them on the balancer for runout before you buy. I swapped out bushes and all sorts trying to find the issue. Months later we worked it out by running alloy rims and the issue was gone.
Feels like it gets more and more difficult find high quality steel rims.
Hi Ronny I had the same experience on Fraser Island years ago when I had a GQ patrol. The offender was me. I failed to tighten the wheel nuts and and properly seat the rim on the housing before putting it back on the ground. I was lucky like you I had spares. Got extras at Rainbow Beach. Learnt a very valuable lesson. I have never used mag wheels on a trip, always steel rims. Had experience with buckled rims etc and roadworthiness. Steel rims cant go wrong. I have 200 series GX and have kept the standard steel rims. Thanks for sharing your experience. Bravo from Victoria Australia
Scary stuff, mate! Glad you're okay.
I've had a close call with wheel nuts coming off but never a complete wheel.
It's a good lesson and reminder to always check wheel nuts after anyone else has worked on your vehicle.
my friend lost a wheel once from his small car, with it full of things, as he was moving his sister to another place :D It was his mistake one wheel had bolts finger tight only... somehow forgot to do full go around after switching to summer tires. The wheel missed everything when cars stopped at the red light and neatly stopped on the grass between the roads :)
This happened to me 9-10 years ago. Same as you, alloy wheels and the car had just been serviced and tyres rotated. Lucky for me I limped into a country service station where the local mechanic spotted my wheel had only 1 nut holding it on. Since then I make a point of checking my wheel nuts on a regular basis.
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I’m always a bit paranoid about wheel nuts so before every trip I would check them, and after a hard day on the tracks I’d double check too before setting off again. Because, if there is a heat issue somewhere, lug nuts can come loose due to expansion/contraction. I used the have this regularly in my track car where you could put a lot of heat into the wheel area. I do carry spare wheel nuts. But not wheels studs. Time to add some to the spares kit. Thanks for sharing and we can all learn from this one. 👍
Spare nuts on spare studs are cheap insurance.
Check, double check, triple check….🙈 Great lesson learned video Ronny👍
Hi Ronny , after my 30 years experience l never drive from mechanic without checking the nuts wheels by myself. A lot
of mechanics use gung. But after checking it’s to strong or too weak , newer perfect. CHEERS !
Thank you for sharing this. It was very informative!
Here in Germany we are required to have a warning triangle in the car all the time.
Is there no such law in Australia?
If you have an accident you're supposed to walk 100 meters away from your car and stand the reflective trinagle on the side of the road so, the arriving traffic would notice you way before it arrives you.
I agree, the described situation is the perfect case where a warning triangle is necessary. Walk to the other side of the bend and install it, so other drivers know a surprise wait for them after the turn.
Glad all were safe!! Way to make lemonade out of lemons...and hopefully prevent someone from having this happen to them! I worked in the Commercial Tire industry for 25+ years and I would always tell my crew; "I don't care how many techs mount/balance the tires or bolt them to the vehicle...chose ONE PERSON to torque ALL the lug nuts for that vehicle and one to ask for confirmation of task completed.
Lucky, thanks for the lesson. I recently had to replace a wheel stud on my wife's Subaru. An easy job made much easier by finding a big nut left over from the front end of my Jeep that just happened to fit the Subaru studs enabling me to seat the studs. Carrying spare studs is a great idea. Including a nut that fits the studs and allows the stud to pass through would be a good idea.
You, me, and Eva ZuBeck all had our left rear come loose in like the same week. Mine sheered 4 studs also. I was going 80mph when it happened. I got to the side of the road fine. My tire didn’t hit anyone so all is well.
Mate, add a set of parrallel pin punches to your tool kit. relatively cheap, light and useful when changing wheel studs, wheel bearings and a heap of other track side repairs. Love your content, been watching for years,
That was a lucky escape. I know the stretch of road reasonably well, and it is fast (especially since it was upgraded to a dual carriageway.). You were lucky being close to Colac as well, otherwise there would have been a long drive holding up traffic either on to Warrnambool or back to Geelong for parts.
Listing the tools you used for the fix is a great addition to the video.
Great episode Ronny:D Ive been running Pro Comp steel wheels for 10 years, dont think you can get them in Aus anymore and they are brilliant. Lucky break fella
If your a driver in the Army, local council or even corporates in the field, a daily routine check over the vehicle is undertaken and documented. I call it a sanity check!
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I'm sure all service manuals say wheel nuts should be re checked x amount of kms after a wheel has been fitted. I know the time I didn't recheck them one started to come loose. Lucky for me I heard a clunking noise and checked.
Yep 100km it's because the wheel will settle in and nuts come loose due to vibration.
I do this on new wheels
Yeah it happens with alloy rims. Happened to me in a dmax but Isuzu roadside assist was excellent. Never had a lose wheel nut since with steel sunraysia rims.
had the problem over the years on my bush taxis an troopys .it's the heat transfer between the steel hub an alloy rim easier to explain over the phone but that's wat the main problem is an with the older 6stud combine the steel hub with the alloy rims an stretched wheel studs its worce than the 5stud due to 5stud thicker studs less susceptible to stretching .unless over tightened to the point of snapping like a carot .love the content .
I’m glad you are ok!
Hi Ronny. Glad you are ok. That happened to our brand new Subaru second service. They rotate wheels and did not tighten all the wheels. Wife pulled in with noise I checked all nuts loose and five missing driving home. Not good. Regards John
Very lucky indeed it could have been much worse! Thanks for sharing so others may learn.
Crikey what a drama. Lucky it wasn't the front end. Definitively getting some spare studs.
Thanks for sharing.
Thanks for the lesson , no matter what wheel rims ones have if they not fastened properly it will fall off .
Living in south africa we find that bad roads with potholes and corrugated surface loosen wheel studs , greetings mate from south africa 🇿🇦 👍
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I had the same happen to my landcruiser Ute about 2 years ago. Same rear left wheel. But I hadn’t had my car serviced recently or the wheels off in the preceding 4-5 months. Was a bit of excitement !
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Toque setting on a prado 120 is so important, I have had new tyres replaced a couple of times and then had warped brake rotors soon after. Because the wheels nuts had been over torqued causing the rotors to warp. Now always back off the nuts and set then to 95 ftlbs. When i go 4x4ing or long trips always take torque wrench and check the settings. Saves me the cost of new front rotors.
😅lucky nobody got hurt!
Dangerous spot where you were at. An aftermarket alloy wheel came of my Landcruiser about 11 years ago, in a “controlled Army environment “”( Gallipoli barracks Brisbane) on a parking lot while driving of.
I always check my nuts on a regular basis to make sure they still in the right place.
Especially when someone else has been changing wheels /Tyres on my vehicles. After 30-50 km ,
I always double check and
Torque the wheel nuts if
Required.
Only use Steel rims on my fourbies for over 12 years now. To repair alloys is too expensive and near impossible in the outback.
Fancy alloys look “cool” but is better to be sensible and “coolish”instead imo 🥸
Bit similar thing happened to me. But act before I die in the outback.
Changed my Prado 120 front lower control arms from very well know suspension chain store before my Birdsville and out back trip a 2x months ago.
One week later went to my regular mechanic for last minute checkup (always do this before a big trip)
Ended up finding suspension man did not tightened lower bolts on both front front shockies (only hand tightened)
Key points.
- check every part before leave
- tight all nuts and bolts
- make sure to mark nut/ bolt with permanent ink marker ( easy for visual inspection on the road)
- check your marks every morning at least
- take spares
Rooma
My old patrol had steel rims, sunrasia tupe, it came with them. However my Dmax came standard with alloys. I have heard of the same problem you had so i installed witness indicators to the wheel nuts, easy to see if there is any movement.
Was driving with my old man when one wheel came of. It was a twin axel. Crowded hill in Dublin so lucky nobody was injured. You have to remove any stones between the dual wheel's straight away.
Remember too wheel studs like any stud/bolt only has a certain life span. Only can torque/stretch them so many times before they give up aswell. Good video yet again Rhonny
Over torquing lugs crystalizes the stud metal making it brittle. Had the same thing happen going from moab to the north rim on a jeep. Mechanic @ home said there was a service bulletin about it. Torque wrench every time i change a wheel. I also carry 5 spare studs now. Loose lugs tend to just spin off.
After a close call breaking three of the six lugs on one tire, I started carrying a full set of font and rear lugs with spare nuts as well. fast forward a few years and i almost loose another one after forgetting to double check the lug nuts after changing a over my wheels. Lucky I had the spares as I was able to get back on the road again instead of going home on a flat bed. Literary a carbon copy of Ronny's experience other than dropping the wheel. Three things it taught me was carry spares, always, always check the lug nuts with a torque wrench and don't trust anyone always check it your self
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Who else stepped out to check their wheel nuts :) - thanks for another great video Ronny!
All wheel studs no matter the make or model of vehicle are torque to yield specific and as an old school 4x4er with a Landcruiser to match I’ve never used anything except steel rims . Well recovered Ronny 😎👍🍻
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Thanks for reminding me why my Troopy has steel wheels and wheel nut indicators
About 20 years ago I was towing a box trailer from WA to NSW when I saw a wheel pass me thinking someone has lost one and it was me the hub had separated from the axle fortunately the trailer stayed upright till I stopped.
Very interesting and helpful advice. Everytime I got new tyres fitted they tell me to check wheel nuts after 50km. Some trucks have those arrows fitted to see if they move. Not sure if that's practical for 4wd's.
Oh, wow. So glad you are ok Ronny and that you were able to fix it! That lack of roadside ‘assist’ sucks! I wonder if it is worthwhile having roadside assist with a separate company to your insurance company? Something we are looking into at the moment.
Roadside assist through your state motoring authority seems to work better ( RACV, NRMA etc). Got me out of a pickle with a major breakdown 1600 kms from home a few years ago.
Happened to me in my 79 cruiser towing 22ft caravan ,cruiser was starting to wander put it down to shit roads slowed down from 100kms ph turned left turned right into small town left hand rear wheel came off , alloy wheels , my fault for not checking wheel nuts after new tyres fitted , had to use caravan jack aswell ,also one of my alloy rims had a crack in it slow leak , gunna stick to the alloys lot lighter and looks great
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You said it Ronny steel is the way to go for true off roading.Have had steels since the early 1980's.Every out back 'Cocky' ran them so that was good enough for me.
Great educational video Ronnie, & as old school 😆 this is why I belong to RAA/RAC top membership and have steelies.
Thanks 😊 Ronnie much appreciated 🙏 👍 😀
Had similar problem recently, my mechanic didn't torque the CV bolts on rear axle. After some time started loosing bolts and snapped the remaining two in the middle of a busy street - suddenly had a front wheel drive car. 😀 Took almost an hour to put that back together with the few tools I got in the car. Lessons come unexpectedly some time.
Hey mate after what's you have done with wheel studs I would change them to get press in because to get the studs flush with base might of stretched them a bit to far bud... keep it safe!!!!
Time to go full 79 west Oz mine spec and throw on some yellow wheel nut indicators! 🤣
I was thinking the same thing. It's not a stupid idea.
I keep an Estwing shingle hatchet in my jeep. Good as a hammer and can use for chopping. I did this as one of your recommendation of multi use tools and less weight by carrying two tools
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Always use a Torque wrench on alloy wheels not a bad idea for steel wheels either. Glad all of you are ok. Including the 79 series
Last time my wheels flew off was visiting a shop that worked on my wheels, over tightening using impact guns. Even at a good shop technicians come and go. They chip the paint off my Brembo brake calipers, drastically mismatched tire pressures, wrong toque on lugs etc. Till this day I bring my wheels to any shops off, torque the lugs and check the tire pressure myself
When it comes to mechanics tightening up wheel nuts with impact wrenches, I never trust where they’ve torqued them to. Once home I always lift the car up & loosen then re-torque any wheel nuts they’ve touched, back up to 110-113nm on my Toyota 4wd. Only ever had alloy rims on my 4wds for years & travelled all over. I’ve also greased my studs for around a decade too (again with no problems whatsoever). Just got to make sure the wheel nuts are tightened to spec or very close to, and triple make sure they’re all done up to the same spec per wheel. Takes an extra minute per wheel for piece of mind.
Arghh tire shops!! Had a new set of tires fitted many years ago and on the way home was just about to hit the on ramp to a freeway when I hear a clank and something flew off past my window. So I pull over to find one nut left on the rim on front drivers side and another almost off the stud. Tightened up what was left and limped back to the tire shop to rip shreds off the boss and his lackeys. They visibly went white when they realised they screwed up big time.
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Wow, lucky you were carrying spare studs! That’s one thing I’ve never even thought of. I know what I’m buying today!
In an emergency you can always take one out of each of the others wheels.
I wouldn't recommend doing any backflips after though.
@@Robert-cu9bm I think using spare lugs you carry with you is a hell of a lot easier than removing the other three tires to rob their studs to make it home.
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Obviously, it's also a lot easier to not have your wheel fall off.... That's why I said in an emergency as not everyone is carrying spares.
17" socket? Gawd damn bro!
Glad your ok 👍
You were damn lucky there Ronny. I would be buying a lotto ticket. A great video and a lesson on spares & right equipment to carry & how to fix the problems you had. Thanks for the share.
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Had similar happen in company Hilux 150km north of Kalgoorlie on Yarri rd.
At 100km/hr was one hell of a ride till I got it stopped. Caught a glimpse of the rear wheel going past as we were going sideways down the gravel rd.
At least with the gravel/dirt surface the physical damage was not too great. The biggest issue was trying to unfold the backing plate where the impact with the road folded it in.Couldn't get the brake drum on at first. Used to be a boilermaker many years ago so had some tricks up my sleeve.
Found the brake drum and 3 studs, swapped nuts and one stud from other wheels and stuck one of the spare tyres on. Hunted for a hour or so, never did find that bloody wheel, still out there somewhere.
Limped into Kalgoorlie 6 hours after leaving Edjudina. Took some time and effort to find a set of studs for that particular model of Hilux. Shoved them in, replaced old studs, and headed back to Perth.
Bloody alloy wheels, didn't feel a thing until it about 3 seconds before it took of.
Had nuts come loose of my landcruiser steel rims. Could feel and hear a clunk as I swayed it from side to side. More than enough warning if aware of the signs. Stopped, tightened the loose wheel nuts and carried on
Glad you’re alright mate
Hay Ronny
I use a paint pen on the wheel nuts after you torque them up. All he lines on the nuts are painted in the same direction.
That way you can see instantly if one is loose.
Hello Ronny
I know the situation. I had the same problem with a Nissan Patrol Y61 a few years ago.
The biggest problem with Nissan / Toyota are the soft wheel bolts.
My solution: I bought 30 mm wheel spacers with wheel bolts in 10G. strength.
The WRC drivers use this on their rally cars. they are OK for up to 180 Nm. And open wheel nuts, so I can see if the nuts are properly seated on the wheel bolts..
I Change the wheels 20 times, on the spacers, NO problems with the studs.....
Greetings from Germany Andy....
Very, very lucky! A friend of mine had the same thing happen to him on his 79 series, towing a camper trailer. Back wheel came off, The whole car and trailer rolled 3 times from 80kph before stopping. Everything totalled, miraculously, none of the 4 people in the cruiser got seriously hurt. Insurance paid up but the trip to the cape never happened.
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You need NutWare wheel nut indicators, I lost a wheel on my camper trailer last year because I didn't tighten the wheel nuts up after regreasing the bearings and have been using NutWare indicators ever since.
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Toyota (page 210 service manual) recommends 209Nm torque setting for steel wheels and 131Nm for alloy... I just checked then after watching your vid coz to be honest, didn't realise for steel it was a whopping 209Nm... glad you got yourself sorted out, a very precarious situation!
131NM are for Toyota alloys wheels they have a specific loose washer nut and the Toyota wheels have a matching seat.
The alloys he runs are just tapered
Yeah, I’m confused here. Ronnie says “90 to 110” which is about 135Nm I think. The manual says 209Nm (for steel).
@@dominichyde788 well the manual doesn’t really know what NM Ronny should be running there specs are for the factory alloy nuts and seats, these aftermarket ones are totally different
Happened to me in the patrol, had mag wheels now steel rims but I checked wheel nuts before I left and only drove for about 20 minutes
The answer to the lost wheel problem is : when you change wheels particularly steel to alloy BRUSH THE DIRT/DUST OFF THE STUD AREA HUB FACES.
Steel wheels generally have a concentric rib around the stud radius and this can fill with dirt and the wheel will tolerate it. Alloy wheels have a flat machined face that cannot tolerate any dirt or surface irregularities . You can tighten the stud on an alloy up to spec and it will hold perfectly on a clean face , but if there is any sand grit or mud on that face it will work it's way out from the stud face and the wheel will then work loose . I have seen it happen about 3 times and had a wheel come loose on my own 4x which is where I discovered the cause. Hope this helps.
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That's a truck thing.
Also nissan done a service recall for their Ti patrols with the alloy wheels, and that was their fix.
PS: left front on Patrols have a nasty habit of coming loose if you're running alloys.
Everyone I know with a patrol and alloys have had their left front come off.
I had it multiple times.
I run nothing but steel sunraysia rims with high tensile wheelnuts but include fluro yellow plastic clip on indicators that assist in recognizing nut movement. Lifesaver. 👍👍🇭🇲
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sometimes insurance feel like a scam
Sorry to hear. Glad that nobody was harmed. But, I have a torque wrench, I always check my wheelnuts after a wheel rotation or before/after a big trip.
They are not overly expensive, guess 150 AUD. So, save yourself and your car from more expensive afermaths.
I always torque my nuts up to 130nm never had an issue, I only started doing that after I snapped a stud by over tightening which was a nightmare to replace. I will get myself some spare studs after seeing this. Glad no-one was hurt and it wasn’t too bad a fix
We had the front right come off on the 90 when the LBJ collapsed. This is apparently a 'thing' with the 90 series. At least roadside assist sorted us out and everything was sorted bcoz a mechanic was responsible for not fixing the LBJ so they had to pay what insurance didn't cover. It took THREE MONTHS to get fixed though.
I had a case on a battlefield when the tire was hit by a shrapnel and was flat. However, I could not stop there since it was a dangerous area. My good old 2003 Mitsubishi l200 made 7km driving just 3 wheels, basically driving on the rim. The tire came off and rim decreased it’s diameter twice. After that I stopped in safe area, just changed spare wheel and came to the base.
Instick with steel so you can beat out the dents. Never thought about the tire wobble.
Glad you're OK
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Some time whatever you do a wheel will fall off, I had a stub axle break off on a trailer, also a steel rim split in two so the center was left on the hub but the rest went off on its own.
nice one bruv. i remember once when i was with my 80 series a wheel passed me and i got quite surprised whose wheel is that? yeah it was my wheel ha ha.
Following a ute in darwin years ago and the back wheel and axle just spat out and went bush, so did the car, lol, dude was pretty wide eyed as we went past.
Similar thing happened to me without spare studs in an old troopy. Difficult to keep dirt out of the axle on the side of a new piece of road. 5 of 6 snapped . Barstard of a job & after stealing studs allround had to do all it all again at home allround to replace them all. ( I was on my own 500km from home & had to be at work the next day)
Invest in a torque wrench Ronny, 131Nm for alloys and 209Nm for steelies, Also due to the conditions+Km youve done look at replacing your studs every 120Thou Km.
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Stuff like this is why I do as much mechanical repairs myself at home as I live on farm land and have experience in mechanical repairs and I always double check stuff and regularly check basic things weekly like wheel nuts, oil level, coolant, power steering fluid, brake fluid and brake pad life, slide pins, caliper pistons, rubber piston seals ect...
Interesting episode, a front wheel comming off could have sent you into oncoming traffic with very different results
Had this happen on my boat trailer, lucky I had steel rims and detected the wobble
Wheel nut indicators are my next port of call
I have alloys and after new shockers (Pedders) were put on they forgot to tighten the rear wheel nuts. I felt and heard the problem, stopped and tightened them. Alloys gave me plenty of warning on my Ranger. The holes were not even enlarged.
whhaaaaat!! glad you are safe Ronny.
Excellent video Ronny,
I'm curious, Factory Allow vs Aftermarket Steel wheels.
What would you suggest?
About 6 years ago the same thing happen to me about 7 years ago in Kansas. I am happy you guys were good and got off the road safely eventually.
So which is it? 😁
@@beejoutbush3322 I lost my left rear wheel after going to a shop to have some maintenance done. The wheel rolled across the highway and struck another vehicle, luckily it was in a lot and unoccupied. It sucked!
So, maybe 5 or 8?
@@oggyoggy1299 I see what I did now. I was in Kansas from late 2013 to March 2015. I can't remember exactly what year it happened so at least 7 years ago possibly 8. I was traveling near 2000 miles Not Klicks and working near 100 hours a week on a pipeline.
We did a half lap recently and I checked all wheel nuts at the end of each driving day for exactly this reason. It didn’t matter if it was a 100km or 1000km drive. I do t have the skills to do the repairs Ronnie did so prevention is the key for us.
The rear left fell off my 79 but I think it was sabotage. I was camping at a caravan park and woke up at 3 am to see someone walking away from my car. Left camp that morning and got about 2 km than my alloy wheel fell off about 200m from the highway. 1 stud snapped and 4 missing wheel nuts. I jacked it up and took one wheel nut off every wheel and luckily found the broken stud and wheel nut on the road which mad 4 each wheel. I drove back to the caravan park and found 4 of the 5 wheel nuts all in one little spot about 200m from where I camped. I drove 2km on 1 wheel nut and couldn’t feel a thing. Luckily it broke just before the highway.
Hi Ronny I have a 2000 79 series towing a 3 ton caravan right hand 75 kpa corner left hand rear flu off into the scrub same I aways check the nuts CSA mags the mags went to recyclers I now have mine spec kings steel wheels On the inside of the CSA Mag 960 Kg On the Kings 1896 Kg have not had a wheel come lose yet Ps I have heard that its common with 79 series with mags to lose the Left Hand Rear
omg wow lucky you didn't get hurt Ronny.. can you imagine what of would happen say you were on a freeway doin 110kmh OMG .. yeah i always had steel rims i luv them ... but big thumbs up
A great outcome with no-one hurt. It might be time to name the insurance company.
Hy Ronny ,you’re the best.
As you, in Italy with my little Suzuki Jimny 🤣.
I too learnt it the hard way, now during every service just before delivery I manually torque the wheels by hand and not with power tools. And I do it at the delivery area by myself.
I'm stranded, too. Fucking road looked dry but it was a crust with bread dough underneath. Had to camp overnight, waiting for help.