A friend rolled his Jeep twice on the way to Cape York

[kam]

Hi guys,

just made a video of the Jeep which my mate rolled twice. He is talking about his experience. It's pretty scary stuff and can happen completely unexpected.

We are not 100% sure what caused the wheel to come off yet, but investigating with an engineer.

Most of you already know, but please check your wheels, studs, lugs and hubs (hub centric) regularly and before every major trip. After this accident I brought my Jeep to a professional to double check everything, just to make sure everything is ok and for abit more piece of mind.



Jeep Wrangler JK Crash, rollover accident during offroading 4x4

 

[upndown]

Wow!!! Just glad to see your friend virtually unharmed! Vehicles can be replaced.

 

[Dr. Cornwallis]

It's interesting you post this, I just saw a guy the other day half a mile from my house on the side of the road. His right front wheel came off his jeep.


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[v_man]

This so weird , Jeeps have always been known for their quality and reliability :ylsmoke:

 

[Lucky j]

Wheel stud issues can be from many many thing. Two of them, not checking after mounting a wheel to a vehicule after just a few miles to make sure nothing came loose and also proper tork of lugs not to much so they are not stress out and brake over time and enought so they stay tight. But stil have to be verified after a few miles. Specialy alumiuim or mags. Steelies rarely pose problems, but still.

Happend to me and poeple I know on any brand of vehicules, including toyotas and nissan and jeeps, but not on my jeeps.

 

[zimm]

assuming no one messed with anything, what do you need an engineer for?


i see 3 sheered studs and 2 bent studs without lug nuts.

so, the lug nuts were improperly torqued, fell off, and the other 3 studs eventually failed. the 2 studs bent when the other 1 of 3 gave out from fatigue and the wheel started flopping.

what does TWO missing nuts tell us? well... 1) maybe the owner doesnt follow a cross pattern while tightening studs, and instead goes in a circle or 2) uses a lube where one isnt specified... or 3) maybe he just forgot to tighten them.

what isn't possible is two OEM lug nuts or studs having a thread flaw causing them to fall off, on the same wheel right beside one another. norfolk and whey.

as a side note, who is the forensic engineer working for? him, the insurance company, or the manufacturer?

 

[Viggen]

Hopefully he decides to invest in a proper cage now. So many Jeep people do not realize that the windshield frame is used as the front part of the cage and is NO WHERE near strong enough.

Also, zimm has it correct. This is user error. On an older car, sure things can shear after years and years of torque. Something this new, highly doubtful. Not too sure why you need an engineer.

 

[Kmrtnsn]

The most common reason for a Jeep, or any new vehicle for that matter to lose a wheel assembly is the fitment of aftermarket rims WITHOUT removing the assembly washers from the studs. Assembly washers are those funny looking star washers that hold the rotors onto the axle while the vehicle rolls down the assembly line. Factory aluminum wheels are recessed on the reverse side to acommodate thes assembly washers, almost all aftermarket aluminum wheels are not. The reverse of an aftermarket wheel is flat, trying to bolt it up to the uneven surface of a brake rotor face with these washers in place creates the problem, the wheel rocks against the face as it turns, microscopically at first, eventually loosening over time enough to break a couple of studs, then fall off completely.

 

[concretejungle]

wheel failure can go with any brand of vehicle. I"ve seen the most reliable trucks in the world (land cruiser) have their wheels break off and fall off driving down the highway. Like stated above it could be overtorqued lug nuts, aftermarket wheel spacers, aftermarket wheels... ect.