Tonyrodz
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I hate diff fluid! Stinks.
What did you do to your NBS GMT800 Tahoe/Yukon Today?
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ScottyBoy
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Well, my diff fluid shouldn't smell TOO bad. I just replaced it in February of this year. I was a bit nervous because I saw a few metal shards in there. They we're about the size of a piece of rice. Then I had to redo it again a month or two later because the diff cover gasket was leaking. I ended up getting a new cover from Rockauto because it looked almost as if the cover had been warped from over tightening the bolts at some point. New cover and gasket and it hasn't leaked since. Thankfully I didn't see any more metal shards
Well, my diff fluid shouldn't smell TOO bad. I just replaced it in February of this year. I was a bit nervous because I saw a few metal shards in there. They we're about the size of a piece of rice. Then I had to redo it again a month or two later because the diff cover gasket was leaking. I ended up getting a new cover from Rockauto because it looked almost as if the cover had been warped from over tightening the bolts at some point. New cover and gasket and it hasn't leaked since. Thankfully I didn't see any more metal shards in the oil when I had to drain it the second time. I wonder if the metal shards were left over from when my spider gears took a shit. Back in 2012, my spider gears got stripped out and I paid a shop to replace them. They said they "flushed" all the metal shards out and put new spiders in along with new fluid. I don't know much about diffs and spider gears and all, but I inspected them as best I could with a flashlight and I don't see any obvious wear on them. I guess I will just keep an eye on them and inspect them every time I have the diff cover off. Speaking of the diff cover, it's also another good reason I replaced it because it had a HUGE dent in it from the inside, I guess from when the spider gears took a shit.
Well, my diff fluid shouldn't smell TOO bad. I just replaced it in February of this year. I was a bit nervous because I saw a few metal shards in there. They we're about the size of a piece of rice. Then I had to redo it again a month or two later because the diff cover gasket was leaking. I ended up getting a new cover from Rockauto because it looked almost as if the cover had been warped from over tightening the bolts at some point. New cover and gasket and it hasn't leaked since. Thankfully I didn't see any more metal shards in the oil when I had to drain it the second time. I wonder if the metal shards were left over from when my spider gears took a shit. Back in 2012, my spider gears got stripped out and I paid a shop to replace them. They said they "flushed" all the metal shards out and put new spiders in along with new fluid. I don't know much about diffs and spider gears and all, but I inspected them as best I could with a flashlight and I don't see any obvious wear on them. I guess I will just keep an eye on them and inspect them every time I have the diff cover off. Speaking of the diff cover, it's also another good reason I replaced it because it had a HUGE dent in it from the inside, I guess from when the spider gears took a shit.
Put my new winter rims on today.
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The bagger lives on..nice, nice, nice.
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Yessir it's nice to spend some of my bagger cash on Wilwoods and rims for The Beast lol. Thanks.
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I would run that look year round
U dont know red.......
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Looks great! But now that i see them on there i do miss the 6s. Glad you thought of the detail and used black lugs. Most would've slapped on chrome.
NO CHROME!!! I will have none of that on my truck!
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I'm gonna find out where you live and wrap your truck in chrome while your asleep.View attachment 185808
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I'm gonna find out where you live and wrap your truck in chrome while your asleep.
Do et! Be a silver streak when that SC hits and he blasts down the road.
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Away!
I smell another screen name change to Silver Surfer or Quicksilver.
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The combination of bad cv angles and 12 year old parts caught up to me. Had to get new ball joints after one bust open
You're more than enough silver for this place lol.
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Norbecke
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Wasn't all today, but i changed out the lift gate and hatch glass struts. My god they are hard to close now lol. At least they borh stay open and don't hit my head. I also changed the oil.
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I remember when I changed out the struts on mine. I was use to lifting the heavy hatch without the help of the struts that once I got them replaced I was flinging that hatch open, felt like super man lol
ScottyBoy
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I know exactly what you mean. I just replaced the struts on my lift gate almost a year ago and it felt so damn light afterwards. Now the struts on my glass are going out, go figure. But in the 12 years I have owned my truck now, I have NEVER replaced the lift struts on the rear glass, and I have replaced the lift gate struts twice now.
Another thing, I am not sure if anyone else has noticed this or not, but when the lift struts are going bad they don't lift at ALL in cooler or cold weather. This time of year it's cool one day and warm or even hot the next. I have noticed that on cooler days the struts would not hold up my lift gate at all, it would actually fall on my head. But then when it warms up, the struts would actually hold the gate up. Not very strong, but just barely strong enough to hold the gate up.
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