What did you do to your NNBS GMT900 Tahoe/Yukon Today?

[gooffeyguy]

Ah, good ol 3/8" allen wrench. That was the size that was used on GM brakes for years

2001 Yukon SLT
2012 Yukon Denali XL
2011 Yukon Denali RIP 5/20/18

 

[Doubeleive]

Ah, good ol 3/8" allen wrench. That was the size that was used on GM brakes for years

2001 Yukon SLT
2012 Yukon Denali XL
2011 Yukon Denali RIP 5/20/18

ya, i'm sure I HAD one but it was ghosted, I got the loose set that has a optional slide on T bar handle, I saw nice steedman heavy duty SAE set for $10 at the hardware store I may go back and grab that one as well to have as a backup

 

[wjburken]

o"well I got it done and have a nice new set of Craftsmen sae Allen wrenches now, lol
I was just missing the 3/8's

Always like a reason to get tools. Once I needed a 10mm flexhead racheting box wrench. I paid $80 for that wrench and I got 7 other wrenches for free!

 

[Doubeleive]

Always like a reason to get tools. Once I needed a 10mm flexhead racheting box wrench. I paid $80 for that wrench and I got 7 other wrenches for free!

lol

 

[Rocket Man]

Ya, I kinda figured it would take a 1/2" Allen, but o"well I got it done and have a nice new set of Craftsmen sae Allen wrenches now, lol
I was just missing the 3/8's, the hardest part was beating the panhard bar on it fought me all way, took 2 sets of rubber mallets because there is no room under the truck to swing so I did it from outside the driver's wheel well, I put one mallet on the bar then smacked it with the other mallet

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You sure got a nice lookin’ rear end now, just sayin’

 

[Rocket Man]

I decided to change the oil in the Silverado today and noticed a couple things. First was the oil filler tube being all cockeyed ( can we still say that these days?) and the other being the filter I bought wouldn’t screw on, the threaded hole was too big. I had an AC Delco UPF48R which was designated for my LY2 4.8 L engine. I had on hand the WIX 51522XP for the LQ4 in my 02 Denali and it screwed on fine. I looked up more filter #’s on Oreilly’s website as well as Rock Auto. I determined the correct hole size by using my right index finger. If it went all the way to my second knuckle it was too big, but to my first knuckle was correct. I also noted the filter I removed, a Mobil 1 M1-206A. At the store, all the filters listed online and in their application book had too big of threaded holes. I bought the Mobil 1 which Im glad they had in stock. Anybody else run into this? I also cleaned the engine bay a bit.

 

[wjburken]

You sure got a nice lookin’ rear end now, just sayin’

Must be the girdle holding everything in place and making it look better!

 

[Sam Harris]

ya I had a brain fart, now of all the stupid little things I do not have is a 1/2" allen wrench, everything I have is metric or to small, off to the store again.

***so the fill plug is not 1/2", lol I don't know what it is at this point but I got it off

and can't tell yet what capacity is supposed to be paperwork say's most take 2qt, internet says anywhere from 2.2 to 2.41, this adds more room, so going to try and eyeball it, the fill hole is deep cant see in there, guess it's getting filled till it comes out the hole

That’s the ticket

 

[Doubeleive]

You sure got a nice lookin’ rear end now, just sayin’

lol, thanks and thanks for letting me know about these parts I only took it down the road and back to check for leaks, I don't know if I will be able to tell any difference from the panhard yet or not,it works, lol I jacked it up on both sides and it doesn't rub going up anyway. lower control arms were not supposed to be here till Monday but of course they showed up today right after I put everything away.

 

[Doubeleive]

That’s the ticket

after thinking about it
that would have been too much though I put the original cover up next to the new one and the fill hole is a bit lower so I left it at 3qt and had spilled a little so it should be pretty close to where it should be

 

[R3cord303]

Damn this thread has been popping! Notifications quit showing up again. Tahoe is still broken, but tomorrow my Texas Speed AFM delete kit is arriving. Went with the stage two low lift camshaft. I bought Melling pushrods today because for some reason the kit doesn't come with them.

I won't end up using them if everything goes right, but I'll have a complete valvetrain to drop in the new engine once I'm ready. My HPTuners cable showed up yesterday. There is so much involved in tuning- I see why people just buy tuners off the shelf now.

 

[Doubeleive]

Damn this thread has been popping! Notifications quit showing up again. Tahoe is still broken, but tomorrow my Texas Speed AFM delete kit is arriving. Went with the stage two low lift camshaft. I bought Melling pushrods today because for some reason the kit doesn't come with them.

I won't end up using them if everything goes right, but I'll have a complete valvetrain to drop in the new engine once I'm ready. My HPTuners cable showed up yesterday. There is so much involved in tuning- I see why people just buy tuners off the shelf now.

nice, wish I knew how to do more in depth engine work could sure save myself some money with some upgrades

 

[R3cord303]

nice, wish I knew how to do more in depth engine work could sure save myself some money with some upgrades

I would be doing the work myself if I had more time. My girlfriend and I are still cleaning up and moving into the new house, and I have to be down in SoCal on a hard set date. And for tuning, I've so far figured out turn off the codes for the cats- so there's that at least. Won't have that CEL anymore, and they're being cut out at the same time as the engine is being replaced.

So on Wed/Thurs/Fri- the engine is being replaced, the drivers side motor mount, the heater core hoses, and the cats are being cut out.

 

[mattjones]

Installed new sway bar bushings and end links today.


























The suspension still squeaks...

 

[R3cord303]

Installed new sway bar bushings and end links today.

The suspension still squeaks...

Mine does too. I have all new front suspension. I liked those poly bushings for my s10 but I think they wore out fairly quick. You need to lube poly when its on a rotational joint I think. I always just used wheel bearing grease.

 

[Bigkevschopshop]

Mine does too. I have all new front suspension. I liked those poly bushings for my s10 but I think they wore out fairly quick. You need to lube poly when its on a rotational joint I think. I always just used wheel bearing grease.

I’ve bought synthetic poly grease and never had a squeak. Lube the sway bar hold downs inside and small amount on end links and perfect. Also for poly suspension bushings this is key to no squeak.

 

[Rocket Man]

My HPTuners cable showed up yesterday. There is so much involved in tuning- I see why people just buy tuners off the shelf now.

Most of us have someone like BlackBear do a custom tune for us since canned tunes pretty much suck. I have an Autocal so any time I need a change I email them a datalog or instructions and they email my tune back to me. Lifetime tuning service FTW.

 

[Rocket Man]

nice, wish I knew how to do more in depth engine work could sure save myself some money with some upgrades

Just YouTube or search the inter webs on that shit, that’s how I learned.

 

[Doubeleive]

Just YouTube or search the inter webs on that shit, that’s how I learned.

Ya but then I have to go buy more tools, lol

 

[Rocket Man]

Ya but then I have to go buy more tools, lol

You can never have enough tools.