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

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Not actually today but in the last week:

Drove to the Bay Area and found out the day prior to driving 500+ miles home that the wheel bearing was shot. Actually both. (Just thought I should mention that it was making noise for about 2 months prior. I thought it was just the new tires)

Anyway got one replaced there and the other the day after I got home. Amazing how much better it drives.

Also hit 70K miles. Now to change the brake w this weekend


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[R3cord303]

Not actually today but in the last week:

Drove to the Bay Area and found out the day prior to driving 500+ miles home that the wheel bearing was shot. Actually both. (Just thought I should mention that it was making noise for about 2 months prior. I thought it was just the new tires)

Anyway got one replaced there and the other the day after I got home. Amazing how much better it drives.

Also hit 70K miles. Now to change the brake w this weekend


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On my old s10 I went thru more than my fair share of wheel bearings. They were tapered roller trailer style bearings built into the rotors. The heavy tires and stiff suspension combined with heat of the super aggressive brake pads I ran killed them a lot. Though one did fall victim to a nasty pot hole. :/

 

[Tonyrodz]

On my old s10 I went thru more than my fair share of wheel bearings. They were tapered roller trailer style bearings built into the rotors. The heavy tires and stiff suspension combined with heat of the super aggressive brake pads I ran killed them a lot. Though one did fall victim to a nasty pot hole. :/

Weren't the s10's rough on ball joints too?

 

[mikeyss]

I think it was last week I posted my dash starting to crack.. well we had a big cold front just sweep across CO, like 60 degree drop in less than 12 hours which did my dash in. It was 80 degrees at noon, 65 degrees by 4:30, and overnight went down to 18 degrees. That was too much for the dash...

 

[mikeyss]

I forgot to mention.... ....Grrrr.....*******....GRRRR ^^

 

[Rocket Man]

I think it was last week I posted my days starting to crack.. well we had a big cold front just sweep across CO, like 60 degree drop in less than 12 hours which did my dash in. It was 80 degrees at noon, 65 degrees by 4:30, and overnight went down to 18 degrees. That was too much for the dash...
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Dammit that sucks. I heard about that crazy temp drop, did you get snow too?

 

[iamdub]

Got some goodies to put on this weekend to go with the new struts and upper and lower A arms

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[iamdub]

I'm sure that makes it worlds easier. I'm also curious how hard it would be to do a 6L80e swap. I'd think it would be harder given the lack of (if I recall correctly) physical shift linkage- different cluster, presumably different computer?

A buddy (more like pen pal) of mine did it on his '07 Silverado Z71. It works fine, but doesn't have the tap shift column or proper gauge cluster. I believe he just had to add some wires for the computer in the trans and upload the proper tune. I want/need the extra gears so badly but I also want/need manual control and for the proper cluster to be functional- basically full factory operation.

 

[iamdub]

Weren't the s10's rough on ball joints too?

They were just scaled-down versions of the GMT400, so they ate suspension and steering parts just the same.

 

[Tonyrodz]

They were just scaled-down versions of the GMT400, so they ate suspension and steering parts just the same.

My Typhoon used to go through them. Uppers iirc.

 

[iamdub]

My Typhoon used to go through them. Uppers iirc.

Then you should know all about it! At least those were easy to replace after they were replaced the first time.

 

[Tonyrodz]

Then you should know all about it! At least those were easy to replace after they were replaced the first time.

That was over 20 yrs ago for me. Got rid of it after the 1st set was replaced.

 

[Sam Harris]

I think it was last week I posted my days starting to crack.. well we had a big cold front just sweep across CO, like 60 degree drop in less than 12 hours which did my dash in. It was 80 degrees at noon, 65 degrees by 4:30, and overnight went down to 18 degrees. That was too much for the dash...
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Do not like. Yeah, I walked into the grocery store and it was 80 degrees. Walked out less than 30 minutes later and the wind was blowing about 40mph and it looked like a bomb went off. Another 30 minutes, and it’s blowing 60-70, temperature down to 40 something. Blew my gas grill across the deck and into the rail. Some crazy extremes we see here.

 

[R3cord303]

Weren't the s10's rough on ball joints too?

I got mine at 130k and stopped driving it at 210k. I only replaced mine once when the boots started to crack.

Edit: that said mine was 2wd with coil springs. Not torsion bars.

That said, I also shoved three pumps of grease in the upper and lower ball joints, and tie rods, and center link every oil change. And the pitman/idler arm. Linkage steering like that is great for durability, but shit tastic for steering angle.

A buddy (more like pen pal) of mine did it on his '07 Silverado Z71. It works fine, but doesn't have the tap shift column or proper gauge cluster. I believe he just had to add some wires for the computer in the trans and upload the proper tune. I want/need the extra gears so badly but I also want/need manual control and for the proper cluster to be functional- basically full factory operation.

Thats cool. When he puts it in 3, 2 or 1 does it still manually select that gear?

 

[Rocket Man]

Got some goodies to put on this weekend to go with the new struts and upper and lower A arms

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You will love the Wilwoods, trust me. Did you get the 16” 6 piston fronts/ 14.25” rears?

 

[Rocket Man]

Do not like. Yeah, I walked into the grocery store and it was 80 degrees. Walked out less than 30 minutes later and the wind was blowing about 40mph and it looked like a bomb went off. Another 30 minutes, and it’s blowing 60-70, temperature down to 40 something. Blew my gas grill across the deck and into the rail. Some crazy extremes we see here.

Holy crap that must have been something.

 

[Sam Harris]

Holy crap that must have been something.

Yeah, we get hammered with wind sometimes. Not the first time the grill has been shoved into the deck rail. The weather shifts can be really crazy. Used to work a 1-midnight shift and went into the office with shorts, t-shirt and flip flops. When I left, I was brushing about 8” of snow off the car! [emoji23]

 

[mikeyss]

Dammit that sucks. I heard about that crazy temp drop, did you get snow too?

We got a few inches, mainly on the cars and on the grass. It's mostly gone already

 

[mikeyss]

Holy crap that must have been something.

Not making this up, but I saw it coming. I left work and it was 80, went in to the store for about 15 mins. Fired up the Tahoe and it's nice and calm, but looked to my right and saw dirt and leaves flying like a tornado. Drove 5 miles towards it because it's where I live, and it was 62 there. Crazy shit for sure.

 

[iamdub]

Thats cool. When he puts it in 3, 2 or 1 does it still manually select that gear?

I doubt it but I don't know for sure.