What did you do to your NBS GMT800 Tahoe/Yukon Today?

[Sam Harris]

That was another consideration. We had just started into a more narrow section of trail when the snow started again. We considered driving to the next good turning point, but didn't know how far it would be. We ended up backing about 300' back down the trail to a spot just open enough for us to back up into with some momentum.

Good call

 

[Walchit]

Stripped out this POS cam bolt last night, so it's back to the grinder I guess this morning, I'm on the verge of loosing my sh#t to be honest...

 

[Walchit]

Poured some water on it as I went, hope I didn't ruin the bushing...

 

[Rocket Man]

Poured some water on it as I went, hope I didn't ruin the bushing...

It should be fine. Sorry you’re having so much trouble.

 

[Walchit]

Idk if it was the toothed part on these replacement alignment pins that sticks out into the cam, or if the antisieze I put on the Smooth part of the bolt got on the threads and I should have went less than 140 ft/lbs. Or if it is the wallered out slot that the bolt goes in, or if the bolts are just junk. I will get it figured out one of these days. I should have just took it to the alignment shop and had them strip the bolt out instead of me, lol. I just wanted it kinda close...

 

[Walchit]

Here's the hole

 

[TollKeeper]

Your fine, the cam bolt will align things when you get to that point. The little divot wont matter.

 

[blueinkd]

Stripped out this POS cam bolt last night, so it's back to the grinder I guess this morning, I'm on the verge of loosing my sh#t to be honest...

Ouch. And you bought an alignment kit correct? Something like this??

 

[Walchit]

Just bought my 3rd set of those bolts, so I have one extra for the other side. I just wanna take it to get an alignment, but I feel like it's gonna be a wild ride like this lol. I have negative camber now(I think, tilted inwards) and it looks like I picked up some toe out along the way.

 

[Rocket Man]

Just bought my 3rd set of those bolts, so I have one extra for the other side. I just wanna take it to get an alignment, but I feel like it's gonna be a wild ride like this lol. I have negative camber now(I think, tilted inwards) and it looks like I picked up some toe out along the way.

You’re gonna have negative camber right after lowering it down off jack stands until it’s driven a bit. Every vehicle does that.

 

[Walchit]

What did you do to your vintage $3.00 estate sale level today?

 

[Walchit]

@Rocket Man
How much negative camber should I bee looking for? Less than this right? I can see it with the naked eye. The other side is about the same, but positive. I also need to drive somewhere with some level ground and measure these fenders to see if I am level. They look pretty good to me right now but I imagine they are off. I just put the torsion keys flush with the cross member the best I could.

 

[Rocket Man]

@Rocket Man
How much negative camber should I bee looking for? Less than this right? I can see it with the naked eye. The other side is about the same, but positive. I also need to drive somewhere with some level ground and measure these fenders to see if I am level. They look pretty good to me right now but I imagine they are off. I just put the torsion keys flush with the cross member the best I could.

Did you drive it a ways first? Or is that right after you let it down and it still hasn’t left the driveway? If you’ve driven around the block then that’s probably not right.

 

[Walchit]

Close enough for the girls I go with!
I'm about to drive it around the block now, kinda scared...

 

[Rocket Man]

Close enough for the girls I go with!
I'm about to drive it around the block now, kinda scared...

Let’s see that level on the camber afterwards. I’m betting it will be fine.

 

[Walchit]

The battery was dead, waiting on my wife to get back to jump start it now. I think I need to come up with the front some more really, so if the camber is still there it might leave when I crank the torsion bar some more. I need to find somewhere with perfect level ground to measure my wheel wells. Where's Rick and Morty when you need them? Lol

 

[Alex_M]

If you're going straight to get an alignment, don't sweat it too much. You're not going to shred your tires or put yourself in danger in that shirt of a time.

When I do UCAs and am not able to leave a mark, I just set the adjusters to the middle of their range and let em ride. The place I like to go for an alignment is an hour and a half away. Never had a problem.

 

[Walchit]

I took it for a little test drive. The passanger side seemed more cambered in than the driver's side, and the ride height is a half inch higher on that side when I parked at the car wash. For got to grab my jack or I would have adjusted the torsion bars while I was there lol. It's about to rain, and it rained on my level and some of my tools I left out last night, . Driver's side looks pretty close really.
Sorry for the dirty level, it's one of the tools that got rained on, lol

 

[Sam Harris]

Success!! Too bad my leads won’t match the blue / green of the other end, but all things considered, I’m really glad I found the correct match to the socket!

 

[Tonyrodz]

Bought these for nothing.
The center of the hub separated, but the hub end piece is stuck. Not even budging. Beat it with a mini sledge--no dice.

Axle is out.
Would heat help to get the back end off the spindle? Any suggestions or ideas to get it off?