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

[Doubeleive]

Lol. I have been in a union, I know all about union busting. It’s a big business in the US. A lot of the young guys I worked with never had a non-union job and didn’t know his good they had it. They were the ones who knew it was almost impossible to get fired as long as they showed up. Some cared about their work, some didn’t. I’m all for unions but imo there needs to be more accountability for the workers.

You should look into the big Chinese and Taiwan manufacturers and how the workers live. Their entire lives are dedicated to the “family” which is the company. The employees only see their actual families a couple times a year. Many live in company dormitories that are similar or worse than our college dorms, only on a mega scale. Think 50,000 workers living on-site. They’re were raised in a different culture than us and don’t expect much. Their jobs and lives are almost military-like.

yep and they can re-tool at the drop of a hat to make just about anything, never piss them off, we lost the opportunity to nip that in the butt many years ago

 

[Doubeleive]

I would hear that wouldn't I. I literally drove 250 in 4 wheel drive the other month. Plus didn't hear anything on the trip.

not necessarily no, you can jack up the front wheels so they are off the ground and check the hubs for play or noise while spinning the wheel, clicking noise, or basically any noise are signs of the bearing wearing out, should be almost dead silent.
how miles on it? generally speaking original hubs start to go bad around 165k, if you are past that or near that and they haven't been changed then it's something to look at.

 

[Rocket Man]

yep and they can re-tool at the drop of a hat to make just about anything, never piss them off, we lost the opportunity to nip that in the butt many years ago

How so?

 

[89Suburban]

Anybody know if I can fix this radio on/off button somehow? It's been stuck on since I got the truck.

 

[07Burb]

Anybody know if I can fix this radio on/off button somehow? It's been stuck on since I got the truck.




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hammer?

 

[89Suburban]

Also when I went to lunch today I am seeing my AC compressor won't kick on and the light is blinking.

 

[07Burb]

Also when I went to lunch today I am seeing my AC compressor won't kick on and the light is blinking.

Sounds like it's low on refrigerant

 

[89Suburban]

hammer?

My ex wife called me "Bam Bam" because I was always beating on a vehicle with a hammer. They were Dodge's though LOL.

 

[89Suburban]

Sounds like it's low on refrigerant

SUCKS! Yeah when I went through the car wash last night the windows fogged up and the defrost was sh*t so that was a sign too.

 

[Rocket Man]

My ex wife called me "Bam Bam" because I was always beating on a vehicle with a hammer. They were Dodge's though LOL.

That’s the proper way to fix a Dodge though.

 

[Geotrash]

Also when I went to lunch today I am seeing my AC compressor won't kick on and the light is blinking.

If it's not the rear A/C lines, then it's probably that little Schrader valve on the low pressure port where you add the refrigerant. Best to do the job right with replacing the little valve, then drawing a vacuum for 45 minutes and adding the correct amount of refrigerant, by weight. Otherwise you're asking for trouble with the low-slung compressor on these rigs.

Those little cans you get at Autozone with the gauge are $hit. Troubleshooting A/C stuff is one of the things I'm willing to go to a pro for.

 

[89Suburban]

If it's not the rear A/C lines, then it's probably that little Schrader valve on the low pressure port where you add the refrigerant. Best to do the job right with replacing the little valve, then drawing a vacuum for 45 minutes and adding the correct amount of refrigerant, by weight. Otherwise you're asking for trouble with the low-slung compressor on these rigs.

Those little cans you get at Autozone with the gauge are $hit. Troubleshooting A/C stuff is one of the things I'm willing to go to a pro for.

I was just reading a discussion in here this morning or last night about the same issue. I can't find it though. Somebody posted a link to this gauge kit. Ring any bells?

https://www.amazon.com/Lichamp-Diagnostic-Compatible-Refrigerants-Evacuation/dp/B088RLKNJY/ref=pd_ybh_a_1?_encoding=UTF8&psc=1&refRID=BSH3DK1FDY5RYK7CVBJ1

 

[Fless]

I was just reading a discussion in here this morning or last night about the same issue. I can't find it though. Somebody posted a link to this gauge kit. Ring any bells?

https://www.amazon.com/Lichamp-Diagnostic-Compatible-Refrigerants-Evacuation/dp/B088RLKNJY/ref=pd_ybh_a_1?_encoding=UTF8&psc=1&refRID=BSH3DK1FDY5RYK7CVBJ1

@George B might be guilty as charged.

 

[Geotrash]

I was just reading a discussion in here this morning or last night about the same issue. I can't find it though. Somebody posted a link to this gauge kit. Ring any bells?

https://www.amazon.com/Lichamp-Diagnostic-Compatible-Refrigerants-Evacuation/dp/B088RLKNJY/ref=pd_ybh_a_1?_encoding=UTF8&psc=1&refRID=BSH3DK1FDY5RYK7CVBJ1

That'll do. I have this one and a harbor freight vacuum pump:

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B07CZB3P4X/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_search_asin_title?ie=UTF8&psc=1

And this little valve core kit:

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B01LCJ2QQS/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_search_asin_title?ie=UTF8&psc=1

 

[Doubeleive]

How so?

by allowing companies to move manufacturing outside of the border without consequence, stating anything else will break the rules here.
there should have been limits put in place or more limits anyway

 

[George B]

@George B might be guilty as charged.

Randeez is the culprit.

 

[randeez]

yea

Randeez is the culprit.

...except he's got a saturn and the only thing oem left on mine is the evaporator in the dash

 

[Fless]

Randeez is the culprit.

Yeah, I was thinking of just the gauges.

 

[Geotrash]

by allowing companies to move manufacturing outside of the border without consequence, stating anything else will break the rules here.
there should have been limits put in place or more limits anyway

Or we could have leveled the playing field by requiring any foreign manufacturer to comply with the same financial, environmental and labor rules that we regulate US manufacturers by. That would bring its own set of problems, but the US regulatory environment is part of what drove manufacturers out of business.

 

[89Suburban]

by allowing companies to move manufacturing outside of the border without consequence, stating anything else will break the rules here.
there should have been limits put in place or more limits anyway

We used to make all the wall ties for our forming customers that we sold to. Now they can't find any and now they come in here busting our ballas "why did you stop making them and why can't you now?".

Because you fuggers chose the cheap China shit over ours and we couldn't compete. Now your paying for it. All those old ma and pa shops, brick and mortars, small businesses used to make all this shit here. Big business took over everything. Sourced everything out of country.

Now our competitors HDSupply/Whitecap doing the same shit.

And when you stopped buying our stuff, we had to sell the machinery off. Guess where that went? What about the steel to run through the machines to make it? More imported than domestic I can tell you.

We can't even supply wire mesh for DOT roadwork because there is no USA steel available to make it.

This country is in very deep sh*t right now.