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

[Merc1973]

Replace the rear wheel bearings and seals on both sides even though one seal was bad. I figured it was time at 315 k. One of the bearings exploded while I was using the slide hammer it was a little tricky to get out after that. That same side had some pitting axle shaft. Nobody around me had replacement shafts available so I used it anyways. There is no abnormal bearing hum before or after. Airbag bag light came on last week and replaced sensor number two on the passenger side I can see why it was malfunctioning, LOL. It's nice driving an old truck like these without having any warning lights on in the dashboard.

 

[Rocket Man]

Pioneer DMH-W2770NEX went in, along with backup camera.

Wireless Apple Carplay is super-nice. Really glad I dropped the $ to get it.

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Absolutely love my wireless CarPlay. It was a game changer for me.

 

[YukonBrian]

Drove out to Port Orchard on Friday to pick up some replacement seats from the junkyard. I found a 2002 sierra crew cab slt through car-part.com that had an interior with some life left in it.

The front and rears from the pickup are able to bolt into my yukon, but there are some significant differences. The 60/40 middle bench is different in that the back is not large enough to cover the 3rd row footwell and the smaller half seat does not slide foward on a track like the ones from the yukon do. But, both seat halves do fold down just the same.

The more significant difference for me is that the front sierra seats do not have side airbags built into them. My 2000 does have the airbags, so I've ordered some 2.2ohm resistors off amazon to hopefully keep the airbag light off.

My seats aren't in the worst shape, but the dirt is fairly caked in with a nice sheen over top of it. But, the front passenger seat is structurally loose and bounces around a lot and the drivers side has a broken armrest, so I'm mostly trying to address those problems.




I spent Saturday cleaning up the middle bench and installed it this morning, though I don't have a picture just yet. Still waiting on the resistors to arrive before I can test out and possibly install the front seats. I have the fronts all polished up and ready to go in if so.


The seats were $250 each at Kitsap Truck and Auto, which I think was a reasonable deal. So, check them out if you're in the area and need parts, lots of gmt-800 stuff in their yard.

 

[iamdub]

Drove out to Port Orchard on Friday to pick up some replacement seats from the junkyard. I found a 2002 sierra crew cab slt through car-part.com that had an interior with some life left in it.

The front and rears from the pickup are able to bolt into my yukon, but there are some significant differences. The 60/40 middle bench is different in that the back is not large enough to cover the 3rd row footwell and the smaller half seat does not slide foward on a track like the ones from the yukon do. But, both seat halves do fold down just the same.

The more significant difference for me is that the front sierra seats do not have side airbags built into them. My 2000 does have the airbags, so I've ordered some 2.2ohm resistors off amazon to hopefully keep the airbag light off.

My seats aren't in the worst shape, but the dirt is fairly caked in with a nice sheen over top of it. But, the front passenger seat is structurally loose and bounces around a lot and the drivers side has a broken armrest, so I'm mostly trying to address those problems.


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I spent Saturday cleaning up the middle bench and installed it this morning, though I don't have a picture just yet. Still waiting on the resistors to arrive before I can test out and possibly install the front seats. I have the fronts all polished up and ready to go in if so.

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The seats were $250 each at Kitsap Truck and Auto, which I think was a reasonable deal. So, check them out if you're in the area and need parts, lots of gmt-800 stuff in their yard.

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$250 each, so $1,000? Plus the drive, fuel, etc. Did you happen to price new covers, like from Katskin or Roadwire? It's been years since I was in the trade, but a whole leather kit for a 4-door car (including door panel and arm rest pieces) was around $1,000. I'm sure it's gone up now, though.

 

[YukonBrian]

$250 each, so $1,000? Plus the drive, fuel, etc. Did you happen to price new covers, like from Katskin or Roadwire? It's been years since I was in the trade, but a whole leather kit for a 4-door car (including door panel and arm rest pieces) was around $1,000. I'm sure it's gone up now, though.

I was counting the rear bench as one, so $750 total. I’m not sure all of the steps of katzkinz but think the base price is $1k for the covers, before you get into addons to restore factory features like heating elements and then the actual work to actually replace the covers.

Regardless, my seats were broken and needed replaced, so new covers wouldn’t have completed the job on their own. Though, I’ll probably redo driver side lower seat portion and call the rest good enough.

 

[iamdub]

I was counting the rear bench as one, so $750 total. I’m not sure all of the steps of katzkinz but think the base price is $1k for the covers, before you get into addons to restore factory features like heating elements and then the actual work to actually replace the covers.

Regardless, my seats were broken and needed replaced, so new covers wouldn’t have completed the job on their own. Though, I’ll probably redo driver side lower seat portion and call the rest good enough.

I'm trackin now. And you upgraded the color- they'll show less dirt!

 

[HiHoeSilver]

I’m just sitting outside and once again I’m left wondering why there’s a rise in the body line in the area of the c pillar, at the bottom of the rear door and quarter panel glass. Also wondering if anybody else ever wonders why. Also wondering if anybody here knows why. It’s just always seemed off to me, like it’s not there for looks because imo it would look better if all 3 pieces of glass on the side lined up across the bottom in a straight line. So maybe there’s some structural reason. View attachment 382694

Sex appeal. Part of why the 800s just look the best.

 

[clandr1]

Friday evening I replaced my power brake booster. If it hadn't been for having to lay underneath the dash and remove/install 4 of the hardest to reach nuts I've ever seen, it would've been a 30 minute project. Instead, it took 2 hours. Still glad I did it myself since I paid $341 for the part from Amazon, versus $750 at the dealer plus whatever labor they would've charged me.

Sadly, there's no perceived difference in braking performance, but at least I'm not leaking PS fluid anymore.

Before:

After (I re-routed the soft line behind the hard line after I took this picture):

The old part after removal:

 

[Walchit]

My buddy just wrecked his 900, and my second question may have been if he wanted to sell me the intake, lol

 

[Rocket Man]

Friday evening I replaced my power brake booster. If it hadn't been for having to lay underneath the dash and remove/install 4 of the hardest to reach nuts I've ever seen, it would've been a 30 minute project. Instead, it took 2 hours. Still glad I did it myself since I paid $341 for the part from Amazon, versus $750 at the dealer plus whatever labor they would've charged me.

Sadly, there's no perceived difference in braking performance, but at least I'm not leaking PS fluid anymore.

Before:

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After (I re-routed the soft line behind the hard line after I took this picture):
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The old part after removal:
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I’ve been wanting to replace my brake fluid reservoir ever since I did the same to the coolant overflow reservoir because it was so stained. I need to research if I’ll need to bleed the brakes though. Any idea if I will? I take it you didn’t need to when doing the booster?

Edit: I see the service manual states to remove the MC and then replace the reservoir in which case the entire system would need to be bled. I’m wondering if there’s a way to do it without but probably not lol.

 

[clandr1]

I’ve been wanting to replace my brake fluid reservoir ever since I did the same to the coolant overflow reservoir because it was so stained. I need to research if I’ll need to bleed the brakes though. Any idea if I will? I take it you didn’t need to when doing the booster?

Edit: I see the service manual states to remove the MC and then replace the reservoir in which case the entire system would need to be bled. I’m wondering if there’s a way to do it without but probably not lol.

What I did was outside the brake fluid system so I didn’t need to bleed the brakes, but what you’re describing, in my opinion, would require a brake bleed. I try to do a brake fluid flush once every two years, and a Motive bleeder makes it pretty easy for me.

 

[Rocket Man]

What I did was outside the brake fluid system so I didn’t need to bleed the brakes, but what you’re describing, in my opinion, would require a brake bleed. I try to do a brake fluid flush once every two years, and a Motive bleeder makes it pretty easy for me.

Yeah I use a Motive too. It does make it easy. I just replaced all my fluid with Wilwood hi-temp fluid last year ‘cause race truck. And I have Wildood’s BBK. So I’ll wait until it’s time to change it again and do it then. I guess I better buy the reservoir so I’ll have it.

 

[Sam Harris]

I hadn’t uploaded any videos since the heads and cam, other than the cold start, so thought about that when I got home from picking up kiddo from school… man, this girl is loud now. Only revved to 4500 and she’s screaming!! Interesting though, I noticed my speedo moved a bit when I revved it.. wth..? Is that normal…?

And here’s the cold start just because:

 

[Rocket Man]

I hadn’t uploaded any videos since the heads and cam, other than the cold start, so thought about that when I got home from picking up kiddo from school… man, this girl is loud now. Only revved to 4500 and she’s screaming!! Interesting though, I noticed my speedo moved a bit when I revved it.. wth..? Is that normal…?

And here’s the cold start just because:

Sounds nasty Sam.

 

[Tonyrodz]

I hadn’t uploaded any videos since the heads and cam, other than the cold start, so thought about that when I got home from picking up kiddo from school… man, this girl is loud now. Only revved to 4500 and she’s screaming!! Interesting though, I noticed my speedo moved a bit when I revved it.. wth..? Is that normal…?

And here’s the cold start just because:

I like it!! Sounds mean.

 

[busstechno]

Started the side moulding deletion this evening. I like it much better. Looks cleaner. Still have the driver side to do and then a bit of touch up and wax.

 

[RAMurphy]

Seriously thinking about doing this mod. Concerned what type of paint fading I might have on my 2002 Tahoe after I remove the molding.

 

[Sam Harris]

I like it!! Sounds mean.

The iPhone really doesn’t do it justice either. You feel it more than anything.

 

[Sam Harris]

Seriously thinking about doing this mod. Concerned what type of paint fading I might have on my 2002 Tahoe after I remove the molding.

I’ve been a little concerned about that as well. Especially with my color.. I mean.. worst case: now you “need” a full repaint..!

 

[Fless]

The iPhone really doesn’t do it justice either. You feel it more than anything.

I can attest to the video not providing the full experience. It's awesome in person!!!