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

[Geotrash]

Can you or one of the other artisans take some photos? I also need to make some, and there's enough political yard signs to rip out I could make 1000000 baffles and target holders.

Post in thread 'Keeping coolant and transmission temps under control when towing in the summer heat'
https://www.tahoeyukonforum.com/thr...towing-in-the-summer-heat.125753/post-1587075

 

[Doubeleive]

seems like the yukon has a wider gap than the chevys, i will grab some signage this afternoon i am sure no one will mind lol

 

[gooffeyguy]

Can you or one of the other artisans take some photos? I also need to make some, and there's enough political yard signs to rip out I could make 1000000 baffles and target holders.

I bought these in April and installed them early May. They were on sale or something and around $30 each. Some of the push fasteners go into tabs in the front of the radiator and I had to loosen the radiator and tip it back some to get enough clearance between it and the tab to press the push fastener in.

 

[gooffeyguy]

Now that's service less than 24hr front door delivery and disposal and a bag of candy, lol
Bought it in 2017 from 1800radiator. I see they changed makers "maybe" the last one was a koyoto this one is unbranded
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How many radiators have you had in it?

 

[Charlie207]

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Thanks!

 

[PG01]

Yeah, there is an opene-up notch in the piece that the splines slide into. If yours is covered in grease you can still feel it with the tip of your booger-picker. I didn't even bother using snap-ring pliers, as the tips are tiny, and I suspect they'd just slip off the snap ring (it's not really a snap ring that's made for traditional snap-ring pliers anyways) so I used some angled needlenose to spread the ring and hold the end of the CV with one hand, and yank the shaft out with the other.

Hehe…. Yank the shaft….. hehe

 

[PG01]

@Doubeleive probably came loose. My left one won’t stay snapped together. I’ve done some ethnic engineering with zip ties to ensure it stays together.

That’s good….. I like that….EE

 

[PG01]

I don’t understand, your guys’s trucks didn’t come with those baffles or they ripped or wut? Mine are still there and are fine… ‘13 Tahoe

 

[iamdub]

Yup him and me and @Sparksalot made them. I just cut them to fit not a big deal. I used this stuff and it comes in handy for other projects as well.

Amazon.com

It's almost election time in my parts. There's plenty of that material everywhere for free.

 

[Charlie207]

I don’t understand, your guys’s trucks didn’t come with those baffles or they ripped or wut? Mine are still there and are fine… ‘13 Tahoe

2014 here. They were half torn out & rotted/degraded. Which is weird for being synthetic material, but they were toast. Road salt and the magnesium chloride (aka "brine") they pretreat the roads with is straight cancer for New England cars might rot them.

 

[Sparksalot]

I don’t understand, your guys’s trucks didn’t come with those baffles or they ripped or wut? Mine are still there and are fine… ‘13 Tahoe

They were totally crumbling in both of my PPVS.

 

[Doubeleive]

How many radiators have you had in it?

The oem one died at like 84k, so I put the koyoto in and then I think it sprung a leak after 3yrs so I replaced it then pulled it out and put in the aluminum one which lasted about a month and leaked so I put the old one back in so it's been another 3 years with the koyoto again, I have never had a radiator last me 5 years they all die on me every, 3-5 years. Apparently I'm a savage. The one I put in the 03 like probably 8 years ago is fine but my sister has had it for 4-5 years. They gave me a lifetime warranty so I'm good

 

[Doubeleive]

I don’t understand, your guys’s trucks didn’t come with those baffles or they ripped or wut? Mine are still there and are fine… ‘13 Tahoe

Mine are completely gone with just a small shred of material around the plastic Christmas tree, I guess that happens when you drive 130mph+

 

[Doubeleive]

Picked up a few pieces

 

[Doubeleive]

neighbor said I have too many chevy's lol, pfft I used to have 4-5 cars all the time, for no reason other than to tinker and drive something different
didn't have a gang of kids then either so i could spend more time in the junkyard getting parts or better parts, finding a nice trim piece for a 25-40 year old vehicle is like gold sometimes

 

[PG01]

2014 here. They were half torn out & rotted/degraded. Which is weird for being synthetic material, but they were toast. Road salt and the magnesium chloride (aka "brine") they pretreat the roads with is straight cancer for New England cars might rot them.

Yes, familiar with the brine… upstate NY here.

 

[89Suburban]

I don’t understand, your guys’s trucks didn’t come with those baffles or they ripped or wut? Mine are still there and are fine… ‘13 Tahoe

Mine were dry rotted and flapping around, 300K does that I guess.

 

[the_tool_man]

How long do TPMS sensors last? I bought "new" OEM ones at the last tire replacement 4 years ago, almost to the day. But I have no idea how long they sat in a warehouse prior to my purchase. Also, this is the same tire that just had the valve stem replaced a few weeks ago. Can these be screwed up by a sloppy tire jocky?

 

[gooffeyguy]

How long do TPMS sensors last? I bought "new" OEM ones at the last tire replacement 4 years ago, almost to the day. But I have no idea how long they sat in a warehouse prior to my purchase. Also, this is the same tire that just had the valve stem replaced a few weeks ago. Can these be screwed up by a sloppy tire jocky?

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They're supposed to last 7-10 years. The OE style ones have a build date code printed on them. I just recently changed out the last OE one that went dead on the 2015 Acadia and it was dated 2014.

I've also had a new one die after about 2 months, on my Yukon when I put new wheels/tires on last year along with all new OE sensors

 

[gooffeyguy]

The oem one died at like 84k, so I put the koyoto in and then I think it sprung a leak after 3yrs so I replaced it then pulled it out and put in the aluminum one which lasted about a month and leaked so I put the old one back in so it's been another 3 years with the koyoto again, I have never had a radiator last me 5 years they all die on me every, 3-5 years. Apparently I'm a savage. The one I put in the 03 like probably 8 years ago is fine but my sister has had it for 4-5 years. They gave me a lifetime warranty so I'm good

I'm knocking on wood here talking about it, lol, but I've only ever replaced one radiator in the 6 vehicles that I currently own. That was in my Mustang, not because it leaked, but because of the bigger, supercharged engine I put in 15 years ago needing a bigger radiator.

My two highest mileage vehicles which were bought new, the 2001 Yukon with >250k miles and the 2002 Mustang GT with ~170k still on original radiators