What did you do to your OBS GMT400 Tahoe/Yukon Today?

[OR VietVet]

Drove it to work only to find out my cats are clogged

Change their diet. Who had to make that stressful call to you?

 

[the 18th letter]

Noticed what I thought exhaust fumes seeping under rear passenger door one cold morning, and now I see condensation dripping after long idling in cold weather. Exhaust leak confirmed

 

[97YukonNZ]

Hey!
Before I owned this Rig a previous owner added some Led lights around it.
As a result it has had no reverse lights.
I found a strip of lights online and added them.

The set has a red strip that I wired into the brake and also indicator.

 

[Mean_Green]

^^^ I got a triple row set. Red for brake and tail light, white for backup, yellow sequential for turn and hazard.

 

[the 18th letter]

Went to investigating my exhaust leak and got a look at my spare, yikes hit it with PB blaster real good and I’ll get back to fiddling next weekend

 

[OR VietVet]

Went to investigating my exhaust leak and got a look at my spare, yikes hit it with PB blaster real good and I’ll get back to fiddling next weekend View attachment 422255View attachment 422256

Salt on roads does that.

 

[the 18th letter]

Salt on roads does that.

Combined with not one iota of maintenance smh. I’m fully expecting everything to break when I get to fiddling, been about 90k miles since I last, or someone I should say, touched it.

 

[Mean_Green]

I need to do mine too.

 

[YukonGTmaster]

Went to investigating my exhaust leak and got a look at my spare, yikes hit it with PB blaster real good and I’ll get back to fiddling next weekend View attachment 422255View attachment 422256

Check the tire pressure! Lol

 

[the 18th letter]

Check the tire pressure! Lol

The way that lip is rusted I’ve already started sourcing a replacement rim for my replacement tire.

 

[97YukonNZ]

Had her up in the air yesterday.

Steering idler had been on the way out for sometime but hadn't worked out where the movement was.

wasnt hard to get out and arm was an easy split.

Replaced with an AC Delco supreme fro R.A Am impressed with DHL yet again. Got it over here to New Zealand in No Time!!

 

[Mean_Green]

Hope you had more support under there than the one visible jack.

 

[OR VietVet]

Hope you had more support under there than the one visible jack.

You can see one jack stand on the passenger side of the pic.

 

[Tonyrodz]

Had her up in the air yesterday. View attachment 422340

Steering idler had been on the way out for sometime but hadn't worked out where the movement was.

View attachment 422341

wasnt hard to get out and arm was an easy split.

View attachment 422342

Replaced with an AC Delco supreme fro R.A Am impressed with DHL yet again. Got it over here to New Zealand in No Time!!

You definitely lucked out with the removal.

 

[97YukonNZ]

You definitely lucked out with the removal.

Yes I sure did luck out!
I watched a removal on YouTube and that backed up what I thought I had to do.
And very lucky i had replaced the steering bar a couple of years ago so the arm wasn't seized in there.
Learning lots and getting jobs done to make her safe and more fun to drive.
Cheers guy's for any help you've given.

 

[east302]

Not my Tahoe, but the transmission in my 98 Z71 gave up the ghost this morning. When pulling out into traffic it gave a loud bang and no longer has reverse. I got it towed into the shop.

I’m assuming it’s the sun shell but will see what the rebuild shop comes back with. It made it almost 200k miles so I guess I can't complain.

By 8:00 this morning I was ready to call it a day, lol.

 

[97YukonNZ]

Hope you had more support under there than the one visible jack.

Yes had 2 axle stands left and right under the jack points on the frame.
Before I lowered her 5 " recently I could roll over under her with no jack.
Could've done the job without a jack!

 

[97YukonNZ]

I purchased some wee mud flaps and put them on in the weekend. Going to see if they help keeps a bit off the side of her

Also replaced the swaybar bushes and link rods. Someone had replaced the original with the wrong size rods and the sway was not functioning properly!

feels much better up front. Am looking forward to getting the new arm bushes in at sometime. Grabbed this master set from R.A

 

[Izzythoed]

I changed the water pump on my 99 Denali bought it a two weeks ago from an older gentleman said it was sitting for a year or so the water pump went out had a really bad leak left me stranded ended up changing the radiator cap flushed the coolant changed upper and lower radiator hoses man were they crunchy asf but now I'm back on the road waiting to do more to it

 

[97YukonNZ]

I dont know if anyone has done this.
I recently replaced my tires to a lower profile and as a result needed to change the spare size to the same.

After lifting the spare back up into position I decided I wanted to do something to change the look of a spare hanging out of the back so I found a cheap leather look vinyl cover on a local trade site.

It cost me $8N.Z to do or $4 ish U.S.
It is a snug fit and tucks up underneath when the spare lifted into place.

Have done 1000 or so miles and it hasnt moved so I think I'm onto a winner there.