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

[Big Mama]

Yup... sometimes it's not worth the labor to mess with a warranty....

I must need a longer cheater bar. I’ve only broken 2 HF adapters.

 

[mikez71]

come too think of it, my sears 1/2" cheater cracked off on one side supporting the bit.. Can't remember if they warrantied it, but I have another craftsman in the toolbox..

 

[Tonyrodz]

come too think of it, my sears 1/2" cheater cracked off on one side supporting the bit.. Can't remember if they warrantied it, but I have another craftsman in the toolbox..

They should've warrantied it, that's the only good thing about Craftsman.

 

[Fless]

They should've warrantied it, that's the only good thing about Craftsman.

I've had Craftsman tools warrantied at Lowe's. Last was a 1/4" ratchet.

 

[mountie]

I've had Craftsman tools warrantied at Lowe's. Last was a 1/4" ratchet.

I always wondered about Craftsman...... Some other company bought that name..... I wasn't sure of the quality after Sears shut down.

 

[j91z28d1]

the craftsmans line went to crap long before the name was sold off. big difference between vintage craftsman and the later stuff. there's a market for the old stuff if you have it. the newer stuff wasn't made as well.) it's noticeable side by side.

the new stuff as Lowes to me falls between the 2, bit as good as the og pre 90s ish tools better than the end of the line as sears.

I have a set of their 3/8 impact sockets, feel better than Harbor freight, which isn't that bad these days. I've had them on a 1/2in impact going to town and no worse for wear. like everything thou it's a hogpoge of rebranded stuff. there's no one factory making any brand of tool anymore, it's just what the sales rep has decided for you is good for their brand/profit. so if you see something that is good, try it. if you see something else with the name on it that seems like cheap junk. it probably is.


I feel like gear wrench branded tools are a very good middle of the road cost vs quality.

 

[j91z28d1]

ordered a driveshaft. supposedly new old stock oem gm hybrid 4x4 part number. we shall see what shows up haha.

 

[Fless]

I always wondered about Craftsman...... Some other company bought that name..... I wasn't sure of the quality after Sears shut down.

FWIW Sears never manufactured Craftsman tools -- it was always done through a contract with an outside manufacturer. "Stanley Black & Decker" owns the brand and has had the naming rights for 7 or 8 years now.

 

[Doubeleive]

Reminds me of a news story probably several years ago where all the Dewalt tooling equipment was stolen over in china or wherever they made it and that there would be no way for anyone to tell the difference in the tools if whoever stole it started manufacturing with it.

 

[mountie]

Reminds me of a news story probably several years ago where all the Dewalt tooling equipment was stolen over in china or wherever they made it and that there would be no way for anyone to tell the difference in the tools if whoever stole it started manufacturing with it.

And no one noticed the 15 semi-trucks loading up? ( Sounds like China )

 

[Doubeleive]

And no one noticed the 15 semi-trucks loading up? ( Sounds like China )

can't even find the story because of so many of there tools being stolen over the years all over the place even truckloads at a time.....

 

[Tonyrodz]

And no one noticed the 15 semi-trucks loading up? ( Sounds like China )

can't even find the story because of so many of there tools being stolen over the years all over the place even truckloads at a time.....

 

[RooTBeeRthe1st]

Not sure why, the tire shop under inflated everything...severely. two of them had to be 5 PSI maybe, one was at 11 and another was at like 21... The guy told me he wasn't sure what to put them at, I would think at least 20 if not 30... Most cars tell you to put 30 plus PSI in the tires from what I've seen.
Anyway

Out with the bald 50,000mi Mud Terrains and 200,000mi 17x7.5 +31 factory wheels.
In with the Mickey Thompson Baja Boss all terrain "suv" tires on the Dorman 17x8 +24 later model steelies. Just enough offset the side walls don't rub the control arms otherwise would have kept the stock wheels.
The ride is super smooth and quiet, but I'm not a fan of the soft sidewall for cornering, I'm sure I'll get used to it. I've only had load range E tires on this until now. These are "STD" rated 44psi max.

 

[Rocket Man]

I had a tire shop install the TPMS sensor I bought and when they tried to program the others, the LR decided it was dead so I had them install a new one there. But when they brought the truck around, I saw “service battery charging system “ on the DIC. I figured it wasn’t their fault so I drove it home and noticed the volt gauge fluctuated down to 8 and back to 14. I found semi loose connections where the positive wires connect to the post. It had a wing nut on there so I cleaned it all up and installed them with an actual nut so I could tighten it good. No more warnings. I hope that was it.

 

[Doubeleive]

ordered these new steering wheel covers, the oem ones are oop, still a couple floating around at various dealers but the set is $68 from rockauto should be the same color per amazon reviews brushed metal

 

[Doubeleive]

went out to the junkyard and scored a drivers door handle in good shape, mine the chrome is beginning to peel in the same spot they all do
and rear console cup holder that seems to be working properly and a denali wheel cover all for $36 can't complain

 

[Doubeleive]

and ordered a new set of tires off of wally world which was a hair under 1k, added a couple grocery items to round it up because my credit card is giving me back $325 in points if I spend $1000 so pfft, can't beat that with a stick, they gave me back $325 last month as well plus $150 in bill credits....

 

[Doubeleive]

Grabbed a couple qts to do the front diff

 

[Grady_Wilson]

Finally got a chance to wash my Yukon.
It was a little windy but I washed it anyway since it had been months of snow and slush weather to where it looked like I just picked it up from driving around Iraq.
I will have to polish the wheels since they are starting to get some corrosion due to the amount of time between washes.

Feels good to drive a clean vehicle even though it is supposed to snow again on Friday.
Meh.

 

[Geotrash]

Thanks for the replies guys. I’ll probably just go with Power Stop’s middle-of-the-line set. Their Extreme Performance are their top-of-the-line set and would run me almost $400 just for all 4 rotors. Yes of course less than Wilwoods ( pads alone for those are $400 or more last time I checked ouch) but like I said, I’m going semi budget so not going for any of the most expensive lines nor for any unknown or budget meaning cheapest either. The other ones I like are the Raybestos Element 3 for around the same price. I’ll decide in a week or so, that’s when I plan on ordering them. There’s an incredible difference in pricing for my truck, from $150- $1500 total for all 4 corners not even counting going with larger front rotors or big brake kits all the way around where you’re talking $4000 or more. Crazy.

I have the Powerstop Z23 rotors and pads on my 2007 and I'm very happy with them. Good performance and no warping.