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

[j91z28d1]

wheel hubs..

timkin 150
skf x 150
ac Delco 200.

which to buy as I don't honestly trust any of them blah

 

[Fless]

I was thinking about having these old ones hydro dipped with something cool

By 'cool' you mean NO carbon fiber, right?

 

[Doubeleive]

wheel hubs..

timkin 150
skf x 150
ac Delco 200.

which to buy as I don't honestly trust any of them blah

ac delco but check the part number on amazon & rock auto one of the 2 should be cheaper

 

[Doubeleive]

By 'cool' you mean NO carbon fiber, right?

noooo, I was thinking skulls maybe

 

[Sir_Hiro]

Perks of having a Brother in HVAC. Recharged the AC in the Yukon. It had 0 freon..so it has a leak somewhere but it works when charged.
Also got around to steam cleaning the whole inside and holy moly was it dirty..got 90% of the stains out so I call it a good day.

 

[j91z28d1]

ac delco but check the part number on amazon & rock auto one of the 2 should be cheaper

the Amazon listing said acdelco store at the top but in the drop down for sellers only sellers were names of random stores. ended up paying a bit more in rock auto. Who knows at this point. it's a shame the sfk x aren't the fix. they seem good marketing wise.


how did they mess up simple wheel bearings. I can honestly say I've never had a wheel bearing go out on any car I've owned in the last 30 plus years. and lots of them had well over 200k with zero maintenance.

 

[Charlie207]

Timkin has always been decent.

 

[j91z28d1]

Timkin has always been decent.

timkin was always my go to in bearings for things. but I guess this time, eh. trying Delco

 

[Doubeleive]

the Amazon listing said acdelco store at the top but in the drop down for sellers only sellers were names of random stores. ended up paying a bit more in rock auto. Who knows at this point. it's a shame the sfk x aren't the fix. they seem good marketing wise.


how did they mess up simple wheel bearings. I can honestly say I've never had a wheel bearing go out on any car I've owned in the last 30 plus years. and lots of them had well over 200k with zero maintenance.

I have worn the oem out at the typical 160k-180k mark. I changed the ones on the yukon early at about 150k, got a online order deal from o'reillys for $134 each when the next best price was like $284, haven't seen them that price again since.
I have worn out the cheaper aftermarket ones in 20k before, so no more of that nonsense to save $50 just to turn around and have to buy another one right after the warranty expires.
Have had good luck with the Timkens as well, not sure if they are still as good as they used to be but if they make it the 3 years I guess that's good....

 

[RooTBeeRthe1st]

I was thinking about doing both of my front wheel bearings and maybe axles since I'm at 200k, no issues, but I'd rather not have any either...

 

[Doubeleive]

I was thinking about doing both of my front wheel bearings and maybe axles since I'm at 200k, no issues, but I'd rather not have any either...

if the time and money is good then, why not is my thought.. but otherwise just check them more routinely while doing rotations. on my 03 silverado one went from bad to worse to "it might fall off" in nothing flat lol, went from a little hum to sounding like a metal on metal brake pad in less than 60 miles.
I tend to be a maintenance junkie from previous failures and I wear things out just from my driving habits

 

[Tonyrodz]

if the time and money is good then, why not is my thought.. but otherwise just check them more routinely while doing rotations. on my 03 silverado one went from bad to worse to "it might fall off" in nothing flat lol, went from a little hum to sounding like a metal on metal brake pad in less than 60 miles.
I tend to be a maintenance junkie from previous failures and I wear things out just from my driving habits

Same exact thing happened to my 03 ds bearing. I was lucky my wheel didn't fall off.

 

[mountie]

if the time and money is good then, why not is my thought.. but otherwise just check them more routinely while doing rotations. on my 03 silverado one went from bad to worse to "it might fall off" in nothing flat lol, went from a little hum to sounding like a metal on metal brake pad in less than 60 miles.
I tend to be a maintenance junkie from previous failures and I wear things out just from my driving habits

I am about to rotate my tires..... What's the best way to 'check' my bearings,.... just a spin and a wiggle, when of the tires are off the floor?
With 176,000 miles, I sense no issues...

 

[Doubeleive]

I am about to rotate my tires..... What's the best way to 'check' my bearings,.... just a spin and a wiggle, when of the tires are off the floor?
With 176,000 miles, I sense no issues...

yes spin and listen for tink noise or grinding, push back-n-forth at 12 & 6 there should no play at all, at 3 & 9 there is some normal play because of the steering.
normally it should be about dead quiet while spinning, you'll hear the axle moving if 4x4 but there should be no other noise unless your brakes are worn down

if it sounds like rubbing 2 ceramic plates together or you hear a tink, tink, tink sound that's the bearings

 

[j91z28d1]

mine passes every test, no wiggle, not noise spinning and listening with stethoscope on hub or spring. put all wheel wheels up in the air and in drive so it spun all 4. wasn't sure what it was, not a single weird sound. being a hybrid there's a lot of things that can make weird whirling noises. does it at 30mph lightly and pretty good at 40mph. sounds like someone turned on a blower motor. slowly gotten worse over about 6 months. finally gave up and ordered some mechanics ears. I hate throwing new junk parts are old good parts. about 30mins of playing with the last night and singled out everything is good but the passenger front hub bearing. hear is clear as day. handy little things, should have got a kit years ago.

drivers side sounds fine for now. so I'm not touching it till it fails haha. which could be tomorrow or could be 40k miles.


I have found lately changing parts as preventive maintenance might be causing more issues than it's fixing with the low quality of all new parts. more and more I'm waiting till things fail before fixing them.

 

[Charlie207]

I'm about to order some new upper control arms and outer tie rods in preperation for an alignment, and am wondering what would be the reason/s why I'd want to replace the camber bolts/plates? They aren't rusted or wrecked, and I feel like I should be able to just reuse them on both sides.

What are our thoughts on this?

 

[Sir_Hiro]

I'm about to order some new upper control arms and outer tie rods in preperation for an alignment, and am wondering what would be the reason/s why I'd want to replace the camber bolts/plates? They aren't rusted or wrecked, and I feel like I should be able to just reuse them on both sides.

What are our thoughts on this?

I dont see why you should have to? They dont really see that much wear and tear and if they are physically ok I'd run them myself.

 

[Charlie207]

I dont see why you should have to? They dont really see that much wear and tear and if they are physically ok I'd run them myself.

Yeah, I just omitted them for the Rock Auto order. If they crumble in my hand I'll just run down to the parts store and grab some, but I'm pretty sure they'll be fine.

 

[Geotrash]

Yeah, I just omitted them for the Rock Auto order. If they crumble in my hand I'll just run down to the parts store and grab some, but I'm pretty sure they'll be fine.

I reused mine on my '07. No problems.

 

[guy from norcal]

Did spark plugs,wipers, swaybar bushings and an oil change. spark plugs are always fun!