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    Rear driver side brakes making awful creaking sound

    Our 2015 Tahoe has a terrible creaking sound from the rear driver side. Doesn't appear to affect anything, but just sounds awful. I cannot figure out what is causing it or how to fix it. I ran across another thread here with a similar problem that turned out to be the parking brake cable. Not...
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    Considering Nitto Terra Grappler G2 265/70/18 vs. Falken ATW4 275/70/18

    Well, as things would go I ended going with something totally different. I read a good review online on the Nitto Ridge Grapplers and how they were essentially improved Terra Grappler G2's. Tire shop had a set of those in 275/70/18 and price matched another local shop, so I ended up going with...
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    Considering Nitto Terra Grappler G2 265/70/18 vs. Falken ATW4 275/70/18

    Need to get new tires for my 2010 Avalanche. I've got a 3" lift and currently have Pirelli Scorpion AT+ 265/65/18 (they suck, bad decision). I've run this size tire forever bc anything larger rubbed against my automatic running boards. I've since been able to shift the running boards a little...
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    Do I have a stuck caliper?

    Update: Replaced the piston, boot, and internal o-ring. Appears to be functioning properly now. Had the wife hop in the truck and push and let off the brake and made sure I could still spin the wheel once she let off. Could not do that before I started the work. Didn't see anything glaringly...
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    Do I have a stuck caliper?

    Thanks for all the info. I've ordered a bunch of parts and watched a bunch of youtube videos so I've got several things to check when all the parts arrive. Will update as I figure out more.
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    Do I have a stuck caliper?

    2010 Avalanche 4x4...So I've definitely got something going on with my right rear brakes. I had a good squeal going on so I was prepared to change the rear brakes. After getting everything apart, the pads had plenty of life on them but the brake hardware was broken. So I cleaned everything...
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    Lifter tick?

    Gotcha. I haven't done much work on the Tahoe and saw those the other day when I was changing the oil and had to do a double take too. My Av has a much bigger shield over the engine so my immediate thought was that at some point I took it off and lost it. :)
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    Lifter tick?

    What do you mean by "the shield is off intake?" I don't have anything removed. I simply opened the hood and took a video of the side of the engine I felt like the ticking was coming from. I'll probably need to pull the valve covers, but damn I don't want to dig into that right now. :)
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    Lifter tick?

    Interesting. You think the sound could be different because he had the engine taken apart and everything was open? I really don't feel like digging that deep into the engine right now. Did that several times on my Avalanche and it ain't fun. What else could make a ticking sound like that?
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    Lifter tick?

    I literally changed the oil right before our trip so it probably has about 800 miles on it. I've put a bottle of Rislone in it before an oil change in the past, but I didn't have time to do that this time since I procrastinated on the oil change. I guess I'll just keep an eye on it.
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    Lifter tick?

    Got home from about a 7 hour trip in our 2015 Tahoe and my wife said the car sounded weird. Is this lifter tick? I have one of the Range devices to keep it from going into 4 cylinder mode, but this sound worries me. My 2010 Avalanche had a stuck lifter a while back and it took me a few weeks...
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    New Timken SP500301 Front Wheel Bearing and Hub Assembly (07-14 1500s) - $250 with Free Shipping

    So I got one of them in. It is stamped so I think it's genuine. Unfortunately Amazon says the other one I ordered has been lost, so I need to order another one now. And of course the price has gone up $40 since my original order.
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    New Timken SP500301 Front Wheel Bearing and Hub Assembly (07-14 1500s) - $250 with Free Shipping

    Yeah, I figure I'll skip Ebay and give Amazon a shot. At least they have a simple return policy that should make them easy to return if they aren't genuine. Last resort is probably RockAuto. They usually have pretty good prices, but they always get me on shipping.
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    New Timken SP500301 Front Wheel Bearing and Hub Assembly (07-14 1500s) - $250 with Free Shipping

    Slim chance, but do you still have these available? And you're right, those Ebay prices are very tempting.
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    Blend door actuator won't fully go into last position

    I think I may have figured out what the issue probably is. In the thread I made almost 2 years ago about this problem someone replied with the same thing. Turned out to be something stuck down in the vent from a previously cracked dashboard. I had the same cracked dashboard problem a number...
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    Blend door actuator won't fully go into last position

    I finally got around to replacing the blend door actuator that controls where the air is going. Did the calibration procedure and cranked things up. However, it seems like it will not go fully into the last position (defrost/foot). When it's in this position, air is still coming out of the...
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    2015 Tahoe new tires rubbing sway bar

    If I buy a tuner, am I able to tune multiple vehicles with it? That part is unclear to me. You say "purchase a tune" as if I'm buying one thing, but from my uneducated point of view I'm buying a piece of equipment. Also, does the tuner stay hooked up or do you hook it up, program the...
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    2015 Tahoe new tires rubbing sway bar

    Yeah, I don't think I'm gonna make any changes to it. Just learn to live with it. I would, however, like to find out how to recalibrate the speedometer for the larger tires. I think I need a tuner, but $400 seems like a good bit to pay just to recalibrate the speedo.
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    2015 Tahoe new tires rubbing sway bar

    We have a set of these on my son's 4Runner. So far they have functioned well. They are only rubbing the sway bars. No rubbing on the inner fender at all.
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    2015 Tahoe new tires rubbing sway bar

    Looks like Bora makes hub centric spacers for the Tahoe. That was a very recommended brand when I was doing all my 4Runner research.
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    2015 Tahoe new tires rubbing sway bar

    That's a great point about being hub centric instead of lug centric. Read a lot of reviews on amazon about "universal" spacers causing balancing issues because they are lug centric and will essentially "fall" onto the lugs when installed.
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    2015 Tahoe new tires rubbing sway bar

    No, he has a 4Runner, and it was like that when we bought it. I had done my research and was prepared to get the "body mount chop" done on it after I changed out wheels and tires. It's good now. I sold those wheels and tires and the stock wheels and tires that the previous owner gave us with...
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    2015 Tahoe new tires rubbing sway bar

    Are you saying yours rub the fender liners in the wheel well? If that was the case I wouldn't be concerned as those are just plastic. However, these are rubbing on metal, granted it's smooth metal. But metal vs. rubber, metal will win. The car we bought for my son had some giant tires on it...
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    2015 Tahoe new tires rubbing sway bar

    I believe I can hear some rubbing when taking corners a little aggressively which is not at full lock. And, it is rubbing on both sides. I don't think it feels any more "squishy" than before. I actually commented to my wife that I feel more connected to the road. However, these tires are...
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    2015 Tahoe new tires rubbing sway bar

    That's a good point. I have no idea what it looked like before I changed the tires. However, I can hear it rub the sway bar now and as far as I remember, I never heard any rubbing with the smaller tires. Family noticed it too so I'm assuming it didn't rub before.

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