02 Suburban Rear Jacking

[OR VietVet]

The Daytona jack can be had at a Harbor Freight. The jack comes in numerous colors. If you have your heart set on a blue jack and they do not have a blue jack, so what, get any damn color they have. It is the same jack.

If you only have 2 of the 6 ton jack stands, get 2 more Daytona 6 ton stands while you are there. While you are at it, get a couple 3 ton stands while there. I use them more than I thought I would. I can set a 6 ton under a frame and then jack under a control arm to unload it and set a smaller 3 ton stand under the arm.

 

[OR VietVet]

While you are at all this. I also recommend joining another site owned by the same owners here, that is strictly for GMT800 trucks, like yours. It is the GMT800 Forum. That place is filthy with GMT800 owners with good info.

 

[JPVortex]

While you are at all this. I also recommend joining another site owned by the same owners here, that is strictly for GMT800 trucks, like yours. It is the GMT800 Forum. That place is filthy with GMT800 owners with good info.

Will do, I appreciate it.

Little update, put the jackstands under the sway bar on a part that was right under the axle tubes and it worked great! No tipping and feels super solid.

Was doing rear brakes, got them done and sadly one of the calipers is sticking bad and boy that smelled bad.

Pads were a little tight in the caliper bracket so I filed the paint down some and made sure the caliper slide pins were good and added a little more grease just in case I didn’t put enough, but nope. The wheel doesn’t want to spin at all. Now I get to order calipers, yippee isn’t the brake hose either, that’s new as of a couple months ago.

 

[OR VietVet]

Likely caliper pistons hanging up, especially if the original calipers and maybe unknown time since any brake fluid flush. People do not do brake fluid flushes as often as they should.
Make sure you are using a high temp brake glide grease. If not, it will get hot enough to drip off and then you have no lube where it is needed. Lots of times, there will be lube supplied with the new calipers. You better start now and look to see what you will have to do to bleed them.

 

[JPVortex]

Likely caliper pistons hanging up, especially if the original calipers and maybe unknown time since any brake fluid flush. People do not do brake fluid flushes as often as they should.
Make sure you are using a high temp brake glide grease. If not, it will get hot enough to drip off and then you have no lube where it is needed. Lots of times, there will be lube supplied with the new calipers. You better start now and look to see what you will have to do to bleed them.

Yeah, they definitely are original, and seems like the pistons are sticking. When I got the truck the brake fluid as nasty, when I did all 5 of the soft lines I flushed it as I bled until the fluid was clear, so it's all new fluid, but clearly it was too late.

The brake grease I've used is the Permatex one pictured. I've had pretty good luck with it, seems to work pretty well and doesn't melt to nothing. The rotor got up to 350 degrees today and no signs of melting of the grease. Thankfully the rotor is okay, no hot spots because I stopped driving it once I smelled it. Although, there is the purple Permatex ceramic grease I want to try out at some point.

As for calipers, I know most remans are junk, thinking I better go with something completely new.

 

[JPVortex]

With all this being said, I may not do anything about it, possibly selling the truck tomorrow. I've pretty much worn myself out on it, and most Chevy's to be honest. Previous owner took a lack of care of the truck and it's just a living nightmare with the lifter tick, extreme rear rocker rust, and the brakes are really just the icing on the cake.

I have the $200 Jetta I got just sitting waiting to be registered and daily driven.

 

[OR VietVet]

Well, good luck then. You bought a truck that needed work. If you live in a salt on the roads state, that explains some of it.

 

[JPVortex]

Well, good luck then. You bought a truck that needed work. If you live in a salt on the roads state, that explains some of it.

that’s for sure. Previous owner didn’t tell me any of this. I knew about rocker rust but none of the rest.

Just finished selling it, got $1309 for it. Not much but enough to let the piece of crap go.

 

[OR VietVet]

that’s for sure. Previous owner didn’t tell me any of this. I knew about rocker rust but none of the rest.

Just finished selling it, got $1309 for it. Not much but enough to let the piece of crap go.

That was very quick. I gotta know, how did you arrive at the price of $1309? That is a strange final number.

 

[JPVortex]

That was very quick. I gotta know, how did you arrive at the price of $1309? That is a strange final number.

My bad, I had a typo, it was $1300 lol.

Yeah it was very quick, guy messaged me yesterday from a state over and came to grab it today. He didn't even run it or test drive or anything. We just talked for a few and he made the sure the frame was solid. Took care of paperwork and he drove off!