2004 6.0 NV4500 Tahoe

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Still driving it while waiting on the pedal sensor to come in. Got some more exhaust plans coming up, I don't like how this one connection fits and I think I'm gonna ditch the massive Dynapro muffler in favor of a smaller Walker Quiet flow. Also gonna make a nice cutout attachment point in the exhaust hopefully lay down some sexy SS dimes.
 

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Had to go to two different junk yards today to find Rear calipers, I didn’t realize they are such a high demand item at scrap yards. When I did finally find them at an LKQ yard, they were $40 a set!!! After tolls and gas I should have just amazoned a set, or sent the ones I have on the truck off to powder and drove the taco for a week. Only reason I didn’t do that is I hate making my powder guy set up for a complicated three stage powder for just two small pieces. At least this way I can drop them off and whenever he gets a bigger order together in that color he can do mine at the same time. I’ll leave the stock calipers on and swap pads and rotors tomorrow.

It was weird both yards had at least two rows of in the truck section empty. I wonder if scrap is at such a high demand or because parts are back logged people are hitting the yards more. I did find several sets of esky roof rack bars, but only one complete set of caps and the paint was not in great shape. If I had brought a torx bit I would have snagged a set of bars to get powdered black. Didn’t find any trucks with Efans at all but did find a GMC Sierra Denali with all wheel steer and it still had its axle which seems kinda rare to me.
 

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Had to go to two different junk yards today to find Rear calipers, I didn’t realize they are such a high demand item at scrap yards. When I did finally find them at an LKQ yard, they were $40 a set!!! After tolls and gas I should have just amazoned a set, or sent the ones I have on the truck off to powder and drove the taco for a week. Only reason I didn’t do that is I hate making my powder guy set up for a complicated three stage powder for just two small pieces. At least this way I can drop them off and whenever he gets a bigger order together in that color he can do mine at the same time. I’ll leave the stock calipers on and swap pads and rotors tomorrow.

It was weird both yards had at least two rows of in the truck section empty. I wonder if scrap is at such a high demand or because parts are back logged people are hitting the yards more. I did find several sets of esky roof rack bars, but only one complete set of caps and the paint was not in great shape. If I had brought a torx bit I would have snagged a set of bars to get powdered black. Didn’t find any trucks with Efans at all but did find a GMC Sierra Denali with all wheel steer and it still had its axle which seems kinda rare to me.
Still has the spare in it too.
 
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I think I found the source of the rear brake squeak, looks like just the driver side rotor began wearing funny with some larger groves. Also found that the sliders on the passenger side were completely dry, one of which was seized. The bleeder screws on both were completely rusted shut, luckily I had extra sliders and bleeders from the junk yard calipers. No more squeaks so far!

Funny this was one of the last drivetrain items I had not touched from the PO.
 

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New y pipe with cutout attached. Used a plasma torch to cut the hole then dremeled it to near perfection. Lots of little bits of sanding the make the fitment good enough to tig. Should be better than the current X pipe cluster ****.


Yes I finished the weld in the third pic, just showing the gap I was having to fill.
 

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New y pipe with cutout attached. Used a plasma torch to cut the hole then dremeled it to near perfection. Lots of little bits of sanding the make the fitment good enough to tig. Should be better than the current X pipe cluster ****.


Yes I finished the weld in the third pic, just showing the gap I was having to fill.
Nice work. I have to admit I’m jealous.:)
 
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