Hello! Hope no one minds me making a quick thread here. I cant find one that pertains to my exact concerns. This is my first time doing a full suspension lift and my first time joining a forum. I have a beautiful 2007 yukon denali and i am looking at rough countries affordable 7.5" lift. My concern is that through the website the lift kit that is marketed for my vehicle says that it does not fit my vehicle. I will attach photos of what the page is displaying with my vehicle info inputted. But ive seen a few examples of what I beleive to be my exact vehicle with this exact lift. If I had to take a guess... it says that it doesnt fit my vehicle due to the autoride. But it also claims that it doesnt fit AWD vehicles? But says it fits 4WD. I believe mines awd do to the inability to put it into 2wd? Am i over thinking this? Is this gonna work for me? I understand that there will be some cutting and what not ive watched a few installation videos but im concerned that maybe mine is different in some way?
Am I buying the right kit?
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Dustin Jackson
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This is actually a great question, I do not have the answer. I suspect that maybe the front diff is different so the diff drop that comes with the lift kit might not fit but hopefully someone that knows will answer.
To confirm, you have AWD and autoride or is your Autoride disabled?
To confirm, you have AWD and autoride or is your Autoride disabled?
I have awd and autoride yes... I believe. Noticing on multiple websites selling this kit if i change my vehicle to 08 instea of 07 it fits... wonder whats different in that one year
Upon more digging around im finding little talk about this specific year with the awd needing some sort of special driveline
...dual cardan
Can anyone confirm? Has anyone lifted 07 yukon denali 6+ inches
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@Rylan In the meantime maybe look into what it would take to convert your setup to be more like those on the 08 if that's the hangup but that could be a diff or tcase swap..
Exactly what im thinking. Cant find much on what im tryna do sadly
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Have you contacted the seller by phone and discussed this situation?
Waiting to hear back from em now. I guess its the awd im fighting with
alright well... here is what i have learned with upwards of 10hrs digging around. The reason why is because the lift kit creats such a lethal angle on the front driveline to be running at high speeds constantly it is a terrible idea to lift the awd yukon. I have found a 6" lift kit from procomp that does claim to fit my awd denali and it does include a dual cardan driveshaft. The main concern with this being made possible by a driveshaft upgrade is that the risk is still too great. I keep hearing of situations where people have lifted their awd yukon and upgraded the driveshaft. But about half say the vibration is too much and the other say runs smooth on the highway. So i give up and will likely sell the yukon as the conversion to a 4wd is not worth the hassle. I am still curious... to anyone who has 6"+ lift on an awd yukon... hows it ride and where did you get your driveshaft from
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@Rylan Best bet would be to convert to 4wd
Not sure why AWD would be any worse than 4WD as your CV axles are splined to the front hubs and will be spinning all the time either way. Granted, with AWD, it will be trying to transmit torque, but still, spinning none the less.
The differential for AWD and 4WD mount the same way so that shouldn’t be an issue either. No difference between 2007 and 2008 front differentials either, or 2013 for that matter. I’ve had all three years of AWD vehicles and they are all the same.
The differential for AWD and 4WD mount the same way so that shouldn’t be an issue either. No difference between 2007 and 2008 front differentials either, or 2013 for that matter. I’ve had all three years of AWD vehicles and they are all the same.
Copy. I went and talked to a shop that specializes in lifting vehicles.... excessively. And they said that its absurd. And very unlikely to vibrate. Just concerned about the lift companies saying it wont work for my vehicle... i cant help but find stuff to modify on my vehicle. Im gonna send it and hope all goes swimmingly... gonna lose sleep over this one
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I have had trouble finding a successfully lifted AWD Yukon and looking forward to your results. In my past research I found retro fitting a part time t-case it a pain and have considered the NP241 manual shift t-case as you can find them in 32 spline. Easy direct swap and no torque sent to the front drive shaft. But torque through the angle of the driveline may only be 1/2 of the issue, the AWD diff is always spinning from both axles vs the part time diff only spinning from one axle, I am not sure that puts undue stress or excess spin on the driveline. The issue in AWD is if you break an axle you are stuck where the part time 4WD you can shift into 2WD and keep going because it disengages the front drive at both locations, t-case and diff (not sure if it is one or both that cause the issue for AWD's).
If you did go the NP241 route you need to do a custom t-case shifter. I was thinking of this on a previous suburban: https://www.speedwaymotors.com/Stoc...ion-Racing-Shifter-Anodized-Aluminu,2801.html.
Thanks for listening...
If you did go the NP241 route you need to do a custom t-case shifter. I was thinking of this on a previous suburban: https://www.speedwaymotors.com/Stoc...ion-Racing-Shifter-Anodized-Aluminu,2801.html.
Thanks for listening...
