Yeah they aren’t going to do anything. The only thing they might even remotely do is include a note in the instructions addressing the restrictor issue. Once a product is released to production it takes an act of god to change it.
Kbuskill's 2008 Burb LTZ "MOD" Thread
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Yeah they aren’t going to do anything. The only thing they might even remotely do is include a note in the instructions addressing the restrictor issue. Once a product is released to production it takes an act of god to change it.
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kbuskill
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Received the new Moog lower control arms for the rear today.
Moog only shows RK series parts for the rear end of our trucks. No CK series is available.
For those of you that may not know, Moog has the RK series, which is their Budget line and the CK series, which is their Premium line.
The funny thing is when I opened the boxes, to check out the parts, I noticed there was a black sticker on top of one of them. When I peeled that sticker off it has CK641916 stamped onto it.
Looking at both parts side by side I can see no noticeable difference.
I'm not sure if one of them was an older part that got relabeled or what. I can only assume that they used to have CK series parts for the rear of our trucks and for some reason decided to no longer market them as such.
Anyway, just thought I would share.
Still waiting on the Moog upper control arms for the rear to be delivered, probably tomorrow.
Moog only shows RK series parts for the rear end of our trucks. No CK series is available.
For those of you that may not know, Moog has the RK series, which is their Budget line and the CK series, which is their Premium line.
The funny thing is when I opened the boxes, to check out the parts, I noticed there was a black sticker on top of one of them. When I peeled that sticker off it has CK641916 stamped onto it.
Looking at both parts side by side I can see no noticeable difference.
I'm not sure if one of them was an older part that got relabeled or what. I can only assume that they used to have CK series parts for the rear of our trucks and for some reason decided to no longer market them as such.
Anyway, just thought I would share.
Still waiting on the Moog upper control arms for the rear to be delivered, probably tomorrow.
Thanks for the heads up.
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iamdub
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Well, I'llbedamned. I never really looked into it, but I thought the only replacement rear LCAs were from Dorman. It'd be cool to have the CK series arms to match my front arms. Not that it matters much since I'll be choppin 'em up.
Any tentative date for gettin them bags installed?
Spohn makes some nice boxed lowers. I’m running them on my 02.
https://www.spohn.net/shop/2007-201...-Suburban-Tahoe-Yukon-Avalanche-Escalade.html
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Well, like I said, one was marked with the CK part number hidden under a black sticker. The other has no markings at all but they look identical to me.
Hopefully this weekend.
My buddy is off and my son doesn't have anything going on, so I will be supervising as usual.
Last weekend my son had an NJROTC competition so that shot the install out of the water... lol
Please don't "T" the air lines together. Make them independent of each other. When you turn, you don't want all the air to move from one bag to the other... hella sway
Truth. Independent systems on each side is much more stable. Like one long ballon or two balloons. Step on one end of a long ballon and the air all rushes to the other end with little or no resistance. Step on one of two individual balloons and it will resist more load.
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Yup.
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Kind of hard not to T them together and still run them off the auto leveling compressor as there is only one outlet from the pump. The whole reason for using these is to maintain the auto leveling feature while running the shocks that I want.
If I were running them off of shrader valves for manual filling then I would definitely run them independently.
I will try this first and if I don't like it then I will change it up.
I don't plan on road course racing a 6k+ lb long body or doing a slalom so maybe it will be ok.
You’d need two solenoids and switches or a manifold. Not sure how well this is gonna work with the autoride system. Is this an experiment or have others tried this? If you’re running bags in place of springs you’re gonna need control of each bag and plumb them separate. You won’t like how it corners, guaranteed. Believe me, I know. That’s how my bagged Silverado was set up when I bought it, and every corner was an adventure lol. Slow and steady was the only way I could drive it, and if I put a passenger in the back seat it leaned. And then go around a corner with it already leaning....it sucked.
iamdub
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I've seen those and they're nice, but I meant stock replacement. I ain't bout to chop up some $190 arms! I want rubber bushings, anyway.
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kbuskill
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It is an experiment as far as running it off of the auto leveling compressor on our trucks I guess.
Looking at the specs for our compressor and comparing it to the TBSS compressor, our compressor actually puts out more PSI so I don't think that will be an issue.
As for adding solenoids and switches and all of the other stuff... it's not going to happen.
If I decide that I don't like the way it rides or handles with them linked together then I will either run them independently to individual Schrader valves and lose the "Auto" leveling or I will pull the bags out and go back to springs and maybe build some dual shock brackets so I can add the air shocks I currently have on there, in conjunction with the new Ranchos, back to regain the auto leveling.
eand28
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Totally unrelated but I think you were the one that mentioned you can get tech 2’s on eBay. You think they are worth it over a regular scanner?
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kbuskill
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I ordered mine from Chinacardiags.com, but yes, there is no comparison between a regular scanner that just reads codes and a Bidirectional scan tool.
The Tech 2 is great IMO. You can actually command sensors and modules to operate so you can see if there is an issue with the device or something else.
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I am not sure how the compressor and relief valve works but maybe a simple system with two check valves in the pressure lines and a pair of relief valves independent of each other would work. I dunno how the pump is assembled.
Yes, this is what I was thinking too.
iamdub
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Only idiots experiment with their suspension.
Man this forum is full of idiots.
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