What did you do to your NBS GMT800 Tahoe/Yukon Today?

[DDenali]

Well with the $20 depos I just cut the cutoff shield since it's free and the difference is night and day.

 

[DDenali]

First pic is the modified cutoff plate without shield and the last is without modification

 

[bottomline2000]

Man! That sux!! Good luck with that.

There's an HD Hood on Craig's in NY. Has some damage and he wants $300 for it. I live in NJ, and no offense to my NY brothers but I refuse to drive in NY! So that's a no go for me. I've seen a brand new after market HD Hood sells for $334 without shipping.

Found my hd hood on car-parts.com. used uship.com to ship from MI to TX for $160. Perfect color matched factory hood. Just a few pinhole chips from its previous life lol but paint is glossy after a claybar..this was a Hella gamble that paid off..

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[Merc1973]

Alright, so for the past two days my steering rack went from this:
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To This:
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The Part List:
- Rare Parts HD pitman arm
- Rare Parts HD Tie Rods (with my Polyurathane dust boots)
- Rare Parts HD Idler arm bracket
- Moog idler arm
- Moog centerlink
- Cognito pitman/idler arm support kit

The Trial: Took me a while to break off the old idler arm with an air hammer and pickle fork and one try to remove the "dreaded" pitman arm. I did have to remove all three steering gearbox bolts to get the perfect angle to remove the pitman arm, but I was ready to remove the whole gearbox out of the truck, so I was smitten. I was glad I spent the extra money on a new centerlink because I could not break the pitman and idler from the centerlink and tried everything aside from heat.

The Tribulations:
1. I couldn't use the cognito brace on the idler side, it would practically sit on the sway bar. I might attempt it again down the road. I was on a time crunch and it was too rainy for me to sit around and screw with it all day.
2. I had to remove my KYB steering stabilizer because the bracket hits the cognito brace. Not too upset at it, I wanted to create my own with a stiffer valved bilstein or fox shock that'll use different brackets due to different strokes.
3. The newfound responsive steering heightened the feeling of how ****** my shocks are. Now I'm looking at bilstein's since I get a good discount through my work.

The Results: In short, night and day difference! No more play, way more responsive, Still wish it felt heavier though, but that'll come with a better valved gearbox. Went around 75 on the way home from the alignment shop in torrential downpour and it tracked straight. The real test will be my route to work. Theres one section on the freeway that always gets squirrely, especially when theres standing water.

Wow, good work. Where did you buy them?

 

[Tonyrodz]

Found my hd hood on car-parts.com. used uship.com to ship from MI to TX for $160. Perfect color matched factory hood. Just a few pinhole chips from its previous life lol but paint is glossy after a claybar..this was a Hella gamble that paid off.. View attachment 69148

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I'm so damn jealous! Lol

 

[1992rs]

Wow, good work. Where did you buy them?

Thank you. All the rare parts stuff and the cognito support brackets I got on eBay, the moog stuff I got on rockauto using the discount we get on the forum, and the poly tierod covers I got on Amazon



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[Fosscore]

Found my hd hood on car-parts.com. used uship.com to ship from MI to TX for $160. Perfect color matched factory hood. Just a few pinhole chips from its previous life lol but paint is glossy after a claybar..this was a Hella gamble that paid off.. View attachment 69148

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Sweet score. Looks a helluva lot better than when I found mine. Look forward to seeing pics of it on.

 

[Martinjmpr]

Pics!

Also posted in the audio/electronics section:

And before you criticize me for putting a 12v outlet next to a drink holder, this is the drink holder for the 3rd row seat - the 3rd row that spends all Summer in the garage because we don't use it.

 

[Tonyrodz]

Found my hd hood on car-parts.com. used uship.com to ship from MI to TX for $160. Perfect color matched factory hood. Just a few pinhole chips from its previous life lol but paint is glossy after a claybar..this was a Hella gamble that paid off.. View attachment 69148

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Hood isn't color matched!

 

[bottomline2000]

Hood isn't color matched!

Haha, ok u got me..its my factory paint code and it ain't certifit flat black lol. Too bad it rains every time I wash it. [emoji23]

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[quest51210]

You can either make or buy adapter plates

Longshotlighting@gmail is who I bought them from

 

[Wagnasty]

You make them?

Are those for mh1 7.0's? At the time of my retrofit I only found one guy out in Maryland who had a bracket for them.


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I'd love to know the answer to that also

Nothing I didn't make them, 2005_silverado did.

http://www.gmfullsize.com/threads/morimoto-retrofit-adapter-plates.304123/

 

[08grey]

New PCV valve today. Used 2 qts of oil in 1200 miles. Really trying track down my issue. It's coming out of the exhaust. No smoke or anything. Any advice is welcomed. 02 tahoe 4wd 260k miles 10w40 mobile 1 high mileage oil.

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Catch can would tell you if its passing the pcv real bad.

 

[1992rs]

Tightened my steering box. Next to my brakes, best thing I've done for the drivability of my rig

 

[quest51210]

Pitman, idler, steering stabilizer, and alignment today.


Prepping for those 3" lower control arms and Tony's 5/6" rear drop....which at this rate should be the end of the year or the new year. Also thinking of having transmission rebuilt by one of the nore reputable shop in town. They are very reasonable and honest which is extremely rare.

 

[Bombsquad85]

Tightened my steering box. Next to my brakes, best thing I've done for the drivability of my rig

Is there a walk through for this? I would love to tighten my steering just drove from VA to MA and back and I definitely need to adjust my steering

 

[DDenali]

@Bombsquad85 hey bud take a look at this.

 

[1992rs]

Is there a walk through for this? I would love to tighten my steering just drove from VA to MA and back and I definitely need to adjust my steering

There are write ups on multiple different gm forums and YouTube videos. A quick search will show you everything but you'll hear multiple different ideologies about which is the correct way. Some say have the wheels cranked, some say keep it simple and just tighten it.

You only need a 16mm wrench and a 3/16 Allen wrench (supposedly, I just dug through my drawer and found one that fits.)
What I did was loosen the nut on the box, 1/4 turns with the Allen wrench on the hex stud? while hand twisting the steering shaft to check play, and repeated until I got minimal play


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[osiris94ej]

Gave her a bath.

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[Rocket Man]

There are write ups on multiple different gm forums and YouTube videos. A quick search will show you everything but you'll hear multiple different ideologies about which is the correct way. Some say have the wheels cranked, some say keep it simple and just tighten it.

You only need a 16mm wrench and a 3/16 Allen wrench (supposedly, I just dug through my drawer and found one that fits.)
What I did was loosen the nut on the box, 1/4 turns with the Allen wrench on the hex stud? while hand twisting the steering shaft to check play, and repeated until I got minimal play


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I tried loosening that nut with a wrench while holding the Allen but couldn't do it. Did you just mark the Allen somehow and use a socket on the nut? That thing is in a terrible place to get to.