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

[Scottydoggs]

I've seen a 4x4 hub FAIL right in front of my eyes one time. The axle was removed from the LF hub and driven, it came apart pulling into the shop. Wheel fell off, fender damage happened, and messed up the tie rod from the landing.

happened to my bosses truck. granted his shit was all sorts of messed up up front. wish i knew the front diff was being held in place with ratchet straps before i took many trips with him at 80 mph.

he had a axle go bad. and was unable to find one and had things to do. so he drove it. that wheel came off at 80 mph on the NJ tpk. i literally lmfao when i heard this went down. wheel smashed the hell out the fender, then it went under the truck and it messed up the rocker pretty good.

he actually went and got another truck, just for the cab chassis. his truck was a extended cab 3500 duramax pick up. his mechanic literally took the cabs off both trucks and swapped everything over to the donor, then had to gut both cabs inside to remove all the wire harnesses to put in the donor. same on the frame side of things. that engine and tranny and rears got to have 400- 500,000 on em by now.

 

[Tonyrodz]

happened to my bosses truck. granted his shit was all sorts of messed up up front. wish i knew the front diff was being held in place with ratchet straps before i took many trips with him at 80 mph.

he had a axle go bad. and was unable to find one and had things to do. so he drove it. that wheel came off at 80 mph on the NJ tpk. i literally lmfao when i heard this went down. wheel smashed the hell out the fender, then it went under the truck and it messed up the rocker pretty good.

he actually went and got another truck, just for the cab chassis. his truck was a extended cab 3500 duramax pick up. his mechanic literally took the cabs off both trucks and swapped everything over to the donor, then had to gut both cabs inside to remove all the wire harnesses to put in the donor. same on the frame side of things. that engine and tranny and rears got to have 400- 500,000 on em by now.

Damn! Wonder how much that bill was. Was it even worth it?

 

[iamdub]

Hence your promotion to lead mecha.....oh.

I was automatically DQ'ed for that position when I shot a stream of flaming brake cleaner at him under the bathroom door while he was dropping a deuce. Lit the roll of TP on fire.

That may have been the day he drug me out from under a car on my creeper and flung me into the street. Or maybe it was the day he dunked me head first into a trash can. Or maybe the day he poured used oil on my crotch as I was under a car. Or maybe the day he tapped on a truck's bumper with a ratchet when I started it after changing the oil, making it sound like the engine was knocking. Or maybe the day he...

 

[Scottydoggs]

Damn! Wonder how much that bill was. Was it even worth it?

not as much as it could have. he ran a garbage co, had full time mechanics on site daily. paid hourly.

no idea if this coming apart or back together lol

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[Sam Harris]

Damn. I just saw a RCSB NBS on the road missing both rear axles.. fuuuuuuck... one was about 15 ft away, and the other under the truck, but had pulled out about a foot and a half... whoops. Someone working on the rear end and forgot some c-clips..!?

 

[iamdub]

Damn. I just saw a RCSB NBS on the road missing both rear axles.. fuuuuuuck... one was about 15 ft away, and the other under the truck, but had pulled out about a foot and a half... whoops. Someone working on the rear end and forgot some c-clips..!?

Should've stopped to ask if he had rear end work done at a local shop so you'd know where NOT to go.

 

[TheAutumnWind]

Man are those control arm bolts a ***** to remove !
I've been taking out my frustration on those mo-fos all damned day and still they remain, laughing at me.

Rusty? I've never had issues replacing mine.

 

[NoReverseYukon]

Rusty? I've never had issues replacing mine.

Yeah, I think they rusted/seized to the bushing sleeves.

No amount of PBlaster/heat/pounding/spinning has gotten them to come out. I am done f-ing around with this - sawzall time.

 

[915_Tahoe]

so maybe someone can help me out, i have the brake lights on in the dash. i read threads that cleaning the grounds, re-soldering the module, and also pulling the fuse.
did the ground cleaning worked for awhile and came back on, i pulled the fuse from the engine bay lights stayed on is pulling the fuse supposed to turn the light off or just stop the pump from running.

 

[Sam Harris]

Finally upgraded my head unit! Backup camera installed.. next, I’ll finish wiring up a second USB port, and eventually get another amp, to power the factory rear sub I have been sitting on for damn ever.. now I want to swap the rest of my dash lights for LEDs even more!..

 

[Tonyrodz]

Finally upgraded my head unit! Backup camera installed.. next, I’ll finish wiring up a second USB port, and eventually get another amp, to power the factory rear sub I have been sitting on for damn ever.. now I want to swap the rest of my dash lights for LEDs even more!..

Looks good. How's it sound? Why's your brake light on?

 

[Sam Harris]

Looks good. How's it sound? Why's your brake light on?

Thanks! Sounds better than the factory unit for sure! I haven’t had the time to make all the tweaks yet, but I will soon. Brake light was on b/c I had the parking brake set. [emoji16][emoji106]

 

[XL04]

I missed out on an identical set of 15 Yukon wheels this summer for $150. I've been kicking myself ever since needless to say. A local tire shop had these wheels for $400 and picked them up for $300. I bought a set of pirelli scorpion str at Sam's club for $522 installed. Just in time for winter, I even got my old stocks wheels sold.

 

[BG1988]

Looks good. How's it sound? Why's your brake light on?

So it does not roll away while the engine is on and crash into the house

 

[Tonyrodz]

So it does not roll away while the engine is on and crash into the house

Not always--mine hasn't worked in years.

 

[Sam Harris]

So it does not roll away while the engine is on and crash into the house

I actually had it on, while in reverse, so I could test my wiring for the backup camera. Lol.

 

[yargnits]

Not necessarily today, but this last week I've managed to get my Yukon to start and run without bitching about anything. TPMS fault has been on for the last few months and oil life is at 0%.

I have a place nearby that has an ongoing deal that makes changing your own oil just stupid. The key is getting there 15 minutes before they open to queue up so you get out in an hour. Taking my daughter to school in the morning makes that impossible and their not open on weekends. So, I bought some Amazon brand synthetic and filter and crawled under the rust beast over the weekend.

Discount tire charges $89 (and a couple hours of waiting) to install a new TPMS, so I bought one off Amazon for $39. Discount tire charges $20 to install it, but I thought I'd try putting it in myself. I didn't have any luck with the 3 methods I tried to break the outer bead, so I threw the wheel in the trunk of the G5 and went down to Discount tire. I was willing to pay the $20, but not wait 2 hours for them to get to it and asked if they can just quickly break the bead and I'll instal it myself. He agreed and it took him all of 30 seconds to roll the tire to the back, break the bead and roll it back to me. Being a faithful customer, he didn't charge me for this laborious task. Went back home, put in the new sensor aired the tire back up and went to programming. This is an important part... I couldn't find a definite answer if there was any need to "program" the sensor itself, or can I just teach the system to accept the new sensor. Happy to confirm, the sensor just worked. I put the system in the learn mode and it was accepted as part of the family. I think I'll head over to the thread and make a special note for others.

Have a great weekend!

 

[iamdub]

Not necessarily today, but this last week I've managed to get my Yukon to start and run without bitching about anything. TPMS fault has been on for the last few months and oil life is at 0%.

I have a place nearby that has an ongoing deal that makes changing your own oil just stupid. The key is getting there 15 minutes before they open to queue up so you get out in an hour. Taking my daughter to school in the morning makes that impossible and their not open on weekends. So, I bought some Amazon brand synthetic and filter and crawled under the rust beast over the weekend.

Discount tire charges $89 (and a couple hours of waiting) to install a new TPMS, so I bought one off Amazon for $39. Discount tire charges $20 to install it, but I thought I'd try putting it in myself. I didn't have any luck with the 3 methods I tried to break the outer bead, so I threw the wheel in the trunk of the G5 and went down to Discount tire. I was willing to pay the $20, but not wait 2 hours for them to get to it and asked if they can just quickly break the bead and I'll instal it myself. He agreed and it took him all of 30 seconds to roll the tire to the back, break the bead and roll it back to me. Being a faithful customer, he didn't charge me for this laborious task. Went back home, put in the new sensor aired the tire back up and went to programming. This is an important part... I couldn't find a definite answer if there was any need to "program" the sensor itself, or can I just teach the system to accept the new sensor. Happy to confirm, the sensor just worked. I put the system in the learn mode and it was accepted as part of the family. I think I'll head over to the thread and make a special note for others.

Have a great weekend!

Next time, FYI:

 

[Tonyrodz]

Next time, FYI:

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Pretty damn clever McGyver

 

[live2pull]

P0446 code reared it's head again. Also, hard to fill fuel tank. Changed charcoal canister this time around. Old one didn't seem plugged, but had a bulge that I did not notice on the new one. If this doesn't work, going to try and replace purge and vent solenoids again, if that doesn't work, then fuel tank pressure sensor.