What did you do to your NNBS GMT900 Tahoe/Yukon Today?

[Charlie207]

lol. i passed the ASVAB, 1 of 3 that did in a room full of people that didn't, I just couldn't get some credit issue's taken care of at the time... o'well
I think I would have done well in the military, maybe.. sure as hell wouldn't have quit and pussed out

Sooooo, the ASVAB isn't really a pass/fail test, per se, it's an aptitude battery. Someone would have to go out of their way to "Fail" it. I'm a dummy and scored a 93 on it, but since I'm colorblind I couldn't really do the jobs I wanted to.

A low-enough score would earn a potential waiver to join, and then the honor of an Open Contract.

 

[Charlie207]

In the Marine Corps

Semper Gumbi, Debilnuts.

 

[Doubeleive]

Sooooo, the ASVAB isn't really a pass/fail test, per se, it's an aptitude battery. Someone would have to go out of their way to "Fail" it. I'm a dummy and scored a 93 on it, but since I'm colorblind I couldn't really do the jobs I wanted to.

A low-enough score would earn a potential waiver to join, and then the honor of an Open Contract.

this was years and years and years ago, I believe they wanted a certain minimum score on the test and the recruiter seemed pretty perturbed that only 3 of us got a passing score.
sucky part was something as simple as a $500 unpaid bill held me back, but I was broke as a joke and otherwise was trying to do something with myself, had no way to come up with that money at the time

 

[Charlie207]

this was years and years and years ago, I believe they wanted a certain minimum score on the test and the recruiter seemed pretty perturbed that only 3 of us got a passing score.
sucky part was something as simple as a $500 unpaid bill held me back, but I was broke as a joke and otherwise was trying to do something with myself, had no way to come up with that money at the time

It's such a goofy reason, because you had a potential steady income to deal with the issue.

Recruiters catch flak for good reason, and turning away a recruit to meet their quota for a simple fix is one of them.

 

[Doubeleive]

It's such a goofy reason, because you had a potential steady income to deal with the issue.

Recruiters catch flak for good reason, and turning away a recruit to meet their quota for a simple fix is one of them.

ya it's too bad, I'm sure my life would have turned out a lot different.
I looked up what they were counting and it is called a AFQT score, the better you score the more opportunity you get
based off of memory I believe my score was 65? or a smidge higher, I'm pretty sure the recruiter was moaning about the majority not even scoring 30.
all I know is I am admittedly part idiot, regardless lol

 

[Dirty looks]

ya it's too bad, I'm sure my life would have turned out a lot different.
I looked up what they were counting and it is called a AFQT score, the better you score the more opportunity you get
based off of memory I believe my score was 65? or a smidge higher, I'm pretty sure the recruiter was moaning about the majority not even scoring 30.
all I know is I am admittedly part idiot, regardless lol

Knowing is half the battle. The older I get the more realize I don't know s**t.

 

[Doubeleive]

Knowing is half the battle. The older I get the more realize I don't know s**t.

I only survive off the scraps of humanity, wish that wasn't true but it is

 

[Sir_Hiro]

Using a wagon is different than carrying. Or are you allowed to use any means, once you have successfully transported your items 60’?


I’m not sure if mine rests against the bottom. You have me curious. I know the K&N and OEM both used a standoff with a plastic hose clamp.

Any means of carrying is allowed. I only use wagon for tools and small stuff. I had an eggcrate with rachet straps. I knew what I was going for and didnt need to haul a bunch of stuff.
You only carry what you want to buy not ur tools or anything.

So I have a set of these lights, Which ones are the brake lights the upper ones? That means the lower ones are just for turn signal? Or the other way around, uppers are parking lights only and the brake and turn is done at the bottom?

Only top LED portion is Brake Lights/Running lights. Bottom is strictly Turn Signal. You need the Hybrid Harness to since the top is an OEM led module it has a baby connector for it.
It does plug and play with the Yukons and assuming regular Tahoes plug.
Eskys might be different cuz I know they have a different Plug Pinout?

Also they are a different shape than Normal Yukon/Tahoe bumpers so they dont follow the contour of the bumper. Cant say for Esky.

 

[alpha_omega]

lol. i passed the ASVAB, 1 of 3 that did in a room full of people that didn't, I just couldn't get some credit issue's taken care of at the time... o'well
I think I would have done well in the military, maybe.. sure as hell wouldn't have quit and pussed out

You would have made a good Marine. We come in two breeds - Rottweiler and Doberman.

Plus you’d love the taste of all the crayons they let us eat. Just don’t tell the army or navy, they always try to steal them from us. Sneaky little ’ers.

 

[alpha_omega]

Sooooo, the ASVAB isn't really a pass/fail test, per se, it's an aptitude battery. Someone would have to go out of their way to "Fail" it. I'm a dummy and scored a 93 on it, but since I'm colorblind I couldn't really do the jobs I wanted to.

A low-enough score would earn a potential waiver to join, and then the honor of an Open Contract.

I’ve seen plenty of ASVAB wavers in my day. Useless as a broken ******. So dumb they couldn’t think their way out of a bad idea. The reason lions eat their young. Basically only good for mopping floors after we used them for water boarding practice.

 

[Sir_Hiro]

I’ve seen plenty of ASVAB wavers in my day. Useless as a broken ******. So dumb they couldn’t think their way out of a bad idea. The reason lions eat their young. Basically only good for mopping floors after we used them for water boarding practice.

I did the ASVAB To try and join the Airforce cuz Planes are cool and I wanted to work on them. Tried the test 4 times and each time I was 2-3 points from the "Acceptable" Air Force score and kept wanting me to join the Army. Like nah. I want the planes my guy.
After that I kinda just stopped trying to join and found a decent non military job.

 

[Charlie207]

I did the ASVAB To try and join the Airforce cuz Planes are cool and I wanted to work on them. Tried the test 4 times and each time I was 2-3 points from the "Acceptable" Air Force score and kept wanting me to join the Army. Like nah. I want the planes my guy.
After that I kinda just stopped trying to join and found a decent non military job.

I was full moto-tård when I joined the USMC in 2002, and had it in my head that I'd do 20 hard-charging years... Lol not so much.

There were some good people there, but waaaay too many simpletons who maxed out their personalities and brains in grade-school. I already had some college before I joined, and that helped me get promoted faster, but I deployed a bunch, and after keeping all my fingers and toes (and watching others not) I reasoned I'd have a much happier life getting away from the high-school drama filled with bad haircuts. I went right back to college and used every grant, scholarship, and that beautiful GI Bill to have a grand 'ole time back in school.

Out of the hundreds of folks I interacted with I only keep in touch with 7-10 of them... everyone else is pretending they're still in and can't move on... the high school star-athlete mentality, but still rocking a high & tight haircut, and never left the town they grew up in. It's like dude, you had a golden key to travel all over the country, and you went right back to your comfort-zone. Zero growth mentality; see it all over Faceballs with people who had zero interpersonal or life-skills prior to signing up, and now just post the same memes about politics, religion, economy that they did this time last year, but with less pixels, and even less understanding of what they're talking about, just to chase one or two "likes".


To appease the algorithm: I trickle-charged my Yukon battery which is perfectly healthy, when I should have been trickle-charging the Silverado battery, which is hating these cold temps, and has had trouble starting below 10 degrees.

 

[Doubeleive]

just been driving mine, everything is good maintenance wise. Will probably do a brake fluid flush in March/April/May somewhere around there.
unless something breaks....

 

[Joseph Garcia]

I have a 10 bolt stock. The

Moisture. Either brake fluid getting too hot and burning, air getting in the lines, or adding old brake fluid to a system with old brake fluid in it (without ever flushing/fully bleeding). That will cause the milky look. Same thing goes with gear oil. If it gets moisture in it - Kahlúa and cream or White Russians.


Did you have that 10 bolt installed or was that a factory option over the 12? I thought that was only on the bigger HD trucks.

I have a stock 10 bolt rear axle with 3.42 gears. The GMT900 2WD Escalades and Yukons with the 6.2 motors got the 14 bolt rear axle on the SUVs.

 

[mikez71]

Found some play in one of my skf xtracker hubs. I didn't notice any symptoms, but i have new timkens so I'm putting them in tomorrow.

Also replacing lower arms with Delphi greaseless.. Tight fit trying to squeeze the arms into the mount.. Is there a good technique to spread/flatten the mounting tabs? The metal is deformed since the bushing end is chamfered and the bolt and washer have a taper, creating a bump centering the bushing. Hammering arm and prying screwdriver through hole not enough to line one end up. Going to hammer on flange tomorrow with a dolly and junk bolt through hole..

 

[Doubeleive]

Found some play in one of my skf xtracker hubs. I didn't notice any symptoms, but i have new timkens so I'm putting them in tomorrow.

Also replacing lower arms with Delphi greaseless.. Tight fit trying to squeeze the bushing end into the mount.. Is tbere a good technique to spread/flatten the mounting tabs? The metal deforms since the bushing end is chamfered and the bolt and washer have a taper, creating a bump centering the bushing.. Pounded on it awhile, still can't quite get one end in position. Hammering arm and prying screwdriver through hole not enough to line it up. Going to hammer on flange tomorrow with a dolly and junk bolt through hole..

mounting tabs? on the frame? are you sure you ordered the right control arms? there is 3 different kinds aluminum/stamped steel/cast iron
actually not sure if the stamped steel are used on the gmt900's

 

[mikez71]

Yup, both cast iron. Lower arms into frame.
Old arms were a squeeze to pop out as well.

Also noticed the LED domelights I have from phillips, flickers if I activate it when truck is asleep. Must not draw enough juice to wakeup bcm I guess?
I hated the color temperature anyways, so went back to stock bulbs.

 

[Doubeleive]

Yup, both cast iron. Lower arms into frame.
Old arms were a squeeze to pop out as well.

Well, maybe try to make a spreader tool, just depends on what you have handy
the steel is not hard but you don't want to mess it up so it won't align
you could try a piece of wood and stick a wedge in the center and smack it with a mallet, I don't know there are lots of different ways

 

[Sir_Hiro]

Took the Kiddos to an indoor play area and the Govbomb locked up again and took a long while to unlock. Seems I'm going to be needing to dig into the rear end sooner than I was hoping for. Nothing like an Aggressive AT skidding across the pavement to make you wanna hide in shame. I did pick up a Hobo Freight 212 to swap onto my Very Tired Snowblower as well. Govbomb didnt lock up that time.

 

[Charlie207]

Found some play in one of my skf xtracker hubs. I didn't notice any symptoms, but i have new timkens so I'm putting them in tomorrow.

Also replacing lower arms with Delphi greaseless.. Tight fit trying to squeeze the arms into the mount.. Is there a good technique to spread/flatten the mounting tabs? The metal is deformed since the bushing end is chamfered and the bolt and washer have a taper, creating a bump centering the bushing. Hammering arm and prying screwdriver through hole not enough to line one end up. Going to hammer on flange tomorrow with a dolly and junk bolt through hole..

That's funny, my LCAs were too wide to easily fit into their two mounts, and I had to whack that b@stard with a 4lb. thumb-detector quite a bit to get it back in.