George B
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Hopefully. The clips I got in the kit weren’t tempered spring steel. That just bent and stayed bent. They were Raybestos shoes.
What did you do to your NNBS GMT900 Tahoe/Yukon Today?
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When I first got this truck a few years ago they didn't work. I just replaced the parking shoes and reused all the stock hardware. I got a weeping l/r axle seal so I got to go in there once a year and clean the top hat and backing plate out to keep it operational. Eventually the oil ***** the pad up and it fails. But I got 2 or 3 years out of them and they worked great and stayed adjusted so I can't complain. That's using the boat ramp a few hundred times a year at least.
I was looking at the Raybestos kit and it was 20 dollars cheaper, so I opted for the Wagner. The Wagner bolts came with loctite on them too. Raybestos didn't. At least that's what the pics show. And the Wagner kit comes with the seal boot thingy's for the cable protrusions.
Look at these pictures, clearly a difference in the hardware quality it looks like. Wagner on the bottom:
George B
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08z71bgm
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FFS I didn’t even pull the wheels off yet but I was hoping for a new style E brake. This is the same configuration as the nbs and when I went to change them the bolts snapped holding the clips to keep the shoes aligned. Never fixed it because I wasn’t pulling the axle out to drill and clean up threads. I seriously hate this design. Why can’t it be like the c4 corvette? So stupid simple and no need for extra shoes or rotating mass for the rotors. Ugh
Probably because it’s a heavy-ass SUV with an e-brake that needs to hold a boat at a ramp or a trailer on an incline and the Vette system just needs to hold a lightweight Vette and nothing more. Different needs, different heavier duty design.
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Sill plates switched over to the ‘13
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I get that. Just a pita to fix in the north with all the rust and salt corrosion. Good thing I don’t trailer anything anymore.
Venting....
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What ISN'T a PIA to fix up there? Pretty much any fastener that’s not inside the cab is rusted up and seized. Sorry for that, glad we don’t use salt here in the PNW.
George B
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The funny thing is that we have gotten used to it. Just expect to need the extra care. Most times things come apart. The torch is your friend here.
Shit, even in cab gets rusty.... lmao
Oh yeah I forgot....salt gets in everywhere.
iamdub
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I could NEVER get used to it. I'm spoiled!
I may do something about that driveshaft one day. I'm thinking I'll let it idle in gear while I hold my grinder with a wire wheel to it.
gooffeyguy
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Yeah, the emergency/parking brake on my 2 mustangs are just a manual cable connected to a spring loaded lever on the rear calipers that just engages those
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Tonyrodz
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I'm jealous. CLEAN!
George B
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I wouldn’t mind that kind of spoiled.
gooffeyguy
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It'll just get rusty looking again. I don't know why, but all driveshafts do that unless they're aluminum.
Just get an aluminum driveshaft
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