What did you do to your GMT today?

[ShadowClutch]

(I know, the picture on the left are actually the rear set. I forgot to take a picture of the front set before they went on. Oops.)

Wasn't too bad. I ended up installing the Moog shock mounts, too. the OEM shock mounts were actually in pretty good shape, but there was a little wear on the metal (under one of the mount bolts), and the spring insulator was compressed/melted/gooed in some places around the top of the spring. The Moog upper shock mounts came with upper mount nuts (I think), but they didn't look as beefy as the OEM ones, so I stock with those, which were in good shape.

+1 on the Pitman puller for the shock tower arm. Also, we did it by only removing the lower control arm strut bolt (the 24mm one), and the upper shock mounts. No ball joint/UCA removal necessary.

To reinstall, we put the strut (seen on the right, w/o the strut arm), into the strut tower and hand tightened the two nuts to leave a little play.
Then, we put the strut arm on the LCA mount and put a jack under it. Using the jack to raise the steering assembly, we guided the strut onto the shock yoke, and popped the yoke bolt in.

Took a while, but it was a good night. After 3 late nights in the garage, I'm ready to hang in and not get dirty tomorrow night. Took it for a spin, and it felt great, but I'm going to have some new rubber put on and an alignment done in the next 4-5 days to tighten everything up.

Going to ATL for a concert on Saturday (taking the gf's car, a 2008ish Civic). The TB isn't quite daytrip ready, yet.

 

[fr34kout]

Glad everything went smooth for you Shadow, and Boricua damn man I've been seeing your updates for a year now. Sad to hear that you're still having problems, it may be time to just move on if this crate motor doesn't perform flawlessly.

 

[Fire06]

Boricua keep the faith.. You will get the truck back one day...It is just happening at GM speed which means that they really do not give a shit about their customer base because well in their opinion you purposely broke your truck and they are doing you a huge favour just to even deal with you let alone replace the motor. This is why I feel GM with their present attitude will be in a lot more financial trouble before they get out of it because they just do not care about their customers. I bought a Hyundia car for my drive to work since it was cheap and gave good fuel milage. I have had issues with the car but the dealer / company has looked after ever problem to make me happy no matter what I complained about. When I had my Safari van I had to argue with the dealer over problems with the truck and then take the parts off and show them that they were bad, and the van was only 8 months old. Two totally different corporate ideas where one says the customer comes first and the other is well it is the customers fault for buying our product.

 

[Matt]

Jaun,

I have a working 02 I'll swap for your non working SS!

 

[Fire06]

Jaun,

I have a working 02 I'll swap for your non working SS!

That sounds like a deal to me. May be Boricua could throw in some money since his truck is not running

 

[Matt]

That sounds like a deal to me. May be Boricua could throw in some money since his truck is not running

I like it!! :wootwoot:

 

[redleg6]

pulled the spare down last night for pre-road trip inspection...original, ugh, now its in the back area waiting on a replacement tire

and...just bought an ecm from conexkillr

 

[ConeKilrAutoX]

received some pieces of the last parts order today (waiting 12 more parts) I got my oil feed line, earls connectors, earls inline oil filter and the turbo restrictor feed
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[ShadowClutch]

pulled the spare down last night for pre-road trip inspection...original, ugh, now its in the back area waiting on a replacement tire

and...just bought an ecm from conexkillr

Always a good idea. That reminds me, I need to find a replacement for the tool that turns the spare carrier lift mechanism, my TB came with all of the jack accessories, except for that one.

 

[redleg6]

Always a good idea. That reminds me, I need to find a replacement for the tool that turns the spare carrier lift mechanism, my TB came with all of the jack accessories, except for that one.

junk/salvage yard...almost any recent model GM truck has them

 

[Charley12]

I drove mine with the windows down and the sunroof open!!! I hate Ohio!! First nice day of the year!!!

 

[jeffro312]

I drove mine with the windows down and the sunroof open!!! I hate Ohio!! First nice day of the year!!!

I'm in ct and experienced the same exact thing today

 

[jrSS]

Bling...bling. waxed 1/2 of the SS today.

 

[fletch09]

you know that means it's going to rain now !

 

[Conner299]

Bling...bling. waxed 1/2 of the SS today.

That finish would look a whole lot better if that Yankees hat wasn't marring it all up.

 

[jrSS]

Lol Atlanta...psshh

 

[floridarv]

Changed out the air suspension bags with new G2 Arnott bags... I would have paid $700 more to have the shop change them, so a big thanks to everyone who took the time to show how easy this is to do.... Only took a little over an hour that included finding all of the tools in my shed....

The only thing I would add to everything I read is to make sure the drivers side bag's release faces the rear of the truck in case you need to remove them. I am not sure how hard it would be if they faced the front.

Thanks again.....

 

[NinjuhhNutz]

well, today, I realized why everyone throws dirt on Scosche

 

[RedVirus]

1:changed the spark plugs. the first and last plugs were a PITA to do the bolt for the first coil pack was under the plastic housing for the coil pack wiring harness and we all know why the last plug is a PITA
2:cleaned the throttle body it was dirty so I'm glad I cleaned it
3:washed the truck

 

[amweaver47]

Shaved the emblems off my rear hatch today. Got sick of waxing around those stupid fothermuckers.

Thanks for the nasty tape GM

Faded around the emblem as I figured

The moment you've all been waiting for...

Before

After

 

[Showtyme]

Shaved the emblems off my rear hatch today. Got sick of waxing around those stupid fothermuckers.

Thanks for the nasty tape GM

Faded around the emblem as I figured

The moment you've all been waiting for...

Before

After

Looks much much better. I really miss my blue license plate, the new ones look like crap.
BTW this is what i did. New to me Depos.

 

[jrSS]

Depos look awesome. I love mine

 

[ShadowClutch]

Use some polishing compound to get the clear coat even around where the emblem was.


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Put a set of General Grabber HTS on, but they put chrome valve stems on, which I didn't want. Will get them switched on Monday. The tires feel great, though.

Alignment tomorrow morning.

 

[kjkim93]

What did I do to my GMT today? I almost flipper her over

 

[NinjuhhNutz]

What did I do to my GMT today? I almost flipper her over

as long as you save the panels...you still have to wrap them, remember?

 

[JRTAHOE]

Well had this happen at work today

The only bright side of today was that I came home to my new vanity plate in the mail. Let my old INLINE plate expire so I could get this one for my TrailBlazer instead.

 

[kjkim93]

as long as you save the panels...you still have to wrap them, remember?

lolol of course. Lol it was just a wake up call. I hate people who don't signal and just barge into my lane. I over corrected.

 

[Porkins]

Well had this happen at work today

The only bright side of today was that I came home to my new vanity plate in the mail. Let my old INLINE plate expire so I could get this one for my TrailBlazer instead.

Dang Mike. Was it a co-worker?

 

[amweaver47]

Use some polishing compound to get the clear coat even around where the emblem was.

I guess I could have posted a closer after pic. I did use compound to even it up. It would drive me nuts otherwise and I'm a part time detailer so I am familiar with paint correction.


We got new plates?! Dear god it's even worse than the amber waves of grain BS we had before!!! I'm writing a letter, that is downright unacceptable.

 

[ShadowClutch]

I guess I could have posted a closer after pic. I did use compound to even it up. It would drive me nuts otherwise and I'm a part time detailer so I am familiar with paint correction.


We got new plates?! Dear god it's even worse than the amber waves of grain BS we had before!!! I'm writing a letter, that is downright unacceptable.

Oooh. I misread your post from my phone. On the computer, the truck does look very nice.

 

[Showtyme]

I guess I could have posted a closer after pic. I did use compound to even it up. It would drive me nuts otherwise and I'm a part time detailer so I am familiar with paint correction.


We got new plates?! Dear god it's even worse than the amber waves of grain BS we had before!!! I'm writing a letter, that is downright unacceptable.

With the white and yellow it clashed bad enough that I bought a smoked plate cover to tone it down. Looks like we're stuck with them for a couple years. Good luck with the letter.

 

[amweaver47]

With the white and yellow it clashed bad enough that I bought a smoked plate cover to tone it down. Looks like we're stuck with them for a couple years. Good luck with the letter.

Yeah I wouldn't blame you for buying the smoked cover, I'll probably do the same. As for the letter, it is very unlikely to happen. Even as much as I hate the new plate. Maybe we should start a petition and have everyone run their plates backwards.

And ShadowClutch my post wasn't as clear as it could have been so I can see the confusion. Thanks anyway though.


Edit: I know what it is, the harvest gold on that plate reminds me of an old refridgerator...

 

[jbacklund]

Got this CTEK charger, it can supply the car with power as well. Perfect when I'm working on the truck and want to use the stereo without draining the battery.

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[jrSS]

Met a friend of mine that does custom painting and fiber glass work. Got a qoute on getting my crossbar painted on the SS. He does awesome work. Took a totaled mustang to SEMA that he fixed up. Anyway good dude. Well known to the auto industry. Proglass-profinish is the name of his business.

 

[Mark20]

Well had this happen at work today

The only bright side of today was that I came home to my new vanity plate in the mail. Let my old INLINE plate expire so I could get this one for my TrailBlazer instead.

Is the other guy or his insurance covering it?

 

[ShadowClutch]

Got an alignment today. So altogether this week; new shocks, new shock mounts, new tires and an alignment. Riding smooth now.

 

[yodaddy4200]

Well had this happen at work today

The only bright side of today was that I came home to my new vanity plate in the mail. Let my old INLINE plate expire so I could get this one for my TrailBlazer instead.

Thats what happens when you park next to a FORD!!! i would have got fired!! Sorry to see man... By the way i was born in Lawton OK!!!! I havent lived there since i was a kid so i dont really know my way a round persay. How close is broken arrow it sounds familiar?

 

[BoldAdventure]

A lot of progress being made today. Still have more work to do after dinner.

We went over to my father in-laws shop early today. I've been working on a major overhaul of my wiring, which I'm a little ashamed to say was ghetto rigged previously. Now everything is neat, tucked away, and wired up properly and safely.

My wife went to work fixing her fender today, which we got cut and tack welded to adjust the tire flares for the larger tires. I know some of you have just been taking a cutting wheel to them, but we decided to cut, and pull back to maintain the OEM appearance. It's getting primered now so I'll have to post a finished picture later. Probably going to add these to my build thread.

And my father in law went to work building our rock sliders. These are made from schedule 40 pipe, black iron. NO CHINESE METAL HERE.

Slowly making progress, but more to do before TECORE. Plus we still have to finish up the Baja rack mod.


Also managed to get my CB tuned up which was way out of wack before hand. After dinner, I have to spend some time rewiring the roof lights.

 

[Scott_mcd]

I took the handle off my back window. I used black plastic caps to cover the bolts.
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[gmcman]

Got an alignment today. So altogether this week; new shocks, new shock mounts, new tires and an alignment. Riding smooth now.

Experiment with the tire pressure, you may find that they like to be around 34 give or take.