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    Chevrolet Suburban 3500 Questions

    Well actually it's roll stiffness that keeps the truck controllable. And you can do roll stiffness other ways as well. I used to do a bunch of autocross when I was younger and there's always a debate in suspension tuning about whether you go with sway bars - or with increased spring stiffness...
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    Chevrolet Suburban 3500 Questions

    My 2010 2500 Yukon XL has had a banging noise in the front for a while. I can't track it down. I thought that it might be something to do with the front swaybar - so a couple of months ago I just took the swaybar off to see if the noise would go away. Figured I could drive it for a while and...
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    2009 Yukon Replacement Headlight Housings

    Here's the info from the original order back in 2021: 3156/3157 XPR Backup LED Bulbs SKU: DD0378S Color Cool White (6000K) Package Single
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    2009 Yukon Replacement Headlight Housings

    I have the same combination on my 2010 Yukon Xl. I was looking to upgrade the headlights to something better - after trying a number of different bulbs in the stock headlights and not seeing much improvement. Put the Morimotos in - and yes - they are expensive - but they are definitely MUCH...
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    Chevrolet Suburban 3500 Questions

    If I get a chance - I'll look around and see if I saved the old control arms off my Yukon when I changed them over to the Cognito upper arms. Sometimes I save stuff like that just in case I think I might need them later for a rebuild , sometimes I toss the stuff out because I've got too much...
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    Chevrolet Suburban 3500 Questions

    Another thought came to mind - and again I got this from the Duraburb video ( you might want to go search that out): If I remember correctly Duraburb said that the Suburban 3500 had the "new" style 8 lug circle of 180mm or whatever it is. The "old" lug circle was like 8x 6.5" or something like...
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    Chevrolet Suburban 3500 Questions

    Duraburb has a video where they said that the frame on the Suburban 3500 you have - is the same frame as the previous 2 generations of 2500 Suburban - so the upper A-arms should be the same geometry as those. The fact that there's no other vehicles listed for the part number you posted - might...
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    2025 8 Lug Suburban

    Huh, guess I'll have to look harder. I don't think I'd want one of the armored-up ones anyway - like Leno said they weigh in at like 12,000 pounds. I'd want the thing for towing and that's just dead weight. Maybe some place like Duraburb could get hold of the frames and bodies in white and...
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    2025 8 Lug Suburban

    I don't know about that. I've been trolling government auctions for years and I don't ever recall seeing any of the GMT800 or GMT900 ex-.gov armored Suburbans ever show up there. My takeaway from watching that Jay Leno video is GM now has a heavy duty enough frame to build a civilian 2500/3500...
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    2025 8 Lug Suburban

    Just finished watching that Jay Leno's Garage episode. Most of it was blah blah blah , but they did do a tour of the undercarriage - pretty cool that they stayed with the independent rear suspension and just beefed it WAY up with custom control arms and so forth. Looks to me like GM has all...
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    2025 8 Lug Suburban

    I'll have to go lookup that Jay Leno's garage episode. I did a quick Google search and there's a bunch of info online - apparantly the product is called the "Suburban Shield" https://www.gmdefensellc.com/site/us/en/gm-defense/home/integrated-vehicles/suburban-shield.html There's a PDF on the...
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    03 Yukon xl 1500 (vin z) stutters around 4k rpm and randomly shuts off

    Dropping the tank is easy - I did it on my Suburban and it was way easier than I imagined it would be. Just make sure to somehow drain as much gas out of the tank as possible. If it was me I would not cut a hole in the floor.
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    03 Yukon xl 1500 (vin z) stutters around 4k rpm and randomly shuts off

    I don't have time right now to write out the whole story - but I had a similar problem with my 2003 Suburban 2500. All sorts of codes , fuel pump, cam position sensor, crank position sensor, ignition codes, engine shutting off - the whole thing. First problem I found was that mice had gotten...
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    Wilwood big brake kit

    I put the Wilwood big brake kit on my 2010 GMC Yukon XL 2500 back in very early 2020. I did the fronts first and then a year or two later I did the rears. The reason I went with the Wilwoods was that it was - from what I found thru a bunch of research ..... the only real viable option for my 8...
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    Chevrolet Suburban 3500 Questions

    When I get a chance I will post pics of the hitch I made for my Yukon XL using the center section from a B&W hitch meant for a Silverado 2500/3500. From B&W the rating was for 16,000 lb trailer weight and I think the tongue weight was 1600 pounds.
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