05Single's virgin build thread. 03 tahoe

[05Single]

After 4 days , 3 separate auto parts store trips, 1 broken jack, 4 broken extensions, 3 broken sockets, and 3 broken adapters I got the wheels installed.

 

[HiHoeSilver]

Got new shoes. 2011'ish Denali 20s on bald tires. You don't wanna know how much I paid for them. But hey they look clean. Get new rubber this fall.
Loaded them up in my cousins Silverado. He's gonna buy those black Denali 20s we set next to his wheels.
View attachment 181595 View attachment 181596 View attachment 181597

I thought 20's would look bigger than 18s. But they were only 2 inches bigger. So now I want 22s

Hmmm... Did you expect them to be more than 2" bigger? Lol

 

[HiHoeSilver]

After 4 days , 3 separate auto parts store trips, 1 broken jack, 4 broken extensions, 3 broken sockets, and 3 broken adapters I got the wheels installed.

View attachment 181602 View attachment 181605 View attachment 181606 View attachment 181607

What?!?!

 

[05Single]

Hmmm... Did you expect them to be more than 2" bigger? Lol

In my head I did lol

What?!?!

I have no idea why but that was THE hardest tire change over I've ever done in my life. Was like the the lugs were seized onto the wheels. On a side note I fell like the hulk since I busted all this parts with my bare hands

 

[Rocket Man]

After 4 days , 3 separate auto parts store trips, 1 broken jack, 4 broken extensions, 3 broken sockets, and 3 broken adapters I got the wheels installed.

View attachment 181602 View attachment 181605 View attachment 181606 View attachment 181607

No wonder, those look like 3/8 drive? I always use a 1/2" breaker bar to remove them and a 1/2" torque wrench to install. Those little tools were way over their head.

 

[05Single]

They were 3/8. I've never had an issue with using 3/8 on any vehicle if properly torqued right to begin with. Of course the only 1/2 size I needed I didn't have. They were cheaper tools so I'm not even upset about it, I still have a bunch left. After the 2nd day i bought the right size 1/2 socket size and still wouldnt budge. 3rd day I borrowed a friend's impact driver and zipped them off. 4th day installed and torqued.
Either way they're not suppose to be that tight.

 

[05Single]

The jack stated leaking fluid all over on when installing the last tire. Had to get my backup floor jack to lift it back up.
But I wasn't about to pay someone to bolt on tires. Unlike in Seattle where I worked at discount tire they would rotate for free , here you have to pay

 

[Rocket Man]

They were 3/8. I've never had an issue with using 3/8 on any vehicle if properly torqued right to begin with. Of course the only 1/2 size I needed I didn't have. They were cheaper tools so I'm not even upset about it, I still have a bunch left. After the 2nd day i bought the right size 1/2 socket size and still wouldnt budge. 3rd day I borrowed a friend's impact driver and zipped them off. 4th day installed and torqued.
Either way they're not suppose to be that tight.

What did you torque them to? Torque specs are 140 ft/lbs which is near the limits of a normal 1/2" drive torque wrench. Mine only goes to 150. Which is way past what I'd try to do with any 3/8" drive ratchet or socket.

 

[05Single]

Was set at 140. The guy at the tire shop said 80 when he did them. Told him to retorque to specs. He looked at me like I was crazy and said "I've never had to torque a vehicle that high before" smh, maybe he went higher.
I had to show him what It said in the owners manual.
And to be fair I've never rotated or rebalanced these tires in almost 2 years. So they've never been unbolted. Maybe rust and corrosion got the best of me.
I was a tire shop supervisor, you have to believe me when I say they were insane tight. Took impact driver awhile to take each nut off.

 

[05Single]

Btw reason I've never rotated them is because I've maybe put 10k on the truck since I got it.
Put all this time and money into something I never drive lol. But when I do its worth it