Fosscore's 2006 Tahoe Build Thread

[Fosscore]

Wish I had just welded my plate holes when I was painting it. Oh well. Bolts definitely look better than open square holes that’s for sure

Same here. The bumper and grille (minus a few spots) is still looking top notch.

But thx. A little touch of elegance? Lol.

Thx man.

 

[Fosscore]

Nice, tasteful little mod.

Thx man that little hint about the tilt lever. Who knew?

 

[Sam Harris]

My junkyard findings, yielded 2 Escalade shifter handles that were very cheap. Both are in pretty good shape other than one of the leather handles is pretty beat up. I figured one would be a good fit and a spare for so cheap wasn't worth passing up.

Perfect plug, wire, stalk and handle. I gave them a solid APC clean and was able to use a razor blade to peel the chrome off the one handle end that was already peeling off. It is literally just chrome tape FYI, just in case I wanted to paint it.

I decided to give the NBS Escalade shifter handle swap out a go. Hold your NNBS comments. lol I know, it's different and I wanted to see how it looked with an NBS Escalade shifter and be a direct wiring harnesses swap. As well as keeping it in the NBS tradition and be a bit different. Why not? It's only an LS with some Escalade parts for show, ammaright?

The tow/haul ass light works and I am pretty happy with how it looks. The chrome end ring is not too bad and picks up a bit off the stereo trim. The stalk looks great and the leather handle has a tiny bit of wear, but after a solid cleaning and Lexol conditioning, it feels great in the hand.

Pretty happy with this little touch to the interior.

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Looks great!

 

[Fosscore]

Fedex early delivery from Rock Auto this morning. Hopefully get them on in the next few days, then down to the shop for an alignment if all goes well.

Here is what I ordered from Rock Auto. 5% off and way cheaper than Amazon or any local stores for this order even with the small shipping fee. PayPal balance always helps out as well.

Moog ES3488 Inner Tie Rod End Problem Solver
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Moog ES3493T Outer Tie Rod End Problem Solver
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B000C59WHA/ref=ox_sc_act_title_2?smid=ATVPDKIKX0DER&psc=1

 

[Bear77]

My junkyard findings, yielded 2 Escalade shifter handles that were very cheap. Both are in pretty good shape other than one of the leather handles is pretty beat up. I figured one would be a good fit and a spare for so cheap wasn't worth passing up.

Perfect plug, wire, stalk and handle. I gave them a solid APC clean and was able to use a razor blade to peel the chrome off the one handle end that was already peeling off. It is literally just chrome tape FYI, just in case I wanted to paint it.

Do you remember if the screw was a T25 or T30?


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[Fosscore]

SWAPPING SHIFTER HANDLES ON THE NBS TAHOE

Do you remember if the screw was a T25 or T30? Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

@Bear77

Should be a single T30 screw with some blue thread locker from the factory.

Just go slow and it will crack loose. Keep that steady pressure on the driver and remove it so as to not strip it. Make sure and thread the orange cable back to the plug exactly the same way, in and out installing the 2 nylon clips where they go. I took a before picture to reference because twice I did it the wrong way because I was in such a hurry. Lol

A little help that I did not know is the the tilt level just pulls straight out with a firm grasp which will allow you to remove the upper and lower plastic pieces of the steering column. There are 2 hooks nearest the DIC that hold it together so don't go just yanking it apart and some other miscellaneous placed male and female tabs on both sides where it separates that clip back together during reinstallation.

My 06 does not have any screws in the bottom of the column. I say that as I came across an OBS thread on this and they had a few screws in the bottom of the column plastic. I did remove my dash bezel as well and the lower trim piece just below the steering column (2 x 7mm bolts IIRC and 2 push tabs at the top to get it off) just to get better access to the plug as it is taped to the ignition wiring. Small flat blade screwdriver will separate the male and female ends.

Figured I might as well do a short write up as I was pressed for time and didn't take a ton of pictures the day I put it on. Hope that helps you out and anybody else who had those questions.

 

[Bear77]

@Bear77
Should be a single T30 screw with some blue thread locker from the factory.

Just go slow and it will crack loose. Keep that steady pressure on the driver and remove it so as to not strip it. Make sure and thread the orange cable back to the plug exactly the same way, in and out installing the 2 nylon clips where they go. I took a before picture to reference because twice I did I the wrong way I was in such a hurry. Lol

A little help that I did not know is the the tilt level just pulls straight out with a firm grasp which will allow you to remove the upper and lower plastic pieces of the steering column. There are 2 hooks nearest the DIC that hold it together so don't go just yanking it apart and some other miscellaneous placed male and female tabs on both sides where it separates that clip back together during reinstallation.

My 06 does not have any screws in the bottom of the column. I say that as I came across an OBS thread on this and they had a few screws in the bottom of the column plastic. I did remove my dash bezel as well and the lower trim piece just below the steering column (2 x 7mm bolts IIRC and 2 push tabs at the top to get it off) just to get better access to the plug as it is taped to the ignition wiring. Small flat blade screwdriver will separate the male and female ends.

Figured I might as well do a short write up as I was pressed for time and didn't take a ton of pictures the day I put it on. Hope that helps you out and anybody else who had those questions.

Thank you! Now to find the shifter!


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[adventurenali92]

To add to his excellent write up and maybe it will help, when I swapped out to an NNBS shifter, I grabbed a hair dryer and put it to the torq screw that holds the shifter in place. The heat helped loosen up the locktite in the screw enough for me to back the screw out.

 

[BADRIDES]

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[05Single]

SWAPPING SHIFTER HANDLES ON THE NBS TAHOE

@Bear77

Should be a single T30 screw with some blue thread locker from the factory.

Just go slow and it will crack loose. Keep that steady pressure on the driver and remove it so as to not strip it. Make sure and thread the orange cable back to the plug exactly the same way, in and out installing the 2 nylon clips where they go. I took a before picture to reference because twice I did it the wrong way because I was in such a hurry. Lol

A little help that I did not know is the the tilt level just pulls straight out with a firm grasp which will allow you to remove the upper and lower plastic pieces of the steering column. There are 2 hooks nearest the DIC that hold it together so don't go just yanking it apart and some other miscellaneous placed male and female tabs on both sides where it separates that clip back together during reinstallation.

My 06 does not have any screws in the bottom of the column. I say that as I came across an OBS thread on this and they had a few screws in the bottom of the column plastic. I did remove my dash bezel as well and the lower trim piece just below the steering column (2 x 7mm bolts IIRC and 2 push tabs at the top to get it off) just to get better access to the plug as it is taped to the ignition wiring. Small flat blade screwdriver will separate the male and female ends.

Figured I might as well do a short write up as I was pressed for time and didn't take a ton of pictures the day I put it on. Hope that helps you out and anybody else who had those questions.

There are threaded holes that line up with holes in our lower column trump piece . When I switched out my shifter I added screws to satisfy my OCD. If there’s screw holes they need to be filled .

***And x2 definitely take your time on the t30 screw or it will strip