Here is my thoughts but keep in mind I am highly influenced by what happend yesterday (Sunday) My 2009 Tahoe had a bad drivers side wheel bearing. New MOOG hub bearing came in on Saturday from RockAuto. I have changed a couple in the past so I am thinking no big deal book says 2.5 hours and I should be able to beat that easily. Confidence is high. Set my timer on my phone when I unlocked my shop door. Everything is going pretty good until one of the hub bearings bolt heads stripped off. DAMNIT Had to get the torch out which is of course is out of Oxy, sigh a run to tractor supply to gte a Oxy tank. Get back and succeed in removing the bolt. Hub bearing is stuck/rusted to the yoke (9yrs old and 200k miles) finally had to break out the slide hammer now 3 hours into this little project I check the CV Axle and the ujoint is bad. OMG Research on computer and find one locally, another trip to town for parts including 3 new hub bearing bolts. Get back and have absolute heck getting the CV axle out "total PITA". Had to remove the shock and stabilizer end link. When I finally get everything put back together and torqued plus the last tool put back in its place and the area cleaned up the phone timer reads 6hrs - 35 mins. If I worked as a mechanic for a living I guess that I would probably starve to death since it always seems to take a lot longer than planned. Hahaha I guess the morale to the story is if you intend to do tha work yourself allow a LOT of extra time for the unexpected.
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Actually they are supposed to be made from billet aluminum.... if we can ever get enough preorders to get them into production.
Paul @ Gruven emailed me the other day and said they have 7 preorders and they are in the queue at the CNC shop waiting to be made.
If he gets a couple more orders they will get moved up the line and be done sooner.
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Good video. As for the oil pan and o-ring, there are videos on youtube and guys on here have taken photos while doing there own.
shreksbrother
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Sorry, phone autocorrect. Gasket replacements... If there aren't any leaks (other than possibly some weeping that doesn't reach the ground), then those tasks can be put off for sure until you're ready to devote the time.
If you do the work yourself, you have the added benefit of getting to know your vehicle better from a mechanical standpoint. Always helps if you plan to keep it long term.
Good luck!
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Great to know. Are there any items on this list that should be taken care of asap? Or do most of them seem like preventative maintenance? I only ask because I'm taking it out of town for the holidays next weekend (about 6 hours one way). I'm guessing it would be hard for anyone on here to know since I don't have details on why these repairs are recommended...
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They recommended bleeding the brakes... Are your brakes spongy? If not, the list seems pretty preventative to me.
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Not at all. The brakes were done just last year (rotors and pads).
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Those are some insane labor rates. The ball joints are just ball joints, no control arms in the quote. Once the truck was up on the lift any decent mechanic could remove and replace those ball joints while simultaneously flipping the pages of his ******* and finish the whole job in 30 - 45 minutes flat. I just replaced the control arms with ball joints , stabilizer links, tie rods, struts, pads and rotors all at once on my Cadillac DTS. Definitely different vehicle, but I can tell you any garage mechanic can do it. However I will predicate it on this, its a fair amount of work you are proposing. It took me 3 weekends to do all the work I mentioned, because a. I am not inclined to do it all at once, and b. I didn't need the vehicle. I worked 2 - 4 hours each day, total of 4 days out of the 3 weeks.
My advice: 1. You need to know what you are doing when you start out with regards to safety. You need torque wrenches and torque tables. You need more than simple wrenches to do this type of work. It takes planning to have everything ready. You need ramps, jack stands, jacks, etc. You need the parts, and all the tools, you need the time and a place to do it. Finally , although the people on forums like this will tell you its simple, it because they are experienced. If you are experienced you will still have a challenge ahead of you , but of course its doable.
If it were me I would not want to tackle it this time of year, cause I like relaxing during the holidays, but if I was 20 I would eat it up!
My advice: 1. You need to know what you are doing when you start out with regards to safety. You need torque wrenches and torque tables. You need more than simple wrenches to do this type of work. It takes planning to have everything ready. You need ramps, jack stands, jacks, etc. You need the parts, and all the tools, you need the time and a place to do it. Finally , although the people on forums like this will tell you its simple, it because they are experienced. If you are experienced you will still have a challenge ahead of you , but of course its doable.
If it were me I would not want to tackle it this time of year, cause I like relaxing during the holidays, but if I was 20 I would eat it up!
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