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I am new to the forum and came seeking help, my baby has issues.
I have a 2003 Yukon SLT 4x4 with a 4" Superlift and 33" Dick Cepeks.
The problem: When i accelerate from a stop it sways very bad, more like jerks left & right. It also jerks hard back and forth when I hit a bump. The ABS grabs when I'm braking going over small bumps and my service stability keeps turning on, but goes away when I turn the engine off and re-start it. It's very unstable and am being told I should not drive it.
My problems started about a year ago with a clunk in the front end. We've been working on it non-stop ever since. Everytime we fix something a new symptom appears. I will spare all the details leading up to my current situation but just tell you that we've changed the following:
Sway bar bushings and end-links
Upper ball joints
wheel bearings
Tie rod ends
pitman arm
Also have had it aligned several times.
One shop said my rear dif posi-lock governor was stuck and it was causing the problem. They also diagnosed the upper ball joint problem, which we fixed.
Chase Chevrolet says there's nothing wrong with my front-end but they wanted to open my rear-dif and look at it. The day after taking it from Chase, big o tires said my pitman arm had play so we changed it.
I was told today after the new pitman arm was installed that they've never seen anything like this before. These mechanics, who are my husbands friends and he trusts, say we may just need to keep throwing parts at it, eventually we'll find it. They say it may not even be the front end, it may be in the rear-end causing the front-end to sway. But after further inspection they said the control arms look like they're moving, which my husband observed. Those will be changed tomorrow.
So now I have 2 places saying rear dif and another that says it could be rear-end. Yet we keep changing front-end components!! If the new control arms don't work I will take it to a rear-end shop and have it popped open and looked at.
Has anyone out there experienced this problem? Please, help!!! I love my truck but I'm about to drive it off a bridge!!
I have a 2003 Yukon SLT 4x4 with a 4" Superlift and 33" Dick Cepeks.
The problem: When i accelerate from a stop it sways very bad, more like jerks left & right. It also jerks hard back and forth when I hit a bump. The ABS grabs when I'm braking going over small bumps and my service stability keeps turning on, but goes away when I turn the engine off and re-start it. It's very unstable and am being told I should not drive it.
My problems started about a year ago with a clunk in the front end. We've been working on it non-stop ever since. Everytime we fix something a new symptom appears. I will spare all the details leading up to my current situation but just tell you that we've changed the following:
Sway bar bushings and end-links
Upper ball joints
wheel bearings
Tie rod ends
pitman arm
Also have had it aligned several times.
One shop said my rear dif posi-lock governor was stuck and it was causing the problem. They also diagnosed the upper ball joint problem, which we fixed.
Chase Chevrolet says there's nothing wrong with my front-end but they wanted to open my rear-dif and look at it. The day after taking it from Chase, big o tires said my pitman arm had play so we changed it.
I was told today after the new pitman arm was installed that they've never seen anything like this before. These mechanics, who are my husbands friends and he trusts, say we may just need to keep throwing parts at it, eventually we'll find it. They say it may not even be the front end, it may be in the rear-end causing the front-end to sway. But after further inspection they said the control arms look like they're moving, which my husband observed. Those will be changed tomorrow.
So now I have 2 places saying rear dif and another that says it could be rear-end. Yet we keep changing front-end components!! If the new control arms don't work I will take it to a rear-end shop and have it popped open and looked at.
Has anyone out there experienced this problem? Please, help!!! I love my truck but I'm about to drive it off a bridge!!
