Rocket Man's 2008 Bagged CC Silverado Build AKA "THE MACHINE"

[89Suburban]

No, do I need to? I did pull them to install the shocks. Actually they’re still off because I was messing with the wiring to get that DTC to go away.

No my mistake, I was trying to look at those pics on my phone last night and I couldn't see they were removed. The PO of mine trimmed mine to get to those bolts. Those top bolts are fun to get to aren't they?

Here is my custom knuckle busting wrench I made to reach the inside bolt heads.

Passenger side rear upper shock bolt - HOW??!!

Yet another reason I am glad I own a GMT800.

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[Rocket Man]

No my mistake, I was trying to look at those pics on my phone last night and I couldn't see they were removed. The PO of mine trimmed mine to get to those bolts. Those top bolts are fun to get to aren't they?

Here is my custom knuckle busting wrench I made to reach the inside bolt heads.

Passenger side rear upper shock bolt - HOW??!!

Yet another reason I am glad I own a GMT800.

www.tahoeyukonforum.com

Yes they were a bit of a challenge but here’s what I did. First soaked them in WD40 for an hour and then put my 1/2” Ridgid impact on the outside nut and broke it loose. Then I put my regular 1/2” ratchet with a deep socket and short extension on the inside bolt head and a wrench on the outside.I just rotated the wrench back and forth which rotates the ratchet, so I got the ratcheting effect without turning the ratchet if that makes sense. The ratchet, socket/ extension combo was just the right length to get past the frame rail and I could just get it onto the nut and hold it with my left hand while I operated the wrench with my right hand. And yes, remove the inner liner. It only takes a couple minutes.
Note: I edited this about 3 times due to my old mans memory.

 

[Rocket Man]

Im not sure if I should even attempt this but I think I’ll give it a try. The dash in the Tahoe….cracked once over the cluster and twice by the airbag. I plan on removing it today and using the $20 hot staple gun I bought to try and staple it together at the cracks and then reinstall it. If it’s too brittle hopefully I’ll know before I make it worse.

 

[Rocket Man]

So traumatic. And why they used red loctite on the 10mm bolts that are right next to the windshield is beyond me.

 

[Rocket Man]

Anyway it’s out and I don’t think it’s too brittle. I will hot staple it together and hope for the best. I will see if I can find my plastic epoxy and reinforce also. Better than spending $600.

 

[Geotrash]

Anyway it’s out and I don’t think it’s too brittle. I will hot staple it together and hope for the best. I will see if I can find my plastic epoxy and reinforce also. Better than spending $600.

That's a big job. I put a leather dash mat in my '07 to hide the cracks for the day-to-day. But I'll eventually replace the thing.

 

[Rocket Man]

That's a big job. I put a leather dash mat in my '07 to hide the cracks for the day-to-day. But I'll eventually replace the thing.

It actually only took me an hour to remove it. But it’s not for the faint of heart, there’s a lot of things to disconnect and remove. I got pretty good at the dash when I did the LTZ interior swap in the Silverado.

 

[Rocket Man]

So it’s stapled and epoxied, not perfect. It’s hard to do since you can’t see the top as you’re working on the bottom plus my helper lost his grip on one just as the first staple was cooling. It’s pretty good though and will look way better than it was.

 

[Rocket Man]

Hoping for the best.

 

[Geotrash]

Wow! Looks great!