What did you do to your NBS GMT800 Tahoe/Yukon Today?

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Galandorian

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Ended up being that they were under torqued. It was pretty much my first time ever doing brakes / new rims / whatever and I only used a torque gun, which didn't do the job.

The root cause was that I used lug bolts that were not designed for the application.

I was very fortunate that my coworker pointed it out so that we could fix it, before I ended up losing a tire at 85 MPH on my commute to work.




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lugs cracking because they aren't deep enough and aren't meant for these rims

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comparison of the grooved back of the rim in the 6 lugs used for Chevy, vs the universal ford or dodge ones

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Ended up being that they were under torqued. It was pretty much my first time ever doing brakes / new rims / whatever and I only used a torque gun, which didn't do the job.

The root cause was that I used lug bolts that were not designed for the application.

I was very fortunate that my coworker pointed it out so that we could fix it, before I ended up losing a tire at 85 MPH on my commute to work.




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lugs cracking because they aren't deep enough and aren't meant for these rims

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comparison of the grooved back of the rim in the 6 lugs used for Chevy, vs the universal ford or dodge ones

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Oh yeah that’s important to use the right lugs. Glad you didn’t lose a wheel.
 

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Ended up being that they were under torqued. It was pretty much my first time ever doing brakes / new rims / whatever and I only used a torque gun, which didn't do the job.

The root cause was that I used lug bolts that were not designed for the application.

I was very fortunate that my coworker pointed it out so that we could fix it, before I ended up losing a tire at 85 MPH on my commute to work.




View attachment 217349

lugs cracking because they aren't deep enough and aren't meant for these rims

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comparison of the grooved back of the rim in the 6 lugs used for Chevy, vs the universal ford or dodge ones

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Thats scary af. Howd you drive down the street on that?

"Torque gun" huh? Ive used rattle gun or impact... Anyways its a good idea to use a torque wrench. Nice of you to share your experience. Im sure someone will learn from it.
 

ArcticYukon

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That's nice. How much did you get, 2 or 3 yards?

Actually, I got 4 of the foam-backed just to be safe and 1 of the non foam-backed. Better to have more than you need than not enough.

Sweet. I need to do this on my 94. Looking forward to reading about your experience. I may order from there too.

Yeah, I'll throw the details over in the Big Red build when it's done.
 

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Putting in a btr stage 3 truck cam. Texas speed makes a gen 4 to gen 3 kit which contains everything I’ll need to delete vvt along with the connector extensions needed. d05569d4bb60a56455bcc7d2c51f0ec3.jpg


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Nice! Looking forward to your progress
 

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