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

[Teamiez]

Moog HD pitman arm or ACDelco?

moog. Been on and off 4 steering boxes already and still preforms new.

 

[Sam Harris]

Added some energy suspension bumpstops to take up some room between the jounce stops and the control arm. I have very little room between them, but ended up going with too short a bumpstop. These are the shortest ones they sell. Ordered some 1” for next round. At least the holes are there now.

 

[Tonyrodz]

Added some energy suspension bumpstops to take up some room between the jounce stops and the control arm. I have very little room between them, but ended up going with too short a bumpstop. These are the shortest ones they sell. Ordered some 1” for next round. At least the holes are there now.

Have you noticed any improvement with them?

 

[Fless]

Added some energy suspension bumpstops to take up some room between the jounce stops and the control arm. I have very little room between them, but ended up going with too short a bumpstop. These are the shortest ones they sell. Ordered some 1” for next round. At least the holes are there now.

Had no idea those were even available.

 

[Rocket Man]

Added some energy suspension bumpstops to take up some room between the jounce stops and the control arm. I have very little room between them, but ended up going with too short a bumpstop. These are the shortest ones they sell. Ordered some 1” for next round. At least the holes are there now.

How much are you lifted Sam?

 

[blueinkd]

moog. Been on and off 4 steering boxes already and still preforms new.

Dang. See I don't want to see this cause now I want to order the Moog HD pitman!! I also added upper control arms and lower ball joints. Heck I might as well

 

[Rocket Man]

I replaced the Autoride air lines as preventative maintenance today. The old ones were going on 20 years old but still looked good. Not too hard a job.

 

[blueinkd]

Man I need to look at my lower control arms. I don't think I even have those pieces on mine, the cone bump stop or that nice fancy red one. What's the purpose of these items? Excuse the ignorance, new to this platform.

 

[Rocket Man]

Man I need to look at my lower control arms. I don't think I even have those pieces on mine, the cone bump stop or that nice fancy red one. What's the purpose of these items? Excuse the ignorance, new to this platform.

If you’re stock height or lowered, you only need the cone shaped ones known as “jounce stops”- they act as fulcrums for the torsion bars . Without them the ride suffers and it can even cause steering issues. With those installed, your control arms should either rest slightly on them without too much squishing or be close to touching, within 1/4” or so, at stock height or lowered. If you’re lifted you need to add something to the control arm side so you can achieve the same results like @Sam Harris is doing.

 

[Sam Harris]

Have you noticed an improvements with them?

I’d say there’s a slight improvement. I haven’t really had much problem since cranking the t-bars about 6, shit... probably almost a year ago now. It is a bit floaty, so I figured making the contact here would likely help. But I bought these probably 6 months ago, around the same time I put new jounce stops in. I think they’ve mashed some since then, because now I need slightly larger ones to make up the gap. These are only 3/8”. I just ordered a couple larger sizes today, since these are really too short.

How much are you lifted Sam?

Just about 2” with cranking the keys.

If you’re stock height or lowered, you only need the cone shaped ones known as “jounce stops”- they act as fulcrums for the torsion bars . Without them the ride suffers and it can even cause steering issues. With those installed, your control arms should either rest slightly on them without too much squishing or be close to touching, within 1/4” or so, at stock height or lowered. If you’re lifted you need to add something to the control arm side so you can achieve the same results like @Sam Harris is doing.

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What I really need to do, is order those badass Hellwig front and rear sway bars! [emoji16] oh man.. after the report from @PNW VietVet, I moved them up the list a lot..!