Z55 rear air options

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What’s up guys so I recently replaced my rear z55 shocks less than 2 years ago with acdelco and just found out one bag is shredded and leaking bad. Don’t got the money to replace with Oem/acdelco/arnott right now so I was looking at other options on rock auto or even Amazon. What is everyone opinion on the other choices on rock auto like fcs, cardone, spk, westar etc. or no name air shocks on Amazon.
 

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I recommend replacing with OEM shocks for the best results, and they are easy to replace. Try RockAuto.com or GMPartsDirect.com, and the price of the shock should be around $350. Then, you will be covered under GM's lifetime warranty for the shock.
 

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Still under warranty then. 1) Contacts seller. If seller is clueless contact eBay for refund. Ultimately a/c Delco is the warranty holder so they’re obligated to get you a new set.

Be sure to get names and phone numbers of individuals you speak to in the first two calls. A/c Delco may inquire on your behalf to check complete your warranty exchange.

If something goes sideways, send me a dm, I’ll wrassle it right for ya.
 
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HACK BLOCK

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Still under warranty then. 1) Contacts seller. If seller is clueless contact eBay for refund. Ultimately a/c Delco is the warranty holder so they’re obligated to get you a new set.

Be sure to get names and phone numbers of individuals you speak to in the first two calls. A/c Delco may inquire on your behalf to check complete your warranty exchange.

If something goes sideways, send me a dm, I’ll wrassle it right for ya.
contacted the seller and nothing. talked to eBay and was told to go to ACDelco. ACDelco won't touch it cause it came from eBay
 

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contacted the seller and nothing. talked to eBay and was told to go to ACDelco. ACDelco won't touch it cause it came from eBay

Can u dm me a screen shot of the auction from eBay? This is the kind of shenanigans that keep SEMA going and getting bigger.
 

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I am still repairing a 2008 GMC Yukon Denali, purchased broken, customer claimed blown head gasket and other issues so I got it inexpensively but in need of TLC. Engine fully repaired, all fluids in the car changed, Oil Pan gasket and Oil pump Oring replaced. Oil pump removed and by pass spring pressure increased for better oil pressure. New oil pump by pass valve in pan. New Dash, New struts in rear and new rear actuator to control the electric rear hatch. All Good. Engine runs great. 30+ idle hot oil pressure, 55 at cruse speed.
Passed smog check and all good as far as engine.

Problems with rear suspension and code in system for C0-660-06. problem with exhaust valve in compressor? Found compressor would not function even with direct power supplied. Installed brand new AC Delco compressor, the original code of C0660-06 is now gone when scanning the system but new code of C0-711-00 has shown up? Compressor works, scan tool allows me to test the compressor, look at all 4 wheel sensors, all show the level adjustment is working, I checked all the wires thinking I had messed up and damaged one while installing the compressor? All seemed good? Looking at the scan tool the compressor shows voltage at the exhaust valve and in line pressure. Voltage showed 4.98V? Max if 5v and normal should be between .15v and 5v? No matter what I only see the constant voltage and pressure?

I removed the lines, no change? I took the exhaust valve off my OLD compressor that was locked up and installed the old valve on the new compressor. The Co711-00 code will now clear and has not come back?

I installed 2 new rear shocks as my old ones would not hold air. No surprise. Used Arnott AS 2708's for my Z55 system. All good now but still looking forward to first test drive. Thought I would pass along the results of the code chasing. I wasted many hours tracing wires due to the bad new AC Delco compressor. Last time I changed one of these I used the Dorman unit and it worked flawlessly right away.
 

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Damn fine bit of diagnostics and work arounds on the z55. I still can’t figure why GM hasn’t equipped their compressors with a thermal overload so they don’t burn up if a shock leaks.
 

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