What did you do to your GMT today?

[JesterGrey]

Replaced my passenger CV axle today . It was not hard but it got the point I went to AutoZone and rented a slide hammer and FWD axle puller attachment to get the Tripot housing out of the Disconnect . This was the first time I ever took a CV axle off anything.

Apologies for the crappy iphone pics.



Slide hammer and FWD axle puller from AZ.

[v7guy]

I never have been able to get that damn thing to work lol
I've always ended up using pipe and a sledge.

nice to see the new guys gettin after it

[JesterGrey]

If by getting it you mean scratching my head and saying maybe this will work then yes that is what I'm doing lol. I have an 18" pry bar and a BFH but for some reason I just couldn't get it to work it either slipped off or when I tried to just use the pry bar the whole front diff would move so I just googled slide hammer after reading a few techniques on here. For the slide hammer to work I had to move the brake caliper and lines so I could have just enough room to get it next to the strut and just smash the damn thing to death.

[drburke]

Bumper, rad, and oil skid welded, grinded, painted and installed. Reinstalled Bilstein HDs with 88s, fixed a CV and rad leak, my door misalignment, and a miss on cyl 1. 1000 miles tomorrow, and a week and a half later 33s will be on. Almost there.

[DirtyBacon04]

I'll be working on my rig tonight/tomorrow. Good ol' P0301 code and a nice vibrating massage trailblazer... Let the troubleshooting begin!

[djthumper]

Piece of cake.

[tarsh]

Here u can see:)

[DirtyBacon04]

So at first I was all

"Hmmmmmm..."



And then I was all

"Hmmmmmmmm...."



Then i just moved the #1 coil pack to the #3 cylinder, and the code moved with it! Voila! Smart me. I already have the pack on order along with a new set of plugs (ACDelco Iridium) Not sure how Autolite plugs got in there...

[Moots1288]

So at first I was all

"Hmmmmmm..."



And then I was all

"Hmmmmmmmm...."



Then i just moved the #1 coil pack to the #3 cylinder, and the code moved with it! Voila! Smart me. I already have the pack on order along with a new set of plugs (ACDelco Iridium) Not sure how Autolite plugs got in there...

magic!

[v7guy]

Finally sat down on the ole bucket and adjusted the parkin brake. Noticed my rear pads need changed.

[Cable810]

Might be replacing a CV shaft soon. Noticed a Pop last night when turning right or left over 20mph.

[DirtyBacon04]

Finally sat down on the ole bucket and adjusted the parkin brake. Noticed my rear pads need changed.

I'm glad yours adjusted well. Mine would spin loose in an hour and go back to "the useless lever". I had to put washers in the gap next to the spur wheel, just so it would keep tension.

[HARDTRAILZ]

Yesterday I started stripping plastidip from hood....SUCKS. comes off in lil bits like an old sticker.

[Cable810]

Well I have a Bad CV Shaft... Drummond Finally took its toll on me Tb. So In prep to the replacement which will be putting my Spare shafts on till I get new ones. I poped the tripot off and take a look.







Now mind you that these were the ones that were leaking/spewing grease months after I lifted. Didn't realize I lost that much grease... So now to repack them I have a thing of CV grease. But its blue and isn't the grease suppose to be that green color?

[HARDTRAILZ]

Blue plus water make green

[mikekey]

Don't think I ever posted this, but I did upgrade the brakes on the TB. Swapped out the caliper bracket for the SS one, SS rotors and pads. Called it a day. Nice upgrade, and definite improvement in stopping.

[Cable810]

So the blue would be ok then! Awesome!! Nice Mike!!! You see/notice anything in the braking?

[DirtyBacon04]

So the blue would be ok then! Awesome!! Nice Mike!!! You see/notice anything in the braking?

"Nice upgrade, and definite improvement in stopping." -Mike

[navigator]

MikeKey, is the caliper the same or did that change too?

[mikekey]

The Caliper is the same, the pads are actually larger (taller) but still sit in the caliper. The brackets however are different to accommodate the larger rotor. You will also need caliper bolts, they don't come with the brackets.

I'd be more curious in fitting a 4 piston system to the fronts and rears. Would have to do some investigating. It turns out a lot of GM brake setups are interchangeable. At least with some of the newer platforms, guys are swapping 4 piston and 6 piston sets off Camaros, on G8's, Caddy's on Camaros, Corvettes on Camaros, etc, all over back and forth, which much bolting up. I might need to take some measurements and see. Would be interesting if we could bolt up a better caliper.

It does make a difference with the larger heavier tires.