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Replying to: blackpacific1 (Oct 06, 2009 5:16 am) I have to thank the local Chevy dealer service guy who told me that the salt belt rusted wheel speed sensor environment problem did not apply to my year (1999) Suburban. He suggested that I first jack the front end off the ground and wiggle the tires. The passenger side tire had no give when shaken in the 12 and 6 o'clock positions. It had some give in the 9 and 3 o'clock positions, which could be attributed to steering linkage. But when I shook the driver's side tire, it did this; clunk-clunk, clunk-clunk in the 12 and 6 o'clock positions. Obviously a bad spindle bearing. It cost me about $175 to fix, but it was relatively easy. Loosen the hub nut and lugnuts, then jack the front end off the ground, remove wheel, depress brake caliper and disconnect caliper bolts, move caliper out of the way, remove the three hub bolts with an impact wrench, disconnect the wheel speed sensor electrical connector, install new hub with the three bolts, wheel speed connector, caliper, etc....The three hub bolts did not want to come out. I hit all three with an impact wrench and 100psi, but only one came loose. I had my daughter pray while I torqued the two remaining with a breaker bar. Thankfully they backed out without stripping or snapping. |
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Hello All..... I am about to purhcase a used Sub. 07/08. Because I am looking at ones with a lot of options I am having to look at one with higher miles say in the 40-50K range. If these vehicles have been maintained is there any call for concern with reliability? The units that I have driven with those miles seem very solid compared to like competition. Thanks for any input |
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I have a question about my 2008 Suburban. Bought it used with 32000 miles on it. Anytime I gently presss the brake pedal I get a squeking noise, but as I press the pedal harder to actually stop the truck the squeak goes away. Called dealeship and they said it was just brake just and to go wash the discs off at a carwash. Didn't quite solve the problem. Thoughts. Anyone had this issue. Brakes work fine in terms fo slowing down truck and no wobbling in the steering wheel when brakes are applied.
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My burb stalled while driving around 35mph, would not start back up. Had about 2 bars on the gas gauge or 51 miles to empty. Check the fuel pressure at the sch valve and nothing. Towed to friends shop, checked pressure at valve by pressing center of valve and nothing, even when turning on the key. A day later after towing to another location, by buddy unplugged the regulator and plugged back in and he put the fuel pressure gauge and while he started it he noticed the fuel pressure getting stronger after each turn of the key, when the pressure got back up, everything started working. 2 days later all is well, runs normal. I replace the fuel filter also. Now the fuel psi is great while running, but when I turn it off it looses about 10 psi in about 10 minutes but starts back up. I did not want to replace the fuel pump just yet, 77000 miles. Also, when it stopped it was showing 51 miles to go on the digital gas gauge, so it was almost empty, I did about a gallon in and it did not help. But now it's fine, any thoughts?
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Replying to: ski1535 (Nov 23, 2009 5:01 pm) About $100 bucks in parts an .5 of an hour labor.
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Replying to: Mr_Shiftright (Nov 23, 2009 5:24 pm)
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Replying to: trucklover4 (Nov 23, 2009 3:55 pm) |
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I have a question regarding my maintenance schedule for my 2001 Suburban. Can you help? Our Chevy Suburban 2001, 1500 (4) wheel drive has 92,000 miles. Our last preventive maintenance (major) was at 5/5/2006, (66,500 miles) which included Transmission and Differential major preventative service. The scheduled service manual state the service for this preventive maintenance is every 50,000. The truck is currently consumed 50% of that time for these services. Question: Is it your recommendation to wait another 2.5 years assuming we are driving the truck 10,000 miles per year? Thank you for your help, Glen05 |
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Replying to: ski1535 (Nov 23, 2009 7:27 pm) |
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Replying to: mavs1 (May 30, 2006 10:38 am) Glen04 |
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