1990 GMC suburban "The YETI"

[warrpath4x4]

I am doing something today that I hate to do...... im taking it to a shop to get some work done. we have been in the teens during the days and single digits at night for the last week plus and still have about 8 inches of snow and suppose to get 4 more days of snow this week. so without a shop to work in, I am gonna pay to have the wheel bearings replaced in the front.

 

[warrpath4x4]

well good news, bad news, good news

bearings were fine, I have a small amount of play in one of my lower ball joints, but it is still within spec to be safe to drive. I will change the ball joints once the weather warms up before our trip in May.

 

[War Wagon 3]

Gotta love the northern Nevada snow. Hello from Battle Mountain.

 

[warrpath4x4]

Gotta love the northern Nevada snow. Hello from Battle Mountain.

lol northern Nevada snow and then it rained most of last night, made coming to work fun this morning :smiley_drive:

 

[warrpath4x4]

Yeti to the rescue!!!!

roads were fine when I came to work, shortly after that it turned to freezing rain (and 3 hours later is still freezing rain). a couple of my employees got stuck in town and couldn't make it. so I jumped in the Yeti and headed in, no problem for it. picked them all up and made it back to work safe and sound.

 

[warrpath4x4]

just dropped it off down at the shop to get the ball joints replaced, wheel bearings packed, and front end alignment.

 

[warrpath4x4]

long story short I ended up stealing the battery from the suburban for my 1972 K5 the other day to replace the piece of junk Optima, so I upgraded the battery in the suburban to a centennial group 31 battery

 

[warrpath4x4]

you know these things ride so much better when you take the new shocks out of the rear that have been riding around in there for 3 months and actually install them.

 

[Darkrider]

Any updates?