Recently had an issue where I had to take my truck in to diagnose a coolant leak. I thought it was the radiator, but it turned out to be the water pump. I ordered the parts and replaced it and all is well on that front.
In addition, the shop gave me a list of stuff that would need to be corrected before my next inspection. Keep in mind that this is a shop that I have frequented for years. They know that I get certain things from them but that for the most part I do my own work. Basically I'm saying that if they say something is bad, or needs replacement, then it really does.
So the list of things they said need fixing were,
"idler arm and pitman arms are loose", "needs both inner and outer tie rod ends".
I have completely replaced the suspension on my car before, but the truck suspensions are new to me. I did some searching around on here for writeups on replacing these items, but haven't found what I was looking for. Wondering if there are other things I should try to replace while I'm doing this stuff. I think I have my truck in my sig, but if not it's a 1998 extended cab Z71.
If any of you can link me to the appropriate writeups, I would appreciate it if they exist.
How difficult are these things to replace?
Are there any special tools that are needed?
Anything else I should be considering?
Thanks in advance.
In addition, the shop gave me a list of stuff that would need to be corrected before my next inspection. Keep in mind that this is a shop that I have frequented for years. They know that I get certain things from them but that for the most part I do my own work. Basically I'm saying that if they say something is bad, or needs replacement, then it really does.
So the list of things they said need fixing were,
"idler arm and pitman arms are loose", "needs both inner and outer tie rod ends".
I have completely replaced the suspension on my car before, but the truck suspensions are new to me. I did some searching around on here for writeups on replacing these items, but haven't found what I was looking for. Wondering if there are other things I should try to replace while I'm doing this stuff. I think I have my truck in my sig, but if not it's a 1998 extended cab Z71.
If any of you can link me to the appropriate writeups, I would appreciate it if they exist.
How difficult are these things to replace?
Are there any special tools that are needed?
Anything else I should be considering?
Thanks in advance.