Big D
Atoadaso I f*kn Atoadaso
same as you... Energy Suspensions. Ive used them on my other rides, never had a problem with them.
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On my 99 k1500 OBS Burb (120k miles) I did (Moog unless otherwise):
2 Upper ball joints (with control arms) -$40 ea
2 Lower ball Joints ( I had purchased the LCA bushings but the originals seemed fine and would have needed pressing off/on so I skipped them) $30 ea
2 inner Tie rods $21 ea
2 outer Tie rods $21 ea
1 centerlink (they can wear out but my old one seemed fine) $40
1 pitman arm $32
1 idler arm $98 (includes bracket) (this is a major contributor to front end slop)
2 sway bar end links (Poly Urethane) $18
2 sway bar Bushings (Poly Urethane) $12
I also did the sway bar bushings and links for the rear $27 and $24 ea
New shocks all four corners $70 fr / $95 rear
I did the NBS brake swap (New 14.5" AC Rotors - $65ea, Dorman Knuckles -$95ea, AC reman calipers $48ea, AC brake lines $19ea and AC master cylinder -$90) I went to a 1 3/16" pepboys wheel cylinder in back to balance the front out $13 ea.
New hubs (Timken Bearings) $111ea and CV shafts $96/pr while I had everything taken apart. The old hubs were just starting to show some wear but needed to be upgraded to the NBS style to fit the NBS knuckles; the CVs still looked fine so I could have driven on them for awhile yet.
As for special tools, The LBJs need to be pressed in, the Pitman arm takes some serious leverage (I piped over a breaker bar), and I purchased a reamer for the ball joint holes on the knuckles. Had a shop align it for me (although my eyeball alignment had the toe nearly spot-on)
Took me most of the weekend to do it all. Truck drives better than new, and brakes like it should now. I purchased most everything online from Amazon, Summit and Rock Auto.
Woo...that's Boulder all right. I live up the canyon a-ways, but travel a lot for work. Always keep an eye on the Prius and Sube crowd, they've often got an axe to grind!Hey! where in Boulder are you located? I am dating a girl who lives down there. My truck is hated in that area because its not a compact battery powered POS. I got in an argument with a liberal hippy lady who got mad at me for idling my truck when I went to get a redbox movie. I told her my truck has done less harm to the environment in its 320K miles of existence than her Prius while it was being produced. I told her my truck is made of lots of recycled parts.....she was furious!!!! hhaahha must be fun living there.....sorry that was way off topic.
Woo...that's Boulder all right. I live up the canyon a-ways, but travel a lot for work. Always keep an eye on the Prius and Sube crowd, they've often got an axe to grind!