1999 GMC Suburban K2500 DD

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OutlawDrifter

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I wouldn't go so far as to call it struggles, they're just more involved. Fingers crossed I have slip on drums out back! Does this rig have slip on drums @OutlawDrifter?

No such luck on the drums. Axles get to come out on this ole girl. Rear shoes are in great shape, however, appear to have been changed shortly before I bought it back in 2020.
 

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I wouldn't go so far as to call it struggles, they're just more involved. Fingers crossed I have slip on drums out back! Does this rig have slip on drums @OutlawDrifter?
Lucky, both of my trucks are stud mounted drums outback. Been debating swapping a FF 14-Bolt out of a Suburban that's got a G80 in place of the open diff on the crew cab.
 

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Road has dried up enough to bed in the pads. Definitely less peddle effort to bring the Suburban to a stop.

Drove it to work today to get some miles on the new studs for another round of torque wrenching. If we can keep the mud at bay for a while, I think I'm going to put the Suburban back in service as a DD.
 

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About a month and half ago I drove the Suburban to Salina, KS for the KHP graduation. My youngest daughter's boyfriend was graduating and getting his badge. About half way there I was rolling through Junction City, going passed Fort Riley on I70 and I got pulled over...I wasn't speeding, so didn't understand why the Trooper lit me up.

Turns out the backup camera that has been on there for almost 4 years was covering up too much of my plate. Trooper stated while it wasn't likely to get me pulled over, it wasn't technically legal in Kansas. We had a good laugh about the fact that I was headed to the graduation and then he wanted to talk about the Suburban for about 10min. Gave me a warning and sent me on my way...had a good story to share with everyone at graduation.

Bought a different camera to remedy the solution and decided to install it today...not super excited about the new camera, but we'll give it a try. Install is definitely not as sanitary as the last unit on the outside, and I had to run a new RCA cable all the way back (which meant blowing the interior apart again).

While I had the dash apart I finally adapted the Savana knob for the headlights, so now everything inside that is HVAC or headlight is Savana.
 
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