Downeast Johnny

Too far away for me. Enjoy if you go.

Cool story man. It's like going home again. Enjoy the second go around.

I would suspect squeaking to be coming from bushings as opposed to front end parts, (tie rod ends, Pitman arm, Ball joints). I would start by doing a thorough grease job. If that doesn't get rid of the squeak I would jack the front wheels up high enough off the ground to get a long pry bar ,(long piece of pipe), under and have a helper activate the suspension by prying the wheels up and down. One person pries the other is under the vehicle listening to isolate the squeak. There are systematic methods to chasing down squeaks. I don't know them all but here is some reading. https://www.google.com/search?q=finding+squeaks+in+vehicles&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8 Here is a link to bushings. http://www.energysuspensionparts.com/?gclid=Cj0KEQjw5sHHBRDg5IK6k938j_IBEiQARZBJWvPpufdy1LZQ18GL13MA0sV9LUD79jtB1FVBPKAPIFsaAh3H8P8HAQ Good luck with your search for the squeaks..

Sounds like a worthy project to me Richard. I think your the right man for the job. Post pics.

Your making me wish I hadn't just rebuilt my brakes all around. Welcome to the site and Good luck with your sale.

I can't really disagree with you Richard. I'm an old fart and grew up when cars were toast at 100,000 miles. On the other hand, considering that history, it is amazing to me how good and dependable current vehicles are.

Yup. If it was more than me and the dog I'd be right there with you. Reading through the article, I had the same thought, "hope this stuff filters down to the Silverado.

Sounds to me like a straight axle and new bearing should fix it. I would probably change bearings on both sides while I was doing it.

Good to see your still around.

Considering that you've done most everything but axle bearings, and you have a bent axle, I'd say the odds are pretty good that that's what your looking at now. You shouldn't have any "Up and down" play in the axle bearings. If you can get all driven wheels up off the ground you should be able to track down where the noise is coming from either with a mechanics stethoscope or just hole a long extension against the housing in various spots and against you skull right behind your ear. The rumbling will be pronounced when you find the right spot of origin. Good luck.

Looks like a heck of a nice vehicle. Gotta love the motor tranny combo. Unfortunately; I'm a pickup man.

Good idea on the powder coat. Don't forget a tune in your parts budget.

Wouldn't buy the house without a garage fridge.

Best luck with your side job venture Zach.

Keep us posted on how your conversion goes.

Welcome to the site bud. Congrats on getting a great truck.

Fresh tune should clear that right up. You need the tune to get max benefits from your headers anyway. Personally; I would have ordered the upgraded tune before I installed the headers and installed both at the same time.

There ya go. Thanks for the info. ^^ Agreed. I didn't want to hurt any feelings but I kinda wondered about that thing hanging out back there like an afterthought.

The stock transmission in the SS Silverado trucks, (And I assume your Tahoe), is the 4L65E and is a week link in the drivetrain once you start adding power. A popular transmission swap is to go to the substantially heavier duty 4L80. It is not a direct swap and therefore somewhat involved. Also the gearing in the most common versions of the "80" that you'll run across in salvage yards is taller and performance will suffer some with stock power. There are aftermarket outfits who offer modified 80's with altered gearing and there are companies offering altered frame crossmembers, (which you would need also). All that obviously gets to be a fair project and somewhat expensive, (Although salvage yard 80's are not expensive). The 149 that 1Bad mentions is the stock full time AWD transfer case that came in the Silverado SS. (The AWD versions obviously). I don't know what T-case your Tahoe came with but the 149 is a good one and will stand up to fairly high HP numbers. The 4L65E can be modified to stand up to a fair amount of HP and as you are needing some work done to yours anyway it would be wise to study those mods and decide which your truck might benefit from depending on future power adding mods you might want to pursue.

I replaced my OEM front discs with the larger option and rear stock size rotors and all four corners calipers with NAPA stuff and have no complaints. IMO you have to be careful about buying any of the parts chain parts. Just spend the bucks for their top of the line parts. True enough. Money allowing it just go with an 4L80 soon as you can.

Nice score on the "Hoe". I always liked those Gibbs wheels. With the mileage on her and knowing shes got trans and maybe T-case trouble, I wouldn't be spending major bucks on aftermarket brakes. (But that's just my tight assed opinion).

That will pucker the old bung hole. Good point John makes about the stepper motor. I don't know how good this info is but could be worth a try. https://www.reference.com/vehicles/test-oil-pressure-sensor-77527791d29ae2

My guess is that 1Bad has it figured out. The vacuum leak will do it. Good excuse to go to a hydroboost set up.

I put a kit similar to this one on my 86 Sierra 4X4. That truck had a ton of room under the hood and on the inner fender wells, (which were metal and easy to mount thing on). https://www.summitracing.com/parts/hda-291?seid=srese1&cm_mmc=pla-google-_-shopping-_-srese1-_-hayden-automotive&gclid=CjwKEAjwkq7GBRDun9iu2JjyhmsSJADHCD_HBNA2-YSIlmyBSffi66qKf3wHvuP7zxOop3T8WfKsMhoCn37w_wcB The kit works fine but it will benefit from an upgrade in hoses and clamps. I crawl under my SSS to change the oil but, like Matt, I don't have a lot of trouble with mess. There is a little but it's just not a big enough deal to worry a whole lot about it.

Welcome to the site. Congrats on finding your truck.