BILLS04SS

I'm in for another.. Mine is pretty old and I'd like a new one.. count me in for a black outlined. bill

Here's a power steering pump removal and install how to video

UPDATE: hopefully this will help someone with similar issues. New rear baer rotors and hawk pads on the rear. I definately had to shim the rear calipers to get them even over the rotors. I think this was a major issue in my first experience with this setup. Used my GM Tech 2 to auto bleed the entire system. I Used the auto bleed on each wheel starting with the passenger rear, driver rear, passenger front and lastly driver front. What a difference. I have way more pedal and no more front shimmy in the wheel or pedal when braking. The brakes stop on a dime and I still haven't installed my hydroboost setup. I plan on doing that next weekend. I must say that the tech 2 rocks and I only wish I would have coined up and bought one earlier. Feel free to ask any questions.. Bill

Just came in over the weekend. Plan on doing the upgrade next weekend (time permitting) bill

Darien, thanks a lot.. I haven't been able to find this part number.. really appreciate it. Bill

Thanks for your reply guys. Anyone have the hydro pedal part number? Really looking forward to this mod

hey guys, I've searched all over and wanted to be sure I'm getting the right parts for doing a hydroboost upgrade. I have an 04 SS and wanted to know if an 04 2500HD hydroboost pump, power steering lines and power steering pump will all work before I purchased.. Just wanted to confirm. Thanks for your responses. Bill

Since I received so many replies, I'm going to take it up to the dealer and get them to run the tech 2 scan bleed on the abs modules and see what happens.. I'll let everone/myself know the outcome lol. Bill

Hey guys, been a long time since I've posted on here. I've had a Z06 upgrade for several years and have been happy with this setup. For the last couple of months, I've been having bad pulsating when braking in the front left driver side area. I can feel it in both the pedal and steering wheel. I figured it was a warped rotor so I replaced both the driver and passenger front brakes with,15" baer rotors, brand new one piece hawk pads, and a brand new calipers. Believe it or not, I'm having the exact bad pulsating in my front left driver side when braking. I didn't even get a chance to bed the pads yet. Any ideas? The one thing I didn't do is replace or touch the rears at all. I was going to get the rear rotors turned and replace the pads next. Not sure if a problem with the rear would effect the front. I also wanted to note that I did a complete brake fluid flush using a Motive products Power bleeder bleeder as well. Thanks for your input in advance. Bill

Congrats Fireman.. well done brother

Welcome to the site.. I haven't been on in a while, but you will find a wealth of information and a lot of good peeps on this forum.. Enjoy

I just had this exact thing happen to me last week.. I blew a piston on the drive side front caliper and lost a puck as well. I had to ride the emergency brake all the way home and was scared shitless.. I even tried pumping the brake which didn't do much at all. I'm not sure if I should just get new calipers or what now. I was also getting uneven wear on my pads like yourself.. I'm not sure if the new style brackets will help with this problem or not. Not sure if I should go with new calipers or just get a new BIG brake kit.. Pretty pricey decisions to make.. Keep us posted on anything you find out or decide to do. Bill

These are the brackets that I just received from Rudy as well. Jeff good to see your still around, although I hate to see that you sold our SS brother...

Thanks for the reply.. I wasn't sure Rudy was still around or not. . thanks again Bill

Guys, any idea where I can get the new style Z06 style caliper brackets? I'm not sure who is selling them these days.. thanks in advance. Bill

bump: I guess nobody knows.. lmao

Why would you want stock exhaust unless you are considering selling? I love my Corsa Sport exhaust.. Just curious why anyone would want stock exhaust. Bill

Welcome and congrats on your new truck

Hey All, been a while since I've been on here and even longer since I've posted.. Hope everyone is well. I have a quick question regarding the passenger side plenum area above the blower motor housing. I took out my blower motor yesterday to replace it and the dreaded blower motor resistor. Your not going to believe this, but I can look directly into housing area directly from the outside of my truck. I would think there should be a shield to protect it from rain. Does anyone know if there is a shield that goes over this area? As it is rain can directly get into the blower motor when it rains. Thanks for your responses in advance and it's good to be back. Bill

Hope to see updated pics soon. I'd like to do this mod. Bill

UPDATE: OK so I really even hate to admit this. I talked extensively with Earls and Russell yesterday with regards to my fitament issues. The guy from Russell double checked the part number and told me it was correct.. To make a long story short, I decided to try it again with the russell lines. Again, the line screwed into that hardline about one turn and stopped. I decided to use a line wrench and just go for it.. after about a half a turn it started to go in smoothly and worked as stated. I am by no means an idiot and have worked on cars/trucks for a very long time. I just wanted to be sure not to screw up my hard lines. With that said the correct russell part number 672430 worked perfectly. I'd also like to add that the quality of the russell lines are much better than the Earl's. I hope that my experience can help others out. Bill

I can see why my old buds from the site have left lol.. not a lot of peeps around..

I know this an old post, I'm pretty amazed that there seems to be no solution to this ongoing problem

Welcome to the site

From what I can tell it's a bit hit or miss.. I know the Earls's lines fit perfectly. Another thing I noticed is that the Earl's lines have/had a square banjo at the calipers where the Russels have a round banjo connector. You may get lucky and have the hard line connection match up perfectly. I really wish someone would address this issue since it's not the first time I've seen this topic around. I may have to go with an adaptor if I can't find a resolution soon. B