My 2005 Yukon XL

[DieselSlug]

Ya know Mike, I see the cb/pa switch on the Cobra… but I never noticed your pa speaker under the hood. I’m worried you might be missing out.

You are correct. PA capable, but no speaker yet! If I found one I would try it for some fun!

 

[Will L.]

Nothing quite like holding the mic next to a speaker on the “good part” of a song or reminding another driver to pay attention to the road. I would ever rile up my dogs with it everyday when I get home either . There’s just something about country music that sounds better on a pa when working near the truck in a field…

I need a new cb & new speaker. A rock from a tire cracked my housing and it never sounded right. I just never did mount one in the hummer yet. What’s wrong with me?!

 

[DieselSlug]

Got the back brakes pulled apart and cleaned up/regreased.

Fronts really need new rotors, the junkyard eBay ones barley lasted 1 year. Also trying to get new Viton o-rings for the catch can. Im having issues lately on start woth a puff of smoke. Common issue with the PCV system i guess on these. I really need to pull the drivers valve cover and inspect drain ports in the PCV system.

 

[DieselSlug]

Been having a issue on cold starts. Puff of white/blue smoke. Definitely smells of oil. It all started when I did the new steering gear.

My hypothesis is my PCV system has an issue, allowing oil into the intake. Thus burning it off mostly noticeable on starts. I guess its common on this truck, and there are updated valve covers to remedy this. Ultimately I need to see what version cover is on there. But looking down the throat confirms oil is getting in there.


I had the front of the truck jacked to the moon to help bleed the steering system, since then I've been having this issue that is getting a little better day by day. But it leads me to getting the catch can installed ASAP until I have time to peel off the valve cover. Im trying to find a new set of o-rings as the old ones disintegrated.

 

[ak diesel driver]

I found a thread on how and where to drill the oil holes in the valve cover. Did it myself

 

[DieselSlug]

I found a thread on how and where to drill the oil holes in the valve cover. Did it myself

Im gonna follow in your footsteps and do the same, along with the catch can.

 

[DieselSlug]

What a mess. The OEM drain ports were all plugged up.

Its not perfectly clean, but its friggin in the 30s out, so I wasnt going for perfection. I mighta gonna aggressive on the drain holes.

I need to do the passenger side too just for the gaskets sake. But I ripped a bolt grommet on drivers side install leaving me short now.

 

[DieselSlug]

Spent more time screwing with the catch can. Got the proper 3/8s fittings on order. I also ordered some new O-Rings from UPR, but i am honestly hesitant they will be right. I found a 2-1/8" @ 1/16" Viton rings i might try.also found a bunch of 3/8 fuel line in my arsenal to plumb.

 

[DieselSlug]

PSA, clean your MAF sensor regularly. IIRC I did this about 2 years ago, and still had gunk on it.

Running Napa gold paper filters in the OEM box.

 

[DieselSlug]

Got the catch can in. Not 100% on routing and the magnitude of zip ties, but this location seems the best for overall serviceability. And its in service for the time being.

The Amazon o rings are still a little big, but close!

 

[DieselSlug]

Upper hinge bushings are goners. Bottom bushings are tight but dry and binding.

 

[SnowDrift]

I found a thread on how and where to drill the oil holes in the valve cover. Did it myself

How did you ensure no drilled chips were left between the shield and valve cover body?

 

[DieselSlug]

How did you ensure no drilled chips were left between the shield and valve cover body?

When I did it I ended up flushing the valve cover vigorously with garden hose water, and then using compressed air to blow it out.

 

[DieselSlug]

Got them in, it is 10x better closing.

 

[DieselSlug]

Ended up taking this 2-ish year old Dorman POS out. During body roll, flex, and stopping I can feel a weird binding in the column now with the very tight Wolff bearing. The slip joint in this intermediate shaft feels awful, damn near impossible to grease. Messed with it for a while, so will see if it feels better.

Eventually going to replace this scrap with a Borgeson intermediate shaft. I guess that's my only quality option now.

Steering Shaft For 1999-2008 Full Size Chevy GMC Truck

2000-2008 Full size Chevy & GMC heavy duty telescopic steel upper intermediate steering shaft. Connects from factory column to lower steering shaft. Includes vibration reducing universal joint. All Borgeson direct replacement steering shafts are made in the USA and have a 5 year warranty. WARRANTY

www.borgeson.com

 

[dbrannon79]

iirc there should be a thin metal clip in the grove on the slip joint that you can release with a pick and be able to separate the two halves. I remember doing this on the one in my 95 truck when I was building a shaft using parts of another one off a jeep to eliminate the GM rubber coupler on mine. the clip will fall out though once separated, so be careful not to loose it.

from what I remember, you just slip the end of the pick in that grove and into the outer part of the slip shaft, the clip pushed into that grove creating a stop so it won't slide all the way out. kinda like how it works on GM's spade pin connectors where there is a tab the locks them from pulling out.

 

[DieselSlug]

So on the Dorman unit there was no clip per say. The bottom half actually has a pressed or punched area (see little blue mark in above pic) that rides in that groove. I tried prying them apart briefly, but the tolerance was actually so tight I couldnt get anything in there. My fear was mashing it up and not being able to bend back or snapping a flatbed tip.

 

[SnowDrift]

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Eventually going to replace this scrap with a Borgeson intermediate shaft. I guess that's my only quality option now.

https://www.borgeson.com/99-08-Full...fe1ozsrA4dHqOUR1ckqgGaL6OHu2vV0Mo8Nh9OeNU[/UR

I had planned to use the Borgeson units also but read reviews where people claimed it wasn't too long afterward that they experienced the same issue. Meanwhile, I just deal with the feel up through the steering wheel. I'll have to see if I can get my eyes on the one in my wife's '05 Suburban. It's been tight since we've owned it.

 

[DieselSlug]

I had planned to use the Borgeson units also but read reviews where people claimed it wasn't too long afterward that they experienced the same issue. Meanwhile, I just deal with the feel up through the steering wheel. I'll have to see if I can get my eyes on the one in my wife's '05 Suburban. It's been tight since we've owned it.

That sucks to hear especially for the price of it. The rattles are so annoying to me.

 

[DieselSlug]

Made it back from the vacation on Saturday. Clocked another 1,900 miles on the Yukon with no fuss at all. Arriving back home I am just shy of 210K and need another oil change.

The catch can was about 1/2 full per each leg down/back. Looks like a half oil, half water mixture. The drivers door pins have eliminated the large wind noise issue I have had for quite a while!