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Thanks for the replies guys. Yup, she is stock. My wife tells me she thinks the light came on after she was merging onto the highway and had to accelerate hard (because some jerk was trying to block her)

Hi guys While the wife was out and about with my Suburban yesterday, the CEL came on, and stayed on (no, not her fault :) ). I went out again later to get some groceries (and a OBD reader:agreed:) On the way home the light went out and stayed out. Been out and about today and the light never...

Excellent article!!

Not quite related to this thread, but a funny story anyway. Many years back, in the military, I was one of a few drivers who were tasked with maintaining equipment while the main battle group went back to home base for R and R. (we didn't get to go, but that is another story) One memorable...

Just having some idle thoughts today whoile driving along at 80kph or so along the back roads of Ontario (drove from Ancaster to Long Point and back just because it was a beautiful day, 4 hours round trip, including "sitting on the beach" time). Anyways, back to my idle thoughts, which was...

As the previous poster said, just insert a slim flat screwdriver around the edges and it will pop right out. Had to do this on Saturday as part of prohject replace-driver-inside-door-handle. After putting up with a juiggly door handle for a while it finally broke, so I had to do it) Nice having...

Awesome job on this! Just made me add a new little project to the to-do list :thumbsup:

Vibration at highway speed Hi all As a footnote to the above, after installing the new axle started to notice a nasty vibration just as I hit 100 kph on the speedo (actually about 105 according to the GPS). DId some (more) extensive reading on the net and narrowed it down to a few things...

Nope, according to all I have read and seen on here, it is a semi-floater. Lost some weight carrying capacity but gained a posi-traction :-)

Yup, brakes are defintely smaller, about 2 cm narrower. Don't have a pic, but it looks exactly like the setup in the video I posted earlier.

Correct, now have the 9.5

Thanks for the explanation. Wish I had known all that a few days ago :shiiiiiite: , but I think still happy that I now have a posi-traction. I wasn't planning on hauling huge weight around. Thanks again. You guys are great

Another dumb question, what does the semi and full (in floater) actually mean? Update on the brakes, took the Suburban to Midas on Upper James in Hamilton to get a brake flush done and a leaky bleed screw replaced (thought they may as well do it while doing the other messy stuff). One of the...

Yes, I am a little confused, the VIN number and build sheet says it has the semi floater originally (9.5 and 4:10 ratio) but clearly the replacement axle is different. THe bonus (for me) was getting a posi-trsaction axle (don't know nuttin abouit semi and full floaters to be honest)

Hi All I am the proud owner of a new (to me) 97 Suburban 2500 Diesel. I have experienced a few teething problems, suppose they are pretty common. Had to replace (and re-locate) the PMD very soon after I got it, replaced the blower resistor as the fan was only blowing on high. THen went on to...

Major transplant surgery succesfully performed yesterday. Got the old axle out, new one put in. Unexpected bonus, the "new" axle is a posi-traction, picture of the old one below. Took us (my son, the heavy duty equipment mechanic and I, mostly him) most of the day yesterday, but all good...

This setup is exactly the same as I have, real easy when you know how :thumbsup:

Hey, nothing like anwering your own question, when I had just about given up, I started searching You-Tube and came across this excellent video. Mystery explained! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9qBQ5gvQMOU

So, I have a 97 Suburban 2500 with 6.5 TD. I have a bit of an issue with the truck tending to wander on the road, cut a long story short, went to have the alignment checked and it turns out the front end is 100% fine, trouble lies with the back end, the drivers side axle is slightly bent...

Hi there First off, thanks for the replies, much appreciated. To Great White, I am in Ancaster, ON, just west of Hamilton. Based on further reading late last night, it does sound like the PMD may be the culprit, it just really puszzles me that it was running just fine before I left it with...