GMT400 Front End Rebuild (Part 1)
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- This is (Episode 10) of the #ETCGDadsTruck Series.
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This video series will cover the complete rebuild of the front suspension, steering, and brakes on a GMT400 truck. These trucks ran from 1988-1998.
In this installment of the #ETCGDadsTruck series, I cover the removal of the front suspension, steering, and brakes on one of these trucks.
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SSBC Slotted Front Rotors and Pads: www.summitracing.com/parts/ss...
SSBC (Expensive) Front Caliper Upgrade: www.summitracing.com/parts/ss...
Russell Steel Braided Brake Lines: www.summitracing.com/parts/ru...
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Lowering Kit 2” 4” **with 1” front rotors: www.summitracing.com/parts/mm...
Lowering Kit 2” 4” **with 1.25” front rotors: www.summitracing.com/parts/mm...
Front Shocks (you will need 2): www.summitracing.com/parts/bs...
Stock Coil Springs: www.summitracing.com/parts/ad...
Complete Front End Kit: www.amazon.com/PartsW-Piece-B...
Front Bearing and Seal Kit: www.am-autoparts.com/1990/GMC...
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Spring Compressor: www.jbtoolsales.com/atd-tools...
Shane Craig’s Plug Kit: parts.cat.com/en/catcorp/shop...
Body Clip Tool: www.jbtoolsales.com/atd-tools...
Ball Joint Press Kit: www.jbtoolsales.com/astro-pne...
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Disposable ear plugs work great for plugging off threaded/untreaded holes when sandblasting and/or spray painting.
Was going to post exactly this.
Huh, never thought of that
Neat I'll have to try that.
somebody, give the man a sandblaster cabin. =)
you would think sponsor would stand in line..... maybe as fans we should poke the sponsors and say :"hey this great dude could use some stuff"
I have replaced all these parts on my 1996 Tahoe. I remember watching you working on hondas over a decade ago on a creeper in a tiny garage with poor lighting. That's what got me into DIY mechanic work. Happy to see you working on an obs GM. Thanks for what you do Eric.
Thanks for the comment.
Four minutes in and Eric is pouring hate and discontent on the shock already. Awesome! :D
Dude... one job...
Great tip for removing the inside rotor bearings. Thanks for that.
That can damage the wheel seals. I always reuse wheel seals. Just a soak in gasoline and dawn soap and they're as good as new. Besides, the auto parts stores never give you the correct ones anyway.
I don't own a car that I know how to work on, I've never even had a vehicle on a lift before. My expertise ends at changing fuses, air filters, tires, and wiper blades. And yet, I watch all of your videos. Why? Because you have a nice way about you and the way you explain cars and the process of working on them makes it accessible to me. You make me confident that, one day, when I finally grab my own project car, that I'll be able to do some or most of the work myself (with some screw-ups along the way). So, thank you, Eric.
I love your comment! Thank you for watching and for sharing that with me. I really appreciate it.
I just got a 94 Chevy Silverado and I'm trying to rebuild it and bring it back to life your videos are a huge help thanks so much
14:37
- what do we say to death?
- not today!
😂
Really appreciate the time and effort to make these DIY vids. The quality of the final cut is just great. Good angles and lighting too.
One trick I’ve done on GM front shocks is to put a good size pair of locking pliers on the shock rod so that when it turns the pliers will contact some part of the suspension
unless your trying to save them
Your so lucky everything isn't rusty and seized. I have a 94 GMC Sierra just like yours, super rusty... This video was very helpful. Thanks!
These were always my favorite trucks now I have a C1500 5.0 and K2500HD 5.7 (both vortecs) so thanks for making these videos (although I rebuilt both front ends a year or two ago lol) and I liked the differential video even though I'm running stock as long as I can for now to save $$
Today on Eric the Car Guy, Eric sets dads truck on fire, just a little bit.
Thanks for this series. Just bought one of these trucks and will be doing similar work to it
21:00 Mini heart attack and I'm nowhere near Ohio. Jaysus those springs are scary. Seen one bust through a brick wall once, glad you're okay, Eric.
@Dark Coven The sad thing is, vids like this all over Ytube make spring removal look like no big thing. They are the single most dangerous thing on a car/truck.
Thanks for doing all these videos about #ETCGDadsTruck. I'm just starting a project with my son on a 1988 Sportside that I owned when I was 17 yrs old and happened to find and decided to buy it for my 13 yr old son. My first truck will be his first truck. We'll be using a lot of your vids for guidance.
Eric, I have a very stupid guetto method to avoid spring injury, I don't trust any compressors, one way or another, most of all have exploded, even good quality ones, hit the spring somewhere, it vibrates and the compressors tend to move, well, plastic rope, 5mm, two meters of it, I lower the car without wheels and put a stand beneath the ball joints, compress the spring with the car weight, pass the rope all over the spring and make a few blind knots on the rope, the tension will be split along the rope, as they also rated to 300Kg, so a few laps with rope, can hold very big springs. Then I just store the spring away and it's ready to assemble again. This method never failed on me and I've been using it for over a decade, besides, a full 300 meter rope costs peanuts :)
Great idea, thanks!
Your videos definitely help me with working on my truck everything is very detailed.
Brilliant. Thanks for sharing. I hope it ends up to be a high quality, high value build, or that you Go Big/broke before you Go Home. Great work.
Both these project build are, as the kids say, fire. Literally
Aye the Local Smythe!
I've been needing to do the EXACT SAME THING to my truck, with a VERY SIMILAR suspension setup (Tacoma 2WD) and buying parts and tools to get it done! (I got the exact same coil spring compressor too! Uh Oh!) OMG!!! This is helping me TREMENDOUSLY! (and maybe even saved my life!) THANK YOU!!!
I'm very glad to hear this video series will help you. Good luck with your truck!
I remember you showing the bearing trick on a customers s10 back in the day! Glad you made this video though my 92 c1500 needs some front end work . It’s a extended cab with a 5 speed trans
To get shock nuts off, I use a long extension to get my hands and tools away from moving suspension parts. I put one shoulder against the hood to stop it from moving. I place the socket, extension and a fast impact on the nut, put your free hand on the fender to push the vehicle up and down while intermittently triggering the impact. Ive done hundreds of shocks like this and it works 99% of the time. If you time it right, it will come off in the first couple pulls. Learned this in the late 80s!
When you need hearing protection, so do we! Thanks for another great video Eric!
Thanks this video came at the perfect time. I'm going to do the exact same thing to mine this weekend. Hope all goes well.
I've never seen a GMT400 frontend as clean as what you started with! :O
Me neither
Fantastic build, this will be a killer truck Eric. Well done.
Nice video Eric, thank you.
Great video Eric
That truck has been kept well!
I always have put a jack under the lower control arm and slowly lowered it once I break the ball joint loose and relieve the spring tension that way. Knock on wood I have never had the spring come flying out on me doing it this way. But almost every time I try to be safe and use a spring compressor they pop apart or break and scare the hell out of you when they go.
Thank you for continually giving us fresh content I really enjoy all your videos I don’t always comment mainly because I watch you on my tv app and it doesn’t have the comment function on my tv software for TH-cam.
Thank you!
EricTheCarGuy 😊
r laze Eric is an awesome guy indeed his fixing it forward series is just one example of his nature
Thanks dad!
Eric, those caps for masking are very handy. We use them in manufacturing for paint prep. Companies like www.stockcap.com carry them and other stuff. They also have ones that are a tapered cone that goes well in threaded holes. The taper does a good job of keeping paint out of threads. Another poor man trick is to take a bolt a couple sizes smaller and wrap a taper on it with masking tape then push it in the hole.
Thank you Eric, you have a cool channel
excellent videos..
Good stuff! Thanks.
@ 21:03 YIKES! 😮
Glad you didn't get hurt.
Eric’s welded hammer single handily is the most icon tool he’s got for Eric the car guy!
Fun stuff! Thanks!
I like the light on that cordless impact
That shock was a Great example of it can’t be stuck if it’s liquid 😂😂😂😂
Hondo fourfivetwo been there had to use a plasma cutter
I gotta get along with my project. Nice inspiration.
that thing is in such great shape to begin with! You got lucky on the pitman arm. I've taken a few off and they can be a bear. The shocks are just annoying to get off lol. Great videos. thanks!
Easy to do with the ball joint tool
3:40 in and already…” you piss me off”😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
Another old school tip: Inner hub bearing/seal removal. I remember doing that 25 years ago. A tip that still works today
I have never seen somebody Mangle the top of a shock mount more than you did in my lifetime!
So much for the part number on that spring compressor 🤣
Those brake line brackets are nice, when i did stainless lines on my gmt400 I used gorilla tape that is the same width of those brackets and wrapped it around the brake line in the correct holding spot and then re crimped it down in place. The tape acts kinda like a rubber insulator and the stainless line wont get trashed by the rusty bracket.,
ya but Eric you're letting the caliper by the brake hose!!!!! LMAO love the videos man been a fan since the long hair days keep up the good work
21:03 ouch what a pos, it sparked up too
Felt feisty.
You rule Eric!
Aí na sua oficina tem bastante coisa complexa Parabéns aí por tudo que você faz aí na oficina
Got to work, going to make it a productive day....oh ETCG uploaded a video working on his Dad's truck....there goes my morning.
5:59 The dad jokes are strong with this one.
"Please go into my shock hole" is something you want to hear on a first date from the person you are out with.
Eric you should try a Renegade parts washer. They work awesome here at our shop. Solvent free, smells good, you can use it on just about anything. Doesn’t harm rubber at all, it’s a “Green” product that actually works well.
3:40 lol Ever heard of a fire extinguisher? ...Nice video, you rock!
Camera Brian was back for the shooting of this video according to the credits, learning a lot, waiting on Part 2 when available. Thumbs Up
3:32 "you piss me off!" ETCGDadsTruck:" 3:42" lol!
I had a spring compressor of a similar design, made by Snap-On, release on me when I was in suspension class in college. When that spring jumped out at you a saw it coming! I made my own spring compressor from some 3/8" plate and some 1" all thread. My suspension instructor though it was great. The other professors though it was the most dangerous thing ever because it wasn't made by Snap-On. I can tell ya, any time I see a spring compressor with a ~1/2" threaded rod as the compressor, I don't trust it! I don't care who makes it. I'm not bashing Snap-On most of their tools are excellent, but when it comes to springs, size matters.
yea autozone gave me this fork type compressor, its gonna hurt somebody but I got one similar to Erics at Advance auto, worked perfectly but, you're right, these can be kinda scary
Happy Friday
Awesome 👌
your shock chore had me laughing.. there is a cheap high speed cutoff wheel (90 degree) at harbor fright just for stuff like that. I keep a dozen 3 inch discs ready by habit
If I'm not working on a car I'm watching videos of working on cars
Same here :p
I'm taking a break at the moment. 😂
Sitting in the car right now.
I would like to see you take out those control arms like that in Cleveland! Good Luck!
Lmao "you p$$$ me off "idk why i laughed so hard at that and i was hearing cartman on south park as he said it
I didn’t know Ingersoll Rand made electric impacts. I’ve only seen their pneumatic ones. Sweet!
next time you use a spring compressor .. run a chain over 3-4 coil reattach chain to itself ,,even just a nut and a bolt.... this will limit the explosive release of the tension ...you could also throw a blanket over it to help limit travel if no chain .... but a few feet of chain is safest
Thanks for the tips!
I love that refillable, compressed air sprayer for the brake cleaner stuff. Feel free to tell us more about it.
Upper shock nut just snap off with socket and extension. twist back and forth til it snaps! it works!
3:40... lmao, your hired!!😂🤣😆
I remember that techs at Sears used to use an air hammer and chisel off the top bolts on the shocks and just drop them down.
Me and my buddy saw you at the sharonville car show but we didn't want to bother you haha. I never realized you were that close to me
Sorry I didn't get to meet you. Maybe next year. I'll likely bring this truck.
Eric, someday i hope you remember to ask your dad about that brake job. I'm so curious to know whether that was done at a shop, or at a friend's house over beers LOL.
Love how you made sure the calipers were hanging by the hose... awesome
Noose.
I'm not sure about now but in the good old days when shocks with a spike top were being obnoxious to remove here's what we did. The metal in the shocks spike isn't as tough ( or wasn't anyway) as one might think. We used to find a piece of ordinary steel pipe that fit fairly close to the shock spike. The thing was to slip that pipe down over that spike and just plain rock that spike back and force until it broke off,,,and!! it didn't take much work !!. You might know the trick but if not you can experiment with an already expired shock. Used to work for us,,made the job merely minutes long.
Lmao PLEASE GO INTO MY SHOCK HOLE ur hella funny eric love ur videos i like and watch everyone
Thanks for this! Late to the game, I know, but this process is the closest thing I've found to a 1999 Chevrolet Tahoe LS, 5.7L, RWD.
I have coil springs like this setup, and every other video I've seen for a 1999 chevy Tahoe doesn't, or the springs just "fall out" and are under no pressure when removing. This even looks like the same control arm design.
I'd say you almost could use one of those Harbor Fart sand blasters with all the work you're putting into making your cars beautiful underneath.
You save me so much grief and money. Oh, and you spare unnecessary bull
Ive had pretty good luck throwing some vicegrips on the shaft of struts to loosen the nuts. This will damage the shaft but if its being replaced np.
Someone tell this man no truck needs to be dropped unless it was previously jacked up.
Excited to see what you do with the old Chevy 350. Maybe consider doing a dyno before and after mods. Also consider an electric fan setup. I hear you can get some benefits like more power and colder AC
The engine is already back from the machine shop. I wasn't able to get any Dyno readings before. Let's just say it sucked and when I'm done, it will be better. Also, I already have the upgraded radiator and new cooling fans. Thanks for the comment.
Instead of a spring compressor, I have always found it much easier, and more effective, to put a jack under the lower control arm, disconnect the ball joints, remove the spindle/knuckle, then slowly lower the jack. 9 out of 10 times the coil spring simply falls out with no drama but I always tie up or cover the spring just in case. Also, I find that a ball joint separator of the correct size is easier, faster, and better for the vehicle, than "hitting what it goes through" with a hammer. - Ray
Trick to take out springs. Leave shocks in. take torch cut spring coil in half. Can't come out because of shock. Then spring will fall out when shock comes out
Oh yeah! A sandblasting cabinet would make short work of a lot of things!!
After watching this. I miss my 1970 straight axle Leaf spring Dodge.
I just bought a 2000 Chevy 1500
It's a little squirrelly above 60 mph.
It's got 175000+ miles on it. Tires are wearing even.
Lmfao at the stabilizer joke
Hey Eric question! Do you have to compress the front springs to take them out since the weight of the truck is being held by the lift? I thought that if you let the suspension hang that you would be able to just slowly push the lower control arm down and the springs would come out. Just curious because compressing the springs seems dangerous.
Remember kids:
It can't be tight if it's a liquid.
LOLOLOL, yeah at 3:42 that doesn't work for me either, it's like one of those trick birthday candles!
gota love the dad jokes lol
A heavy duty drill, like 1/2" or bigger, would do wonders for turning those compressor, puller style bolts. I know you are hesitant to use impact as it does cause wear on the tool but a non-impacting drill help reduce personal wear as long as it is strong enough to do the job
Hey Eric will the brake calupars fit for dads truck from the next gen trucks 99 to 06
21:05 I even scare jump with that, thats how deep im in the video hahahaha
Hi Eric. Maybe i havent seen you make a video about it, but what is your opinion on changing the brake fluid every 2nd year? It's on my service list for my focus 2009.
Have you used the OEM tools spring compressor? I'm going to a front suspension rebuild on my wife's base model 2003 mustang. Read a lot of comments on different spring compressors and this one had the best comments.
3:35 EricTheFireFighter...Lol!
Sweet 🧐