Recent content by Shdwdrgn

Unfortunately I got all new pieces when I changed these out, and here we are a year later and they're still squeaking while going down the road. I'll check your post though.

It was the pivot bolts that go through the bushings -- two on each side of the truck. But yeah, I had no idea the torque spec on them was so high. If I ever need to replace the control arms again Ill definitely try to wrench on them a lot harder! And for the arm-to-frame bolts... I definitely...

Wow... September 24th, that was the last time it rained while I was driving. We're actually getting a GOOD rain since last night, might approach a full inch by the time it blows out this evening, but this drought sucks! So unfortunately those front struts are still squeaking at me, I noticed...

Unfortunately we've gotten nothing BUT heat, never had a Winter, so received almost no snow. The reservoirs are drying up and we're looking at one of the worst droughts ever. Denver has already gone on water restrictions so it's pretty bleak unless we start getting some serious rain. Finally...

Wouldn't you know it... I went to pick up some lumber today and it was a full 40 degrees cooler than Wednesday, so the truck was giving me heat anyway. Ugh 49 today, back up to 81 again tomorrow, and back down to 49 again next Tuesday. Well I see Monday at least will be warm enough to see what...

Huh and from what I read in previous threads, I fully expected to hear them "slamming" back and forth to learn their new positions. Well I might be running to grab some lumber after work today, that should warm up the truck enough to see what's blowing out.

Well it took me forever to get back to this, but these hot temps have really been getting to me on the drive home. I picked up a cheap set of dremel burrs from Amazon awhile back, and that actually made quick work of cutting a large enough slot in the bracket to access the screw head. What...

I'll do ya one better... it's rather annoying when the guy sitting next to me at the stoplight is blasting the station that I am desperately trying to hear over the static. I'd say for the number of times that's happened, it's a pretty clear indication that it's my radio and not the station or...

I've been having this issue since I got the truck in 2009, but this week I finally realized something... I've always noticed that the radio has *terrible* reception in the Winter months but seems to do fine when it's warm. I live and work about 30-40 miles from Denver, the local radio stations...

Damn that's a great pic, but seems to indicate that you can't just permanently bend the bracket out of the way since the glove box needs to mount to it again. And I guess getting an angle grinder into that position is also out of the question. Ah well at least now I can better plan for what...

Reading through the second link of yours, it looks like I was already there 9 years ago! Sheesh I don't even remember doing that but it must have been one of the easy ones I replaced at that point. Now this one on the passenger side seems like a real bear. So I saw Roadie's pics with the...

I haven't actually played with the controls yet to make sure it's still switching between the vent modes. It's blowing from the central dash because that's where it's supposed to be for the current conditions -- my side is correctly blowing cooler outside air. I always assumed there was a...

Ugh bad news... Went out shopping today and it's still pumping hot air out the passenger side. And here I thought I was finally catching up on problems. Guess I'll be looking over those links later to see just how bad this is going to be. In my case, you can feel the stark contrast from the...

Thanks for that! Just pulled the fuse to reset the system, everything came back up reset to 72 degrees so it looks promising. I won't be driving anywhere else until Saturday though so I won't know if this was successful until I get the engine warmed up again. And oh god, I really hope it...

2004 Trailblazer SWB, I had the battery disconnected on Sunday to repair my horn, and it's taken me a couple days to realize I'm now having a problem with my climate control. Basically I'm getting cool air vent on the driver's side as expected, but the passenger side is blowing really hot air...