LML Silverado Duramax C-Max build thread part 4

[Flyin6]

Source price and part number for the klieg lights?


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Ahhh, errr...

Man, I order so much stuff, I don't recall where I got those

Sorry!

[Flyin6]

by the way. that's old school way of adding lights.  Kinda like that idea compared to the silly kids with their 86 inch light bars

Copy that

I like the old school way better. Light bars have their place, so an integrated approach using several different technologies probably ensures at least one light survives

[Flyin6]

This is C-Max's first kill

These scuff marks is where a family member's Honda Prelude (I think its a prelude) gave up it's tail light, rear bumper and quarter panel. I only have the scuff marks but my poor nefew's car is all ganked up. He backed into my truck on Easter...

[TexasRedNeck]

This is C-Max's first kill

These scuff marks is where a family member's Honda Prelude (I think its a prelude) gave up it's tail light, rear bumper and quarter panel. I only have the scuff marks but my poor nefew's car is all ganked up. He backed into my truck on Easter...

You filing a claim on his insurance??


Definition of insult to injury

[Flyin6]

This is C-Max's first kill

These scuff marks is where a family member's Honda Prelude (I think its a prelude) gave up it's tail light, rear bumper and quarter panel. I only have the scuff marks but my poor nefew's car is all ganked up. He backed into my truck on Easter...

You filing a claim on his insurance??


Definition of insult to injury

Naw.

He just earned his Phd a few months ago and finally at work. He doesn't need the financial hassle. Besides, I really have no damage, just an added layer of protection smeared on!

[rpar86]

Gotta get some kill count stickers to put on the driver's door now.



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[JR]

That is the biggest winch puck I ever saw!

I like to put a small bandage on those, makes people laugh.

[Flyin6]

Gotta get some kill count stickers to put on the driver's door now.



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Remember this:

[Sammconn]

Sure do! Now it sits collecting dust...

But the C-Max needs them now too...

[Flyin6]

Sure do! Now it sits collecting dust...

But the C-Max needs them now too...

I'll see what I can do...

[Flyin6]

I noticed a funny sound coming from the front end
 It is a rubbing sound like a brake caliper is dragging, but only when going around right hand turns.

I think my particuliar front suspension/steering undergoes unusally harsh treatment. First of all it is lifted six inches and is moving 35" tires around

Secondly the front is fighting against the locked up rear axle. Not much but it no doubt plays a part.

Next, this truck goes off road quite a bit. Not big deep mud pits, but uneven rocky roads, every week.

So my first suspect was the wheel bearings, but a quick check of those, showed them to be as tight as the lock on Obamas birth records.

a few times before I ran into some unusual noises and it turned out to be ball joints twice and the tie rod ends once.

I had those baseball bat looking tie rods installed two years ago and I managed to keep them greased.

With all that in mind, I hunted down two brandly new Moog upper ball joints.

The old emergency auto zone junk rubber boots had rotted within 6 months. That is a Chinese trademark right there!

[Flyin6]

I'm not sure those ball joints had failed, but considering the ripped up boots, I was definitely uncomfortable with them.

[Flyin6]

I ran out of nails, so I had to resort to regular cotter pins!

[Flyin6]

The Cognito UCA's use a different ball joint that the stocker, but I got SOOOO lucky scoring two.

I went over to Orilleys Auto Parts to get two new ones

The kind lady working there plucked the two she had off the shelf, opened the box and found some missing parts in either box. Seems they had sold them before, and had taken them back minus some of the hardware.

They cost $46 apiece new, so we settled on $50 for the pair and I left a happy camper.

[Flyin6]

All that went back together fairly quickly. I had used anti-seize on the barrel of the old joints, so they seperated quite easily

[Flyin6]

Then I went shiffing around and right away, I think I spotted the culprit

Take a look at this: A loose Idler arm with its double shear Cognito truss and a nut nearly backed off

Well following some noise from my impact gun, that nut found ground zero once again

[Flyin6]

Next think I did was to grind away the steering limit stops maybe 1/4"

Knowing this will place an obscene angle on the front CV shafts, I said what the heck and did it anyway!

[Flyin6]

Next I backed up, crushing my Nikon camera, became ill, and quit for the day!

[KensAuto]

Eww, I got the same cognito support system. Better go check mine, she's been feeling loose for a couple months now. ...just hate lying on my back.

[Nate]

Eww, I got the same cognito support system. Better go check mine, she's been feeling loose for a couple months now. ...just hate lying on my back.

    

[stlaser]

That's not what H said.......

For the record Nate was thinking it too!

[KensAuto]

For the record, I knew what both of you would think.    # Fishingforidiots
;P

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[Nate]

 

[TexasRedNeck]

Next I backed up, crushing my Nikon camera, became ill, and quit for the day!

Epic fail. Sorry Don. That stinks


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[Sammconn]

Next I backed up, crushing my Nikon camera, became ill, and quit for the day!

Oh, that's a horrible way to get ill...
Not cool, that sucks Don.

[JR]

For the record, I knew what both of you would think.    # Fishingforidiots
;P

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Me too!!

 

[JR]

Don, I just noticed you have the ball joints on top of the arms. I believe they go on the bottom (push on the arm vs push on the bolts).

It may affect the geometry a little, but Safety is a bigger thing!

http://www.cognitomotorsports.com/media/pdfs/7054.pdf

[Bigdave_185]

That right there is a very interesting cathlch JR


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[JR]

Done a couple myself and carry spares!

[Flyin6]

Don, I just noticed you have the ball joints on top of the arms. I believe they go on the bottom (push on the arm vs push on the bolts).

It may affect the geometry a little, but Safety is a bigger thing!

http://www.cognitomotorsports.com/media/pdfs/7054.pdf

Holy Smokes!

[Flyin6]

So after I drove over the Nikon making it less reckonizable, it was time to get ready for church anyway.

I worked pulling security for a hope over heroin event at my church. Our security team provides security for the church so we covered this as well. During the event the weather turned cold, dropping from the 50's down into the high 30's.

The program goes after the core of the problem which is no or a broken relationship with Christ. They don't seek to stop the addiction, they go after the whole broken man and bring him into a proper relationship with his creator.

Last night around 11PM, I watched almost twenty men give their lives to the Lord, and get baptised...in very cold water, full immersion

Now that was worth the sore back and knees I currently sport!

[JR]

Don, I just noticed you have the ball joints on top of the arms. I believe they go on the bottom (push on the arm vs push on the bolts).

It may affect the geometry a little, but Safety is a bigger thing!

http://www.cognitomotorsports.com/media/pdfs/7054.pdf

Holy Smokes!

It also has a raised lip that rides inside the UCA pocket there. That is a lot of stress on 4 little bolts with a lift and big tires.

Might be why you are tearing up the boots too, that lip is rubbing on the boot.

Stop setting your camera on the ground,,,,,,,,,

[Flyin6]

Don, I just noticed you have the ball joints on top of the arms. I believe they go on the bottom (push on the arm vs push on the bolts).

It may affect the geometry a little, but Safety is a bigger thing!

http://www.cognitomotorsports.com/media/pdfs/7054.pdf

Holy Smokes!

It also has a raised lip that rides inside the UCA pocket there. That is a lot of stress on 4 little bolts with a lift and big tires.

Might be why you are tearing up the boots too, that lip is rubbing on the boot.

Stop setting your camera on the ground,,,,,,,,,

You are right, the ball joint goes beneath the control arm...counter intutive to me, but sa'-live'

But the lip is not rubbing the boot...no contact at all

The boots were just cheap chinese "sorta-rubber" that fail at the first sign of either flew or sunlight.

So plan is to reverse the ball joints. I ordered another hardware packet to get them in there correctly with new bolts

I think I'll find some poly boots, since we know that is a high wear area

I also ordered a Cognito 1.5" swaybar and their flexy 7" end links

[Flyin6]

With all the country twisty road driving I do, that truck rolls around like a sailboat on a choppy lake. I think the larger sway bar will help while still allowing the rear axle to articulate a lot to stay in contact with the ground for all the off road driving I do

Here's the incoming Cognito parts:

[JR]

Good start. I just use 5/16 grade 8 on the ball joints. I don't trust the hardware on lots of stuff.

Watch the clearance on the joints. Mine rubbed on the steering link and toasted a boot. I used a few washers to space it and now is fine.

With that load on the back a rear sway bar might be needed. I have a nice light FG shell. You have a metal shell loaded to the MAX and all the stuff on the back!

[Flyin6]

Today was sway bar day

I'll be removing the stocker and replacing it with Cognito's 1.5" bar with their heavy duty end links

[Flyin6]

The new bar has poly bushings and a nice powder coat finish

[Flyin6]

Good quality hardware as well. The extra packet of bolts is for the ball joint swap around to make that right.

[Flyin6]

Here is a side by side

[Flyin6]

The new end link mounts normally at the bar end, but is set up to pivot on the control arm end

Poly bushing shown. It got plenty of poly grease

[Flyin6]

The bar and hardware make for a well fitting and clean installation

[Flyin6]

The end link takes some fussing with to clear the Fabtech lift kit, but in the end it all fits

[Flyin6]

While underneath, I decided to readjust my bumper.

I had noted that it was difficult to get the right headlight out. Looking underneath, I think I push one too many trees around, as the right side mount was sitting full aft and the left side was 3/4 forward

[Flyin6]

All done and tightened back up

Second pic is the view a Cube has when I'm tailgating at 80MPH

[Flyin6]

He is never far away!

[Flyin6]

So far, so good!

Six years old, 74K on the clock and one small dent...On the hood left side leading edge. Killed a buzzard that wasn't quick enough on his departure roll!

And he was the first I ever hit. Then not a month later I took out his cousin!

[Flyin6]

JR,
I think I bolted this thing on correctly, although I noticed I installed a couple of the cylinder head bolts upside down!

[Flyin6]

I drove over a hundred miles of twisty KY roads today with and without a trailer and probably another 30-40 highway as well.

I am really happy with how the truck handles now. It's way different. It stays mostly flat in the corners and allows me to carry more speed through the turns than I did in the past.

Overall, its an excellent mod for the money

[JR]

Well, if they were studs as you would use it doesn't matter anyway,,,,,,,,,,,

Glade the mod worked as it should, maybe one for the rear with all that swinging up there, and being dragged.

[TexasRedNeck]

X2. I would have thought the rear would be the place to start. What was the cost of the kit?


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