[V8] Mad as hell, and need to do something about it! GMC NAC!

[Ingo Rautenberg]

My guess:  "Aw, shucks. I guess you're supposed to use lock nuts on
those..."

On Mon, May 10, 2010 at 4:54 PM, Roger Woodbury
<rmwoodbury at roadrunner.com>wrote:

> As long as there is so much chatter about suspensions, here is one that  I
> could use opinion on.
>
> I have had the front and rear shocks replaced on my 1997 GMC 3/4 ton
> pickup.
> The truck is a low mile...94,000...very heavy 3/4 ton, in fact according to
> the build sheet it is just a tad shy from being a 1-Ton.
>
> Anyway, the wrench did the work and I got the truck back and immediately I
> noticed that there was a sort of muffled, woody clatter sound coming from
> the right front.  I have heard that sound before and believed that it was a
> loose shock bolt.
>
> Took the truck back, and sure enough. Something wasn't quite tight (how the
> hell did THAT happen?), the bolt was tightened and I was down the road.
>
> By the time I had driven down the rutted gravel road that leads to my
> driveway, the sound was back.  Grrrrrrrrrrrrrrr.
>
> I have not had time to take the truck back to the wrench, although shortly
> after getting the sound back again, I called to report it.  NO TIME to
> refrig with the friggin' truck right now!
>
> AND it is worse.  Now it sounds like I have two little guys sitting on
> either side of the carburetor under the hood holding wooden boxes 1/3 full
> of 3/4 inch bolts and nuts.  EVERY time the truck goes over the gravel road
> from my house to the town road, it sounds as though the entire front end is
> going to fall out.  MUCH worse than before and now includes the ENTIRE
> front
> end.
>
> My diagnosis is really, really bad shocks?  (Super special NAPA thingies!),
> or the entire front end under the spell of new shocks has completely
> disintegrated.
>
> Steering and handling are fine.  It just sounds like a box of bolts.
>
> Any comments?
>
> Roger
>
> P.S.  Oh, and I have decided that I must replace shocks, shock mounts and
> probably the steering stabilizer on my V8 in the fall.  It is only at all
> showing signs of weakness when I drive out that same gravel road....By
> inspection time this fall, I will have to do that deal for sure.
>
> PPS....Have I mentioned that I really, REALLY love my V8?
>
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