kstruckcountry's 2006 Silverado Z71

[white1500]

Thanks!

 

I will add: The ATP tires seem to be holding up well at 26,000 miles BUT they are starting to cup. I am not pleased because they have been rotated plenty and the front end is perfectly aligned. I'm not sure what is causing it.

Bad ball joints, tie rod ends or shocks?

 

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[kstruckcountry]

Bad ball joints, tie rod ends or shocks?

 

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Nope shop said it's all good. But I raised the tire pressure and that seemed to help. Upped the front to 45 and rear to 40 (same I ran with 4 ply). The tires have nearly 28k on them now and look good. I tried them in some mud the other day and they did well still.

[kstruckcountry]

Here's what they looked like 1500 miles ago.

[kstruckcountry]

Nearly 37k miles on the ATP's now. I don't think they're going to make it to the 50,000 mile mark. Still cupping just a little.

[white1500]

They don't look too bad? Plenty of tread left but only the siping doesn't look too good anymore. Do you get snow?

 

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[kstruckcountry]

That's my concern, we do get a little snow here. She went to Colorado twice last winter and probably will this winter too. We'll see how many experience points I roll on over the summer, and see how they look in the fall.

 

I'm still not sure about the cupping, since the front end is in good shape.

 

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[kstruckcountry]

Update:

 

Over 138k now, so about 40k on the Cooper ATP's. I may eat my words; it looks like they may make it to 50k.

 

There's a pretty solid whine in the rear end still, coasting from 30-20 mph. If I get on the throttle, it's gone. Any thoughts? Rebuild it with a TruTrac? Get a 9.5"?

 

I also repainted the rusty crossmember on the passenger side under the hood. Pics later.

[KMGZ400]

Update:

 

Over 138k now, so about 40k on the Cooper ATP's. I may eat my words; it looks like they may make it to 50k.

 

There's a pretty solid whine in the rear end still, coasting from 30-20 mph. If I get on the throttle, it's gone. Any thoughts? Rebuild it with a TruTrac? Get a 9.5"?

 

I also repainted the rusty crossmember on the passenger side under the hood. Pics later.

My 03 had a whine in the rear from 100 to 160, then I got rid of the truck, was an open diff rear though. Never blew up though

[kstruckcountry]

We'll see how it holds up for now, I guess. About a thousand mile trip coming up, we'll see if it gets any louder.

 

Repainted crossmember, I like the semi-gloss. I kinda want my grille to look like this.

 

Back in its home:

 

Tread left at almost 40k:

Edited August 4, 2016 by kstruckcountry

[white1500]

If you lived out here you could still get thousands of miles out of them without a problem, sticking to pavement of course. But your requirements are very different and I think this winter might be the last for them.

 

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[Daryl Z71]

Oh I see what piece you were meaning now. I painted that same one when I had my engine out only I did mine flat black. It was rusted pretty bad. I like yours, it looks better than mine because of the gloss.

Edited August 4, 2016 by Daryl Z71

[kstruckcountry]

If you lived out here you could still get thousands of miles out of them without a problem, sticking to pavement of course. But your requirements are very different and I think this winter might be the last for them.

 

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I can do fine with them for quite a while longer here, but if they start to lose much traction or lose more siping before the next snow trip, I'll be getting ATW's sooner than later.

 

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[kstruckcountry]

Oh I see what piece you were meaning now. I painted that same one when I had my engine out only I did mine flat black. It was rusted pretty bad. I like yours, it looks better than mine because of the gloss.

Mine was bad under the original paint. I don't have any sandblasting equipment here, so I just sanded it well enough and put on about 4 coats. I'm trying to figure out a way to divert the water so it doesn't happen again.

 

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[white1500]

And how old is the diff fluid? Are you on OEM or aftermarket?

 

I'm pretty sure that I was on original factory fill until the diff died back in April or May at 238k miles. lol

 

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[kstruckcountry]

It's been changed within the last 10k. Been changed multiple times since I've had the pickup.

 

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