Comments by "" (@MonkeyJedi99) on "Parts Falling OFF! Lost Steering Control! 2000-2006 Silverado Sierra GMT 800 5.3" video.

  1. As a child of the 70's that much steering play was the norm in big trucks like home heating oil trucks. The noise, however...
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  2.  @cengeb  I have long thought that an initial driver's test should also include being able to at least identify how and where to check fluids, and (barring physical inability) to change a tire.
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  3. Impressive, terrifying... you pick.
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  4. That non-HD is not a 4x4. Before HD the ratio was 4x3, whereas no it is 16x9 or wider. - Wait, it's a TRUCK, not a TV? Oh.
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  5. That is awesome to learn, thanks!
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  6.  @JM-lk6wo  SC took the WRONG path to deal with the problem. Massachusetts used to have a lot of corruption with annual vehicle inspections. They sent state cops, out of uniform, in anonymous cars to spot-check inspection stations. Over a short period of time, a large fraction of the inspection locations closed, mysteriously, and slowly new ones opened to fill the gap. MA checks all of the safety stuff (brakes, parking brake, lights, wipers, horn. etc.), loose ball joints, obvious tire wear, front seat belts working, doors actually latch, emissions, and check for obvious holes in the passenger compartment and so on. And they will actually FAIL a car. There are two tiers of failure. 1) Get it fixed in x days and come back for a free recheck, and 2) you can't legally drive the vehicle on the road. - But yes, JM. An inspection regime is not a guarantee that you will get ALL unsafe cars off the road, but with NO inspection, only conscientiousness or complete physical decomposition of the vehicle will get the dangerous junkers off the road.
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  7. As to why some people change oil religiously but not other fluids? Anyone with a moderate level of skill, a few tools, and space they can do the work in can do an oil/filter change. That does not apply to fluids like brakes and transmission quite the same. I had one car that did its OWN brake fluid changes, until I replaced the rusted-out lines. But doing it purposefully and correctly? I've never had the tools for that. - So the other fluids comes to money and trust. Can you afford to pay someone else to do those fluids, and are they trustworthy at the price point you can afford?
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