What have you done to your square lately??

[Tank6x2]

Whoever needs to know if a outer roof skin will fit in the back seat of a 2016 Gen Sierra, the answer is yes, snug as a bug

 

[DoubleDingo]

Whoever needs to know if a outer roof skin will fit in the back seat of a 2016 Gen Sierra, the answer is yes, snug as a bug

Pics or it didn't happen

 

[Mr Clean]

Pics or it didn't happen

That's what I'm thinking

 

[Tank6x2]

Pics or it didn't happen

No trust DD - Ok tonight, I’ll throw it in the back seat - AGAIN!!

 

[greyghost]

Many lil items I've been collecting over years and some procrastination took over. Lil ice covered pass. side mirror started the decade long maintenance. It shattered from chipping ice off, cause De-Icer wasn't working fast enough for my freezing patience. Shudda just got heatgun out. A special order from autozone, flat glass no convex for me. Oh striker bushings, window seals, dr. window regulater after 20yrs of opening door at drive-thru lane, volt meter, hoping to make speaker selection soon, 6x9's or 8" woofer boxes behind seat? 6x9's in rear cab corners, with metal oval plates holding securely in place. Soon to tackle few oil leaks, side covers,valve cover. delay wiper switch, washer pump hot wire from new switch for activation. 10 Additional braided grounding wires from motor to body to frame to body. New 7 pin trailer plug, Electric trailer brake controller, grease n gear oil check, wally world charges you for it, but DOESN'T actually do it, on account of air lube gun is broken, going on 15 yrs ,so I was told by grease monkey. changing dark brownish brake fluid, another 25yr maintenance flaw on my character. Then main reason I'm here is for new idea or just better one for the cheap plastic glove box hinge, LMC only place at $30. Was thinking innertube rubber with short cable to keep door from putting bruises on passenger kneecaps...I'm open to anyone with better fix than GM had, third one to break on me in 25yr of SWB ownership. I will try to get some pics later today n posted. HAVE GREAT SB DAY. maybe its time for barefoot pedal n tiny foot dimmer cap install...still collecting pieces for 5.3 LS addition this winter

 

[DoubleDingo]

No trust DD - Ok tonight, I’ll throw it in the back seat - AGAIN!!

We can't let something as epic as this just slide past without some evidence of it happening.

 

[TotalyHucked]

The real question is, was it in the box or was fate chanced with a bare panel?

 

[Grit dog]

Replaced the passenger side power window regulator. Hooked it to the newish motor and newish rewired switch.
Goes down like a rocket, won't come up without help. Worse than before.
May be time to replace the cheap LMC window track felt with the Precision ones.

Try some silicone lube on the felt first to see how much it improves. Make sure you’re lubing the felt inside the door. The exposed portion in the window opening doesn’t really engage much until the window is almost completely closed.
As I’ve never taken one apart until recently (and re used everything original), I thought the window motor was smoked. Turned out a 50 year old regulator with grease that was like clay and pivots on the regulator that had also never been lubed, caused the motor to not have enough power to move the window at all. Up or down.
Freeing up the regulator and a liberal application of Fluid film to the roller tracks and regulator pivots and a bunch of hand excercising the regulator, it now rolls up and down as fast as any new car.

What I think I learned is that by design, the spring on the regulator makes the motor work harder going down against the spring than it does going up with spring assist.
IMO it should not go down “like a rocket”. If it does sounds like a weak spring on the regulator.
Maybe someone else can confirm. As the other 3 squarebody power windows I have are about equal speed up and down. (1 truck is 80s style other is 70s. Similar regulator diffenret motor ) However all of them have never been touched sine new afaik.

I think it’s a bad spring.
Also to test your theory you could pop the felt out since you know how to replace it already and confirm if thst makes a major difference.

 

[Grit dog]

59.99$5qt/12.79$qt CDN Funds in Canada- can y’all just overthrow the province of Alberta(Texas of Canada) already.

Holy fuuck. Now $7.75 is a screaming low deal but even normal price plus exchange rate that’s expensive. Nevermind the 40-50% haircut on your paycheck if you make any sort of decent money.
Good friend living in Victoria BC (I know it’s like the Seattle of Canada for cost of living), frugal guy, 1 modest car (and company truck), very modest house, wife and 3 little kids. Makes over $300k CDN himself. Wife is in the 70$k range and they are barely making ends meet to be a normal middle class family. It’s horrible. And they don’t blow a lot of money on “stuff.” Hell he just went in the first real vacation with his wife this year in about 8 years.
We get taxed. You get TAXED!!

 

[Tank6x2]

Holy fuuck. Now $7.75 is a screaming low deal but even normal price plus exchange rate that’s expensive. Nevermind the 40-50% haircut on your paycheck if you make any sort of decent money.
Good friend living in Victoria BC (I know it’s like the Seattle of Canada for cost of living), frugal guy, 1 modest car (and company truck), very modest house, wife and 3 little kids. Makes over $300k CDN himself. Wife is in the 70$k range and they are barely making ends meet to be a normal middle class family. It’s horrible. And they don’t blow a lot of money on “stuff.” Hell he just went in the first real vacation with his wife this year in about 8 years.
We get taxed. You get TAXED!!

I believe the PC term Knowingly Coerced into a S&M Hog Tie Barrel Session and Prudently Castrated while being Persuaded by Government of Canada to Monetarily Forget that after Getting Taxed on your Taxes your going to Pay another Tax until Death, and whatever Minuscule amount you give away to a family member will be Taxed, Our prime minister- the last one - it’s Trudeau- said we will own nothing and we will like it

 

[PeteJr]

Try some silicone lube on the felt first to see how much it improves. Make sure you’re lubing the felt inside the door. The exposed portion in the window opening doesn’t really engage much until the window is almost completely closed.
As I’ve never taken one apart until recently (and re used everything original), I thought the window motor was smoked. Turned out a 50 year old regulator with grease that was like clay and pivots on the regulator that had also never been lubed, caused the motor to not have enough power to move the window at all. Up or down.
Freeing up the regulator and a liberal application of Fluid film to the roller tracks and regulator pivots and a bunch of hand excercising the regulator, it now rolls up and down as fast as any new car.

What I think I learned is that by design, the spring on the regulator makes the motor work harder going down against the spring than it does going up with spring assist.
IMO it should not go down “like a rocket”. If it does sounds like a weak spring on the regulator.
Maybe someone else can confirm. As the other 3 squarebody power windows I have are about equal speed up and down. (1 truck is 80s style other is 70s. Similar regulator diffenret motor ) However all of them have never been touched sine new afaik.

I think it’s a bad spring.
Also to test your theory you could pop the felt out since you know how to replace it already and confirm if thst makes a major difference.

Thanks for the info and thought, Todd.
I had "using silicone on the felt" on my list of items.
Haven't thrown in the towel yet.........

 

[bucket]

Whoever needs to know if a outer roof skin will fit in the back seat of a 2016 Gen Sierra, the answer is yes, snug as a bug

While on the subject, a GMT 800 driver door will fit in the back of a '92 Camaro with the hatch fully closed. And so will a '98 Monte Carlo door.

 

[83Stepper]

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Finally got the old rotted 90% missing wood bed replaced with new planks and a custom torch finish. Rehab'd the old straps to keep some of it's former life & character intact. Just have to finish bolting her down.

 

[TotalyHucked]

That looks great!

 

[DoubleDingo]

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Finally got the old rotted 90% missing wood bed replaced with new planks and a custom torch finish. Rehab'd the old straps to keep some of it's former life & character intact. Just have to finish bolting her down.

Did you seal both sides and both ends? If not, you should.

Fairly fresh in 2015, the PO said it was recently redone, so I thought they sealed the wood correctly. When this was taken I'd had the truck for just over 4 months.

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It only took a few winter rain storms and this happened. These are in 2019, but it happened sooner than that, I just can't find any photos showing it before 2019.

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Seal the wood really good on all 6 sides