[ATMINSIDE]

Small update, threw on some OEM mud flaps yesterday.

 

[ATMINSIDE]

Moved 360 retaining wall blocks tonight, about 20lb per block. The pictured load in the truck was a pallet of 140 blocks, was a bit much, but it handled it like a champ thanks to heavier duty rear springs and shocks. Subsequent loads were not that many.

 

[FlyGuy5]

Small update, threw on some OEM mud flaps yesterday.

Question?
Does anyone really like the OEM mud flaps?
I find they're one of the worst engineering flaws on the Colorado. They act as scoops for mud and snow.
I have the worst time with snow and ice build up and when trying to remove it have damaged my scoop flaps twice now.
I don't do much actual off road mudding but just the 5 miles of gravel road to the folks house in the spring and I'll have a couple gallons of mud build up.
And what about added wind noise from the scoops if any??
Now if the engineers would have made them removable and screw in a tire iron to make a snow / mud shovel and I would be saying genius!!!

 

[ATMINSIDE]

Question?
Does anyone really like the OEM mud flaps?
I find they're one of the worst engineering flaws on the Colorado. They act as scoops for mud and snow.
I have the worst time with snow and ice build up and when trying to remove it have damaged my scoop flaps twice now.
I don't do much actual off road mudding but just the 5 miles of gravel road to the folks house in the spring and I'll have a couple gallons of mud build up.
And what about added wind noise from the scoops if any??
Now if the engineers would have made them removable and screw in a tire iron to make a snow / mud shovel and I would be saying genius!!!

I haven't noticed any wind noise from them. Such little snow here that buildup from that isn't an issue. If I've been offroading I'm going to clean up the truck in the next few days so catching mud isn't a big deal to me either.

 

[ATMINSIDE]

Well, u-joints on the rear driveshaft took a crap on me. Paid $30 for a pair of new Moog u-joints and a few hours later (of beating the piss out of these rusted, old, 216k mile u-joints) it was done!
The worst one was the diff-end u-joint, by far.

A few tips; make sure the clips line up properly in the yoke on the rear diff, I didn't at first and it was a source of struggle. Also, have a pick to clean out the lip for the retainer clip, you'll need it. Lastly, if the new u-joints are VERY tight, you've probably spread the yoke on the driveshaft with all the beating. Keep a set of calipers on hand, turned out mine ended up almost 0.010 out of square, a hammer and board fixed that really fast once I figured out what was going on.

Driveshaft out of the truck, this was the super-easy part.

New u-joints, really glad they were the problem solver!

After soaking for at least an hour in Aerokroil... they were seriously stuck in there.

Just this little bit of motion took a LOT of beating with a hammer.

The setup for beating with a hammer!

There were definitely a few on this one seized.

 

[ATMINSIDE]

Today, this log comes to a close. The Colorado is sold, but all is right in the world as I'm still part of the 355Nation! I also picked up a 2009 GMC Canyon SLE2 V8 4WD Crew Cab in Navy Blue.