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I think it is more a GM issue. They want your vehicle to rust away ( at least hold up until the warranty expires). Got a Jeep, Honda, and VW all older and with solid brake and fuel lines than my 99 Suburban whose lines were shot by 2008. Don’t get me started with the frame and suspension.
Thanks Rob for the response. Yeah I tried one of the sealant products and it did slow the leak down but didn’t fix it.
Thanks for the replies everyone. The wear I was talking about on my own truck doesn’t appear to be alignment wear. I check the suspension pretty regularly and a clunking over rough roads alerted me to the lower shock mount which was tight but the sleeve was moving in the mount causing the noise. I subsequently found some flat spots on the outside edge of that tire. Got the tires all rebalanced and moved the offender to the back. Removed both front shocks to check bushings and such and they both looked good externally. The shocks only had 18K mi. on them. Replaced hardware and remounted and torqued to specs. The whole thing got me to thinking about alignments because I do only get it done with new tires or when something suggests there is a problem. Thanks again for your input.
[quote=”DaFirnz” post=151030]Any time you replace a suspension component and any time tires are replaced. If your roads don’t look like a war zone and you don’t drive a ton, every year or 2 should be fine. But of course the suspension components should be in good shape before you spend any money on an alignment. Although a proper alignment should include a somewhat thorough suspension check. That being said, you did identify it as a GM product, odds are something is loose under there.[/quote]
I hear ya on the GM products!! I like my truck but they sure don’t build them to last!