Had just returned from a road trip across three states to see family when my radiator barfed all over my drive way. Soooooo….
Installed a new radiator, hoses, and water pump for good measure (180k on the ‘05).
Also replaced the idler arm and bracket, inner and outer tie rods, sway bar links and bracket bushings. I was gonna do the upper and lower control arms as well, but the radiator failure preempted that.
One note, I used the MOOG Problem Solver series. They appeared to be stronger than OEM. I ordered the Rough Country end link sleeves to add more rigidity, and found they do not fit the MOOG PS parts. This seems to confirm the OEM++ build of the parts.
I know RC says the sleeves only fit OEM links, but I assumed they were talking of the massive “Kryptonite” links. So if you are a Silverado owner looking to the RC link sleeves, don’t use the MOOG PS parts. I’m more than happy with the approach I took though.
Next parts to buy, upper and lower control arms of course!