OH Chevy Diesel
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- Dec 28, 2020
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My new 2020 Silverado LT is a pleasure to drive except for towing, the intended purpose of my purchase. I'm slowly working thru the issue, though.
Prior to the 1500, I had a Colorado 2.8l mini-max which did a pretty good good job towing my 4600 lb deep-v boat (walk-thru windshield). It didn't haven't have the power to pass as the Silverado does but is was acceptable as long as I respected it's limitations.
I noticed the hop on my first trip towing the boat. At about 62-65 the rear end developed a hop that I couldn't drive out of. The steering wheel wasn't shaking so I figured it was the back and it was bad. Took it to the dealer where I convinced them to balance and rotate the tires based on my complaint (only had 3600 miles on it at the time). My thinking was a bad belt in one of the rear tires (stock GY Wranglers). That took some of the hop out and closed the speeds at which it happens. After the tire rotation, I could drive out of the hop at 80 (too fast to pull the boat, though). So, I had the trailer tires balanced and rotated this week. That also helped as not the hop starts closer to 70 and mostly goes away by 75-77 but it's still there.
Not sure what to do at this point. If I take it back to the dealer, they want to keep it a day or two to "diagnose". When asked how they plan to do that without the boat, they look at me like I have to heads. Said I may need to bring the boat in and take the foreman out to show what it is doing, which I may do. Considering upgrading tires as well. Made a huge difference on the Colorado as the stock GY Wranglers were crap to begin with.
Anyone else have this problem?
Prior to the 1500, I had a Colorado 2.8l mini-max which did a pretty good good job towing my 4600 lb deep-v boat (walk-thru windshield). It didn't haven't have the power to pass as the Silverado does but is was acceptable as long as I respected it's limitations.
I noticed the hop on my first trip towing the boat. At about 62-65 the rear end developed a hop that I couldn't drive out of. The steering wheel wasn't shaking so I figured it was the back and it was bad. Took it to the dealer where I convinced them to balance and rotate the tires based on my complaint (only had 3600 miles on it at the time). My thinking was a bad belt in one of the rear tires (stock GY Wranglers). That took some of the hop out and closed the speeds at which it happens. After the tire rotation, I could drive out of the hop at 80 (too fast to pull the boat, though). So, I had the trailer tires balanced and rotated this week. That also helped as not the hop starts closer to 70 and mostly goes away by 75-77 but it's still there.
Not sure what to do at this point. If I take it back to the dealer, they want to keep it a day or two to "diagnose". When asked how they plan to do that without the boat, they look at me like I have to heads. Said I may need to bring the boat in and take the foreman out to show what it is doing, which I may do. Considering upgrading tires as well. Made a huge difference on the Colorado as the stock GY Wranglers were crap to begin with.
Anyone else have this problem?