Recent content by Helikido

I have a question for you. Replacing the 1-2 accumulator piston with an aluminum Transgo one will not change the behavior of the tranny from stock correct? What about the 2-3 and 3-4 accumulators? Don’t we have to change those and the seals on them? I hope about my delayed hanging shifts on...

I just finished installing all new front suspension, brakes/rotors, spark plugs, shocks/struts, and a bunch of other misc stuff on my 2009 Saab 97x 5.3i and driving it 1,400+ miles from CA to CO with absolutely no issues, minus one. Lately, I’ve been noticing two weird transmission shift...

Just reporting back. To get the rear leveled, all I had to do was adjust the air suspension level sensors to their max lift positions, then bolt them to the max position. Leveled it out perfectly with a 2” front lift. But the rear now handles a little too firmly (as expected with more pressure...

Has anyone performed a rear suspension calibration on a 2009 model year 97x or trailblazer/tahoe? I tried performing the rear suspension calibration to gain a 2” lift by jacking up my truck at the trailer hitch to even out the gain from the front 2” lift using Bilstien 5100 struts, but wasn’t...

Thank you sir! So yesterday I tried to recalibrate the Saab to the ideal ride height that I want in the rear by jacking up the car at the hitch to get it level. Unfortunately I failed and couldn’t manage to get the car to recalibrate to that ride height. I was avoiding messing with the sensors...

Thank you sir. I will try to get that done tonight and report back.

Hey @Mooseman. First thanks a lot for continuing to answer my questions. These airbags are new, they were replaced along with pretty much the whole of the front suspension. They are the Arnot A-2610 Gen II design from Rockauto, not the cheapest bags. So since they are new, no real reason to...

Thanks @Mooseman! So I’m not going to blow up the bags then by just adjusting the spacers? I was thinking that since the Saab is 1” lower than a trailblazer, that maybe overextending the bags by 1” would be feasible. This makes me feel better.

Hi everyone. I have a Saab 97x 5.3i. I installed Bilstien 5100 front struts (keeping stock coils) for a 2inch lift on the front. Currently, the rear does not level out with the front, so the car sits lower in the rear. If I adjust the sensors in the rear suspension, will I be able to level the...

Hey man thanks a lot I appreciate all of this info and advice! For now I’m having a hard time deciding which parts from rockauto to use. There are many many brands. Are there any reliable daily suspension parts brands for this truck platform that won’t break the bank? I’m just looking for...

Car has 130k miles. I don’t want to keep working on it every Xk miles as each part wears out one by one. I’d rather just refresh the suspension and be good for the next 50k miles, it’s just cheaper that way.

I did do it once on my G35 when I owned it. Never again will I ever do that again 😂 What’s the best whole strut assembly for my Saab? I’m actually looking to lift it 2”, so roughly 1” higher than a stock trailblazer (Saab is 1” lowered I think). Looking for something that’ll keep driving...

Good recommendation I do agree whole assemblies is better…saves time…and time is money. Plus less likelihood of damaging things doing it the hard way.

Thank you sir. I was actually hoping you would respond because according to many off and on forums you’re the one that knows it all here! So glad to finally hear from ya. Do you have any recommendations on what brand or kit to use for my front suspension rebuild? Is MOOG a good brand? I...

I mentioned in my post that I’ve been looking for this information everywhere and it’s not there. Your search did not specify the 97x chassis. The first thing that showed up on your link was this thread. Looking for any info that can help, thanks.