{"id":18103,"date":"2023-11-29T17:36:15","date_gmt":"2023-11-29T22:36:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gm-techlink.com\/?p=18103"},"modified":"2023-11-29T17:36:15","modified_gmt":"2023-11-29T22:36:15","slug":"wheel-drive-shaft-damage","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gm-techlink.com\/?p=18103","title":{"rendered":"Wheel Drive Shaft Damage"},"content":{"rendered":"

Damage to the wheel drive shaft threads (Fig. 1 and 2) may occur if power tools are used to remove the wheel drive shaft nut on some 2021-2023 XT5, XT6, Blazer, Traverse, Acadia; and 2021-2024 Enclave models equipped with all-wheel drive.<\/p>\n

\n

 <\/p>\n

\"\"Fig. 1<\/strong><\/p>\n

\n

 <\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

\"\"Fig. 2<\/strong><\/p>\n

\n

 <\/p>\n

Power tools should not be used to remove the wheel drive shaft nuts. (Fig. 3) Use hand tools only. Any warranty claims submitted due to these conditions may be debited.<\/p>\n

\n

 <\/p>\n

\"\"Fig. 3<\/strong><\/p>\n

\n

 <\/p>\n

Refer to the proper replacement procedures in the appropriate Service Information. Removing the wheel drive shaft nut requires using a breaker bar and the proper sized socket to loosen the nut. (Fig. 4)<\/p>\n

\n

 <\/p>\n

\"\"Fig. 4<\/strong><\/p>\n

\n

 <\/p>\n

The wheel drive shaft nut is a single-use fastener and should be discarded once removed from the wheel drive shaft.<\/p>\n

Refer to Bulletin #23-NA-192 for additional information.<\/p>\n

\n

– Thanks to Kristin Clancy, Jessica Thoma and Bill Taylor<\/em><\/p>\n

\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Damage to the wheel drive shaft threads (Fig. 1 and 2) may occur if power tools are used to remove the wheel drive shaft nut on some 2021-2023 XT5, XT6, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[161],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-18103","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-2023-november-b"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/gm-techlink.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18103","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/gm-techlink.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/gm-techlink.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gm-techlink.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gm-techlink.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=18103"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/gm-techlink.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18103\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":18104,"href":"https:\/\/gm-techlink.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18103\/revisions\/18104"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/gm-techlink.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=18103"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gm-techlink.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=18103"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gm-techlink.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=18103"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}