I have a 2009 Suburban 2wd and I was wondering if there is a conversion kit for 4wd. I understand that the axle and transfer case need to be swapped but does the steering box need to be changed too. Anything else that I am missing? Has anyone completed this before or should I just get over it and trade in the burb? Thanks for the help.

 

Welcome to the forum.

If you had a donor truck, you could probably do it and sell what's left. Otherwise it will be an expensive deal.

 

so... I will overlook the part where you bought a neutered truck and give you the shortest, correct answer.

trade it in.

between parts, axles, transfer case, drive shafts, CVs, hubs, sensors, reprogramming the ECM/BCM/ETC/XYZ/LMNOP, you don't stand a chance at even coming close to the cost difference on a trade.

Sell it in a warm state, and buy the 4x4 in a warm state...

in PA 4x4s go up $500 to $1,000 soon as it snows out.

 

Ok, sorry this is a REALLY old thread, but the questions are the same more or less.... I have a 1998 4x4 4dr tahoe with the 5.7l , it is absolutely beautiful inside and out, minus one major issue, I blew the motor in it 3 days before my permanent plates came in the mail upon purchasing it... as fortune would have it the farmer I worked for at the time was driving a 1998 extended cab long bed 2wd 1500 also with the 5.7l, shortly after I blew the motor in mine, he blew the transmission in his... after a short discussion I was the proud new owner of another truck that didn't run lol with the hope of putting the motor from truck into the tahoe to replace blown motor... I never got around to it and ended up stumbling upon a really good deal from another farmer I worked for on the truck I drive currently a a 97 f250HD 4x4 with flatbed, airbags, a small crane on flatbed, it's a great truck and I love it, minus the gas for a 460 being a SON OF A BITCH, but whatever, we can all bitch about gas prices till we are blue in the face and the oil companies will continue to charge whatever they feel like.. oh well

So anyway, I'm getting sick of looking at the two non-running trucks, but just can't bring myself to part with the both of them for what optimistically would likely be about $1000 bucks together, for 1000 bucks I'll tinker with each of them until there's nothing left and at least learn something in the process... but my goals have changed, despite the Tahoe being in near perfect condition other than having a blown motor, I was never that big of a fan of the SUV body, it just doesn't do what I need it to do, so here's the stupid part, I'm considering swapping the Tahoe's transmission, transfer case, front suspension/axle over to the long bed chevy, both are 1998, both are 5.7l, I am unsure of gear ratios on either but if push comes to shove rear axle could be swapped as well... a good portion of interior would be being replaced in truck as in its former life as a farm truck it took a nasty beating, I don't care if its all perfect but since the tahoe has all the bells and whistles like heated leather seats etc it's nice to know i can replace the beat up ones in the truck with nicer ones that should bolt on seamlessly... other than driveshaft potentially being different lengths upon adding a transfer case to the mix, is there any thing particularly nasty about modifying 2wd front suspension to accommodate 4wd setup, I own a welder and i'm decent enough with it to tackle critical fabrication aspects, (let me be clear i'm not a welder, I own a welder, and I understand the distinction between Being a Welder and simply owning a welder) but I successfully repaired someone else's failed welds which attached forks to the inside of a tractor loader bucket which I believe have held nearly 3 years now under some pretty abusive conditions.. Is this a "reasonable plan" all things considered, and already having paid for both vehicles?