Quote Originally Posted by WARLOCK View Post
Its pretty easy to just replace the sunshell. I have done several where I have just replaced the sunshell and put them back together and had no problems.
+1

Depends on how the shell died. If the weld is broken then it's really a no-brainer to replace only the shell....even using the GM part. If the splines are stripped it's a judgment call but I would still lean towards shell only.Think about how many hundreds of thousands have broken and how many were replaced by themselves. Sunshells have been a non-issue at the dealer level for almost EIGHT years after so many years of trouble.