Question about ordering "Green Keys"

ChevyHDGert · July 16, 2003

GM Part # 15592573

This is the part number I have for these keys. Are they the same for both sides (left and right)? The parts guy at the dealer just came up with one number.

He said they listed for $25 a pair but since my dad works there he sold them to my dad for cost at $16 and said they came as a pair?

Does this sound right?

$16 for both?

Is there just one part number?

n8huntsman · July 16, 2003

Yes they are the smae for both sides.

n8huntsman · July 16, 2003

Did you mean GM part #? I didnt know that GM had lift keys. I got mine from the ford dealer and they work on all the chevys as well. Let me know because I've never heard of that.

03GMC2500HD · July 16, 2003

N8,

That is the PN for the "green keys" to lift a 2500HD. The "green keys" are just the keys from a 1500 truck. You use the Ford keys PN XL3Z5B328CA to lift the 1500's! GM torsion bar unloading tool is #J-36202 also!

As far as the price, cost is $18 ea., retail is $25 ea., so $16 would probably be a "each" price. Still that is not bad!

c5hd · July 17, 2003

I got 2 different part numbers off this forum. I ordered them from Fitchner Chevrolet and I think I paid $15 each. They appeared to be identical so it probably doesn't matter if you jsut order 2 of the 15592573

n8huntsman · July 17, 2003

Cool. I didnt know that. Why are they called green keys?

03GMC2500HD · July 18, 2003

N8,

If you look at the GM keys they have a splash of paint on them for the code. Most stock 2500HD's have "purple" keys. There are actually five different keys, green (1500), purple (2500HD), white, orange, and I think blue. Not sure on the other applications, maybe snowplow packages, 3500's, ????. It is just a dab of paint because even the part numbers are the same for all of them!

n8huntsman · July 18, 2003

It looks like black on my stock keys. What's that mean? And what is the difference in the different colors? Are they just different clock positions?

03GMC2500HD · July 18, 2003

I wasn't sure about the blue code, it must be black then. Black you say huh? Black means your truck is a 2WD not a 4WD! Just kidding! I am not 100% sure on the differences between them. I'm not sure what comes on the 1500HD as I have never messed with one. I know that it is the indexing that is different between the purple and the green though for the 2500HD. I tried looking for the post I saw explaining it but couldn't find it. Sorry!

c5hd · July 18, 2003

n8scstm, that is about right, the clock position is different. I am not sure if that is what is ment by indexing. When I sat one key on top of the other, they we re exactly the same dimensionally, but the octogon hole was turned a little down from the purple key. When you put it back together the green keuy points further down. When you push them back it, they will turn the torsion bar further (just like if you had turned the bolt).