cold weather woes

It has been in the -25 to -33C (-13 -27F) range here and so far one of the seals on my new rear shocks blew, there`s a ticking in the motor since I didn`t have the block heater plugged in long enough before starting and there`s is a grinding noise coming from the front hub. They are locked but I`m thinking it`s not quite engaged. It clears up after driving it for a while which probably isn`t the best thing to do but the batteries are frozen in my other truck and I`m not changing them until it warms up. The one good thing about all this is the digital clock only works when it`s below -20

 

My clock works bellow 5C in the cab to ahaha. My truck ticks while real cold too. Dont have manual hubs but grinding is never a good think. Could be ice in them.

 

It's not nearly as cold as the Yukon but I just had to disassemble
My rear parking brake due to ice in the rubber boots, causing the brakes to be stuck on.