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Hummer H1The original Hummer, which brought the Hummer look to the public eye during Desert Storm, with the addition of some features that make the H1 more of a street vehicle and less of a Army truck
Yeah, the front looks good and I'll address the rear wheels this weekend. We got the truck for $28,500 plus tax. The dealer drove it two hours to my place which saved me a huge hassle. The truck has been sitting for over an hour now, and not a single drop of oil on my driveway, which is great I spent 30 years in the military (retired a few years ago) and its rare for a military pattern vehicle to not leak something.
I spent two evenings and managed to remove all the shims from the rear upper control arms. The camber is now much better - I still think there is a tiny bit of positive camber, but much better then it was. My wheels were showing significant wear on the outside edge. I ordered four new humvee wheels and wanted to correct the camber before I installed them.
I did not adjust for toe-in or toe-out. I took it for a test drive and it seems to drive and track nice. However, I plan on bringing it into a shop for a wheel alignment.
The left front wheel also has a bit of positive camber - I'm not sure if I should tackle this in the same manner (remove some of the shims).
I did 95% of the work by myself, but needed someone to assist me with two bolts per side. If I didn't have assistance I'm not sure I could have completed this repair because I needed to operate the impact gun and hold a wrench at the same time, and due to the location of the bolts this needed two people. Also, I pretty much tore my arms up trying to get my hands in behind the control arms to put the wrench on the bolts.
The right side of the truck is sitting about 1 inch lower than the left side. When I jacked up the truck on a level concrete floor, the left rear wheel was off the ground and in the air about 1 inch before the right wheel came off the ground. I'm assuming that this is a spring issue.
Nothing wrong with a degree or so of positive camber, for when you carry passengers or weight in the bed, it will lower the camber. Pick up a camber gauge so you have an idea where you stand, like this--->
I spent 30 years in the military (retired a few years ago) and its rare for a military pattern vehicle to not leak something.
