Hummer H3 Off-Road Repairs and Upgrades

[@mayamay2895]

Yeah so glad to see you guys are back. Can't wait to see your next adventures.

[@TsarTrail]

Thank you. We have more overlanding in the pipeline. ☺

[@h3overlander742]

Wow. That front end was messed up. Glad you made it home.

[@TsarTrail]

Thank you

[@bikerbrego]

I’m hoping to get my H3t trail ready by next summer. Hopefully by then my girlfriend will be done with chemo and ready to camp out. Thinking of the Moab area. I’m in Denver working at the refinery drove my H2 SUT out here from Texas. Great videos and great job on the H3

[@TsarTrail]

Wow, we hope your girlfriend gets through chemo and comes out strong. H3t's are awesome. We just did Top of The World trail in Moab with a t. It's a great 4x4. We have a walk around video where we show what we have done to our H3. It is a bit dated compared to where we are now. We are constantly working on off road/overlanding upgrades. Hope your build comes out great.

[@bikerbrego]

@@TsarTrail Thank you

[@whycars7898]

Is the h3 reliable for road trips? Thinking of driving from Kansas to Texas or Colorado. H3 has about 98k miles.

[@bikerbrego]

@@whycars7898 I drive my H3t to Mina Arkansas from south Texas

[@whycars7898]

@@bikerbrego any parts I should replace before a road trip or inspect before I leave?

[@mikegz83]

Hey man thanks for this video. My rack n pinion is jacked up and I looked further into it. My bushings are torn up so I'll be buying blue polyurethane and the outfitter designs products. I can't wait! I'm buying through your links in the description btw. Thanks again your content definitely helped me out! 🤘🏼🙌🏼🍻🤯😁🤙🏼

[@TsarTrail]

Very cool. Check and make sure that the blue poly are not the same parts used by outfitter designs. It depends what kit you get. We had some blue poly that we didn’t use.

[@NA-mk6ju]

Looking forward to your next trip

[@TsarTrail]

Thank you

[@cflip7452]

Have a bag full in the garage! Needed 1 pin lol

[@RobertoGZ]

Hi !! I would like to know where to buy these differential bushes , I can't find them at all. I love your videos, never stop exploring!

[@TsarTrail]

Check out Outfitter Designs.

[@ChrisPeckTattoos]

Did you have to replace any orings or anything on the power steering lines to the rack?

[@TsarTrail]

No, the steering has never leaked. Thankfully

[@NewRoad]

Nice H3!

[@u.s.metals1928]

hey I see you replaced the crossmember bushing but did you ever change the upper diff bushing the one on the passengerr side goes bad

[@TsarTrail]

Good eye!!! We are getting some work done on our h3 now and those are on the list.

[@tristanhipps604]

nice update. I installed the outfitter designs dif bushings last year. you get a little more vibration from the powertrain but thats to be expected. I have held off on doing the upper control arms and lower bushings mostly because i have not found the time. did you change your lower control arm bushings ?

[@TsarTrail]

Yes those were done. We are getting ready to install the Michigan Metal Works adjustable upper control arms. Along with a few other things.

[@seedsmovemountains2679]

Looks like some good upgrades

[@VDawg-cr1gb]

Looking forward to more videos of your adventures

[@TsarTrail]

Thanks. Lots more to come.

[@H3Humper]

Great upgrade information! Thank you. Do you have the 18-inch H3 rims?

[@TsarTrail]

Thank you, They are the 16" Rims

[@H3Humper]

Oh nice 😎 Do you notice your tires "feathering" with more wear in the center of the tread? I was going to put 35's on my stock H3 rims but noticed the 33's were feathered a lot as is. So I just ended up buying some cheap'ish 17x9's and 35's from FB marketplace and am hoping the wider rims will reduce the inconsistent wearing.

[@TsarTrail]

@@H3Humper we have not had any abnormal wear from on the tires. We have Toyo Open Country MT's. The 35's are a good fit for 16" rims. There is a good amount of sidewall for airing down on trails.

[@14rhatch]

Do you have any links to the outfitter design steering piece?

[@TsarTrail]

Should be at the outfitter design website

[@sanchez88m]

Great video had same issue with the alignment in my H3

[@TsarTrail]

Hope you were able to get it fixed

[@sanchez88m]

@@TsarTrail The alignment is still great my mechanic torqued the drive side bolt to high spec .The pin still poppet out but maintained the alignment it's been 4 months from that let's see how long will it last.

[@TsarTrail]

@@sanchez88m we just had all 8 alignment pins welded in. It came out great. We are glad to get a better fix than bolts. Best of luck on yours.

[@incredulousd9408]

The pins really just guide the cams, and aren't necessary as long as you get the bolts tight. Attachment points for upper control arms have been slotted for ages. Biggest steering issue I've seen is the steering shaft, upper and lower, the universals either seize or fall apart, tons of steering slop.

[@jonathankelly7914]

Those cam bolts are in backwards

[@westonfamily5048]

Nice upgrades. Get back out there. It’s been a while.

[@TsarTrail]

For sure

[@itsdirtycivilian2U]

can you post a link to get the reusable oil filter? I looked and i can only find one for motorcycles.

[@TsarTrail]

We use the K&P S17. Been using it for years.

[@smithjustin3690]

You need to check out Dirt Kings for Locking Cams

[@TsarTrail]

Thanks for the heads up. We have a good solution.

[@mikhaildemyanenko379]

What did you put for those pins on upper arms?🙄

[@TsarTrail]

Ultimately we had the factory ones welded in place for a permanent solution.

[@mikhaildemyanenko379]

@@TsarTrail any p/n for factory ones, or just cut those from different frame?🙄

[@TsarTrail]

@@mikhaildemyanenko379 there are no oem parts available. We used the Moog parts. They are the only factory equivalent that we found. There is a link for the parts at our Amazon store in the description of this video. It is under the Hummer category. They are designed to be pushed in but most of the time they won't hold very well. We had ours Welded in. Better than new.

[@mcquade4811]

Do you know the name of the part on Amazon? I just checked my hummer and I have the same issue

[@TsarTrail]

We just added the link in the description. Good luck.

[@mcquade4811]

Tsar Trail awesome thanks

[@jarenleib4877]

What roof rack do you have?

[@TsarTrail]

Gobi stealth with sunroof insert and ladder.

[@dougrof]

I’ve been trying to order from outfitter. No luck contacting them. Are they still around?

[@TsarTrail]

I'm pretty sure they are. Have you tried to call or email them? I know they get backlogged and sometimes are slow to respond.

[@TsarTrail]

Looks like the website is working. Maybe the order platform is down.

[@dougrof]

@@TsarTrail I’ve emailed and messaged on messenger but could not find a phone number.

[@TsarTrail]

@@dougrof I know I had their number at one point. I'll check in the morning. If I can find it I'll send it your way.

[@dougrof]

@@TsarTrail thanks so much! Thanks for the videos!

[@somphothbsiratsamy3748]

Don’t forget to clear coat

[@transporter4diamond]

Is that the Alpha H3

[@TsarTrail]

Yes it is.

[@somphothbsiratsamy3748]

Outfitters

[@307_Scoot]

im in rock springs wyoming maybe one day we will run in to each other

[@TsarTrail]

That would be great! We would love to get up that way.

[@USMC-Sniper-0137]

I do need new tie rods....

[@planboverland8736]

Now go hit the trails. 👍

[@selfdefensejujitsu-mizumar7221]

You showed upgrade yes but you did not show any repairs. Just tools across the floor and pointing at things that need to be done is not teaching us anything.

[@TsarTrail]

Well, sorry about that. I am in now way qualified to teach mechanics. That was not the intent of that video. Just showing our process of upgrades and repairs.