Humvee shock absorber dissected view

[HUMMER H1]

Hey guys, I just replaced springs and shocks on my Humvee,
I always wondered what’s inside those shocks, so I decided to cut one and find out,
Here it is
Really heavy duty made shocks,
those grooves are for cooling,
Those shocks have well over 200.000 miles.


Eric.

 

[Vapor Trail]

Interesting, thank you. What springs and shocks did you put on yours now?

 

[MarkM]

Cool pics thanks.

Mark

 

[wjeeper]

Those shocks would be 100% tunable and rebuildable........if only the body disassembled!

 

[HUMMER H1]

Interesting, thank you. What springs and shocks did you put on yours now?

I put 954 rate front springs and H1 hummer shocks,
Now that those shocks are new and working properly, I don’t recognize the ride quality difference

in general I like more stiff suspension, I got snow plow springs on my HMC4 hummer, very little body roll, very solid,
But this Humvee is my adventure truck every weekend, softer springs are better choice.

I am also going to mandatory air down to 20 psi from now on, less stress on the suspension and myself.

few random pictures