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Now knowing that the H1 portal doesnt have an idler I would think in their native vehicle the driveshaft(s) would have spun the appropriate direction. Or the ring and pinion was manufactured on the appropriate side of the carrier to have a desired direction. Or the diff casting/machining was designed to flood the pinion and retain oil appropriately in the direction of normal rotation(in this case normal is backwards). And the drivetrain was designed to use the diff being driven on the drive side of the gear set for the majority of normal operation.
But if hummer figured hey we'll just take some normal diffs and flip them then thats gotta count for something. KISS I guess.
I dont know anything about hummers... except for anything beyond the H1 is silly, the H1 had portals, the H1 was used in the military, and the H1 is pretty sweet. So I'm just theorizing here. No actual idea of operations, lol
Great build!
FYI, second gen Tacoma 2wd's have 3.58 rears with the auto and the manual's have 3.31's if they will fit your application.
Whats the width on that set up vs 1" wheel spaced steelies?
18's? Might give you some more clearance in the caliper department
The steel wheels pictured came off of a 2500 ram truck. The AEV wheels are also made for the 2500 ram and have the same offset as the steel wheels.
So the steel wheels with spacers would stick out 1" further on each side than the AEV wheels.
Now this will still leave me with a slightly positive scrub radius of ~2.25". I was really wanting to shoot for 0, but i've not found any options that have that much offset and will still clear the wheel brakes. Other than MAYBE the H1 Alpha OEM Hutchinson wheels (17s), but I'm not for sure. And the best price I've found for a used set is like $6k, so I don't think I want to take the chance on those.
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