Ok, sorry, I fell off the loop but caught up with all the reading. After all of that, I went with Calmini. Why you ask? Because I e-mailed L&P many times and nothing. I called Calmini just for fun to see if 1) they would answer, and 2) if they had the steering in stock. Turns out they answered, the guy was really nice AND the product was on my doorstep in 3 days.
I don't know what my steering problem was, everything when I took it off looked good still and was still tight. So no clue. But I installed the steering and drove it around the block, albeit needing a alignment badly now, still had the steering wheel to the left, maybe even worse now. I went to get the alignment fixed today, I had to make an appointment. So I will update you tomorrow after the alignment and maybe then it will uncover what was wrong.
What I did notice though was when I pull out of my driveway and go off the curb to the street, the steering wheel doesn't try to spin out of my hands, that was a real treat. That and every bump in the road doesn't feel like it could be my last. I am more than positive my old steering was worn and I should have upgraded a long time ago, I have just been lazy. As for Calmini, I went to school in Bakersfield so shipping was a 2 mile drive for my 3" lift. I have had nothing go bad [minus the squeaks] with my SL, I will give them the benefit of the doubt for my steering...