Well, I would love to keep out of general threads and concentrate on building parts, but this misleading information must stop. Thanks to some people on XOC, the things being said in this thread were brought to my attention.

So Steve from Calimini bolts a new steering system on his project X as soon as he receives the parts from the forging house. He sends the photos to Xterraparts.com and now these photos are being distributed over the net and it's "The Future of Nissan Steering".

Olegkha:

"I think it's understandable that SLR did not test their system offroad...SLR did absolutly no testing, or they would know that their bushings wear out after first wheeling trip"

Did we not already cover these points in the last thread ("SLR CL" under Manufacturers' Row)?? Apparently you know Michael Rubenstein and must have heard "their bushings wear out after the first wheeling trip". I have already gone over SLR's testing, so there is no reason for me to waste my time going over it again.

We have tested with Nissan's Delrin bushings with SLR's idler arm brace, not a Calmini brace. Michael is currently running a Calmini brace. I do not know how Calmini has designed their brace and the tolerances that they are using (punching production style or laser cutting), but I assure you the tolerances maintained with the SLR brace would not see the slop that Michael has experienced.

We sent Michael new centerated bronze bushings free of cost by Next Day Air to take the place of the OE Delrin bushings. All SLR steering kits will now have this new bronze idler bushing. We also have a new 4130 heat treated idler arm OE replacement shaft that will take care of the problems of Nissan's junk material.

The SLR steering design is simply an OE replacement steering setup. It will not change your OE Nissan designed steering system. We simply redesigned Nissan's system with wear points and to make your idler arm be in double shear.

Welding to OE Nissan forging??



Welding will not change the strength or the integrity of the forging. We are aware of the price and the complaints we have received, but let me assure you that ours will be the last steering system that you will buy. I will stand behind my system 110%. I will also have a budget-minded system available within a few weeks.

Calmini McMillan:

Lighten up..photos does not mean real time testing.

"Especially because he has no first hand knowldge of how it works. Nor do I think he has the technical qualifications to make such statements. Especially after the stupid remark he made about needing the idler arm brace on the SLR system to help the bushings. That tells me how little he really knows."

Any idler brace will help the Nissan OE Delrin idler bushings. Have your idler in double shear or captured will help reduce movement on the OE Delrin bushing.

I would not discredit Andy's points in the least bit. I'm really glad to have him using my steering system and love the real time testing. SedonaX has also made some great points.

Once again, lighten up. This board is open to people's first-hand views and opinions.

I'm not trying to start a contest of words between SLR & Calmini or SLR & Calmini McMillan. I would just like the community to be informed with the proper information. I think that Calmini has really stepped it up in the Nissan industry, which is great. I love competition. I can't wait until we get a chance to test the capabilities of the Calmini components SLR style.

I think that the Calmini system is a good start and a few refinements should be made before production.

Thanks for the support and interest in SLR.

>>>SLR