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#424267 - 16/07/02 12:01 PM Re: steering being tested at ECXC!!!
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Registered: 16/03/01
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Well, I did see it in action at ECXC. On Pika's Truck. For anyone who has ever spotted Pika through an obstacle, you understand what I'm about to say...

Get out of his way. He will put steering systems or bandaids as they have been called here to the test. I spotted him through one rock garden and did not notice any steering play at all. Basically, it worked. How long it will last, I will leave that up to those testing it, but it worked and is a cheap solution/bandaid if it continues to work.

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#424268 - 16/07/02 09:05 PM Re: steering being tested at ECXC!!!
Marty Offline
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Registered: 15/04/02
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Loc: Santa Rosa Ca
Sorry I don't have much time tonight, but am in the middle of moving.
The only thing I saw was that someone seemed to think that the u-bolts held the rotation. The rotation is stopped at a point on the end of the dogbone. The passenger-side also has a mounting point for the steering stablizer.
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#424269 - 17/07/02 12:59 AM Re: steering being tested at ECXC!!!
Kerensky97 Offline
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Registered: 12/03/01
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Loc: Utah
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Originally posted by Matt Peckham:
Looks pretty unsafe to me.
Agreed.

I'm sure it works ok but it looks like something you'd weld together on a trail after a break down just to get you home so you can really fix the problem.

I'd rather just save up for a few more months and get a permanent fix like the Calmini than stuff some stop-gap soulution under my X.

I guess its a moot point since I still have my original center-link. [Finger]
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#424270 - 17/07/02 06:13 AM Re: steering being tested at ECXC!!!
Matt Peckham Offline
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I just wish Calmini would put out their steering kit. My centerlink is not a spring chicken, and I'd hate to get an interim one and then replace it with a functional steering system.

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#424271 - 17/07/02 08:02 AM Re: steering being tested at ECXC!!!
MeWantSnow! Offline
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Registered: 29/03/01
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Loc: Sparta, NJ
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Originally posted by Matt Peckham:
I just wish Calmini would put out their steering kit. My centerlink is not a spring chicken, and I'd hate to get an interim one and then replace it with a functional steering system.

Matt
Ding Ding Ding..we have a winner!!!!!! When Calmini introduced their steering system, I thought it was great...from what I've seen of Calmini, they produce quality products. It's the availability date of late August that I can't deal with right now. I'll be suprised if they in fact are available by then...I'm guessing it won't be till September or October. But anyway, I needed a solution NOW!! SLR is just way out of my price range. Will I buy the Calmini system when it gets released?? Most likely. But for now, I'll be running this centerlink guidance system, and it looks like I won't have any problems. And when it does come time to install the Calmini system...the one I'm using now will always be in the back of the X, just waiting to be installed incase the Calmini fails.
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#424272 - 17/07/02 10:28 AM Re: steering being tested at ECXC!!!
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Registered: 20/04/02
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I think that generalization should sum things up and finally end this all about now smile
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