Sas the daily

[00nissanguy]

The rubicon was a pretty good time. Went in at loon, camped 2 nights at buck Island and back out to loon

 

[00nissanguy]

Only issue I had was the radius arm bushings blew out. Made 1 good from 2 and then made a bushing from a serpentine belt to get off the trail. The belt bushing held up better then any of the others

 

[bgaidan]

Yikes. Definitely ditch the rubber.

The calmin kit on my X uses something similar to johny joints and my frontier has 1" heims. The joints on the X are original and don't show any notable wear. The heims seem to last a few years of 4-5 wheeling trips per year, but they're cheap enough that I just replace them and keep an old one or two in the tool box just in case.

 

[00nissanguy]

Yikes. Definitely ditch the rubber.

The calmin kit on my X uses something similar to johny joints and my frontier has 1" heims. The joints on the X are original and don't show any notable wear. The heims seem to last a few years of 4-5 wheeling trips per year, but they're cheap enough that I just replace them and keep an old one or two in the tool box just in case.

Ya i wasn't too impressed seeing that when we got to camp. They're only 4 months old of dd and some mild gravel roads. I'll have to look into what calmini used

 

[bgaidan]

You can see them in the top middle here

They actually do use rubber on the axle ends of the links, but the from side that's seeing all the abuse and twist uses joints.

I'd have to go look at mine closer, but they may be actual johnny joints. I just assumed they were Calmini's own brand.

Good thing with those is as long as you make the mounts wide enough, you could use heims with spacers or swap over to johnny's as long as your heims were the same thread.

 

[00nissanguy]

You can see them in the top middle here

They actually do use rubber on the axle ends of the links, but the from side that's seeing all the abuse and twist uses joints.

I'd have to go look at mine closer, but they may be actual johnny joints. I just assumed they were Calmini's own brand.

Good thing with those is as long as you make the mounts wide enough, you could use heims with spacers or swap over to johnny's as long as your heims were the same thread.

My frame side already uses 1 1/4 hiems. Tough to tell if those bushings are just a 2 piece poly or a press in style rubber

 

[00nissanguy]

Got out this morning to the local ohv area. Buddy in his sas xterra and my dad in his 4runner. His skids took a beating today

 

[00nissanguy]

No real update. Just beein dd'in it and hitting the local hills

 

[bgaidan]

I will never get used to seeing a first gen without the roof rack.

 

[00nissanguy]

I will never get used to seeing a first gen without the roof rack.

It's growing on me. I only took it off so it would fit in my cargo trailer. Airing down and sucking down the suspension didn't work 🤣

 

[00nissanguy]

Went up to a local spot and got a little too comfortable playing in a rutted out section of road

 

[06h3]

Xterra buggy x2 here we come?

 

[00nissanguy]

Xterra buggy x2 here we come?

I don't think so 🤣

 

[00nissanguy]

Kind of bummed. The t case with the new low range gears left the chat. Havnt pulled it apart to see if the gears are ok yet. For now just swapped in another stock one

 

[bgaidan]

I kind of remember it being discussed in this thread but I'm too lazy to go look for it.....were those the "new" gears that the dude on Facebook had made in Japan or something like that? A friend of mine has a set that we're supposed to install one for these days. Kind of curious to hear what you find when you open it up.

 

[00nissanguy]

I kind of remember it being discussed in this thread but I'm too lazy to go look for it.....were those the "new" gears that the dude on Facebook had made in Japan or something like that? A friend of mine has a set that we're supposed to install one for these days. Kind of curious to hear what you find when you open it up.

Yes they are. There wasn't much metal on the drain plug so I'm hoping it was just the case getting eaten away and the gears are fine, weather's going to be shit this weekend so I figure I'll yank the case apart and see

 

[bgaidan]

Yes they are. There wasn't much metal on the drain plug so I'm hoping it was just the case getting eaten away and the gears are fine, weather's going to be shit this weekend so I figure I'll yank the case apart and see

I can't tell from the pics and uploaded videos never plan for me on here - what actually happened? Do you explode the case? Or di you lose gearing all together?

 

[00nissanguy]

I can't tell from the pics and uploaded videos never plan for me on here - what actually happened? Do you explode the case? Or di you lose gearing all together?

I had horrible noises. Anything over 40 was a good whirrl whirrl sound and when you let off the gas to coast sounded like a box of marbles

 

[00nissanguy]

Slightly annoyed. Have the whole thing apart. The output shaft bearings have more play then I think they should but there's nothing obvious for how glittery the oil was that came out and the sounds it was making. On the plus side the low range gears look great so hopefully I can resell em and recoup some.