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