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Dana 44 with a solid tie rod bar. Best set up for steering on an Xterra there is to date.
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Cyclemut said:Dana 44 with a solid tie rod bar. Best set up for steering on an Xterra there is to date.
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false, dana 60 ifs front axle with solid tie rod shaft coming off of centrally located hydraulic ram.
The new center link does come with replaceable and adjustable tie rod ends, it is the heavy duty tie rod adjusters that do not come with the inner and out tie rod ends to put on it...trust me I was misslead on this myself but not to discourage anyone from getting this kit as it is built very nice...I would just get some new inner and outer ends to put on it instead of re-using old ones unless they are not that old.
So you're talking about this?: "Lastly, the kit includes new replacement tubular tie rod adjustment links that due to the system's change in configuration, are longer than stock. This added length helps reduce bump steer angle over stock."
Your saying this part isn't "Heavy Duty"?
Except that I'm happy with the size of my penis. I also don't wheel a Crew Cab long bed dually K3500 Duramax with an Allison on 12" of lift running 40's either.
actually, it's got nothing to do with penis size....I prefer to stick to IFS instead of SAS....I like the stability that it has....
I've yet to find a *good* d44 IFS housing, and I know they make D60 IFS housings that're quite nice...KOH rig nice....I can't recall whose rig it was, but, I've seen pictures of it, and it was a NICE 2nd gen....pulled the stock diff out and dropped the D60 up in...all in all I think it only caused about 4" of lift, which meant you were perfect on 35's instead of a SAS swap that had 37's
solid bar side to side is asking to get bent on a rock
SAS steering setup is much beefier than the stock setup, that's not saying a lot though....the 2nd gen has a better steering setup than the 1st gen too so....no need to jump to a SAS just to strengthen your steering setup, it's a bad design on the 1st gen, and that doesn't immediately mean that the solution is to SAS the rig. If that's your preference that's cool, but, that doesn't mean it's the best.
as far as your remark on IFS, obviously not if there are KOH rigs switching to IFS, and if baja style trucks and buggies have nothing against IFS....it may not be the best for ROCK CRAWLING, but, it's perfectly fine for most every other form of offroading, especially if you take the time to build a decent IFS diff/shafts/etc.
Hyde, you're arguing just to argue.
Got mine in the mail today!
They still selling the first gen SLR kit?
I'm not sure. The company went out of business years ago but several months ago, the owner was still producing UCA's and steering kits on a made to order basis. Several folks over on CX placed orders with him last year.
So what tie rods do you use with the SLR kit?
It looks like a good strg kit and all BUTTTT, what happens when you can't get a hold of this guy anymore since he already went out of business and you need a single part to repair your steering set up that you got from him?