Calmini sye update

[TRed]

Well, I called again this week for the 4th week in a row and now they are pushing it back again. I don't think they care about us Nissan folks, it is more important to build a rock crawling Suzuki Swift than to market a sye that would make life easy for tall Nissans. The excuse this time is that they are busy with Moab, well duh, I would be in Moab if they would have worked on making this sye instead of making this http://www.pirate4x4.com/albums/moab04/abk.jpg

[76Cruiser]

Bullshit. What does the SYE have to do with the fact that you ain't got no front driveline?

So let me get this straight. Two months ago you were telling us all not to bad mouth Calmini because they said they would quit building parts if we all bad mouthed them all the time. You were the recipient of a mysterious phone call that made you feel special. Of course the line turned out to be BS.

Now you are on here bad mouthing them because they are working on the line of parts the sell the most of. Have you paid for an SYE that you are waiting for? While the wait can be bothersome, they are the only company that is building these awesome kinds of high quality parts for Nissans that I would trust.:flipoff2:

[Kinetic]

Honestly, You dont "need" an SYE, but it would make life easier at times I'm not using one on my junk. Just call up tom woods or high angle and tell them what ya need. :rasta:

[TRed]

Originally posted by 76Cruiser
Bullshit. What does the SYE have to do with the fact that you ain't got no front driveline?

:flipoff2: Nothing dip shit, the sye is for the rear driveshaft. :rolleyes:

[76Cruiser]

No shit. The point is the SYE would have done you no good anyway. Nice try though.:flipoff2:

[TRed]

Ok, I guess you need to be led by the hand through this, so once again I will try to teach you something. The Nissan tcase is a good unit, except the tcase is at a stupid angle that makes the front output point towards the sky, instead of level with the rest of the rig. That means it needs to be corrected. To correct the angle of the tcase, you need to do a little lifting of the drivetrain. After lifting the drivetrain, the front output will be sitting level and will allow for a standard front driveshaft to be used, instead of some kind of funky double cv big buck custom unit. Now, since the front driveshaft is perfected by this, it is time to perfect the rear driveshaft. To do this, you need to eliminate the two piece center bearing held driveshaft, and replace it with a one piece shaft that has slip, and does not bind. No problem, except that when replacing the rear shaft, you are stuck with attaching it to the tcase with a slip yoke, hence the need for the eliminator. So, now that you understand what the sye is for, maybe you can see that doing the job correctly and only doing it once, is my motivation for lighting a fire under these Calmini peeps asses. I know you don't have the experience that I do with building your rig up, so I understand why you get so defensive, ignorance always makes for missunderstanding and anger.;)

[McSoo]

Wow. Sounds like you are having some trouble with that Nissan tcase.. I'm not having any problems with my dual Toyota cases that are in my Nissan... :P :shakinghead:

[76Cruiser]

What experience? You welded up an axle underneath your shit? BFD! It took you a fawking year, and it still ain't done. My point that you seem to be repeatedly missing is that you ain't got no front drive shaft. I know what the SYE is for. I really just found it funny that you were being such a hypocrite more than anything else.

[TRed]

Originally posted by McSoo
Wow. Sounds like you are having some trouble with that Nissan tcase.. I'm not having any problems with my dual Toyota cases that are in my Nissan... :P :shakinghead: LOL, dude I love this shit, I can't call it trouble because the fact that certain mods need to be done, is cool to me. My post is really here for Calmini, I want to try and make them speed up. I read some posts today about them in the Zuki section, and there are lots of times when peeps sqwaked about thier promised goods and then felt better. :D What experience? 19 years of owning restoring and driving 7 different Nissans.You welded up an axle underneath your shit? BFD!What have you built? It took you a fawking year, and it still ain't done. LOL, actually its been 5 years and it's still not done, probly be 5 more, better get comfy. you ain't got no front drive shaft. Sure I do, it just arrived from mr. ups. I really just found it funny that you were being such a hypocrite more than anything else. Being a hypocrite is a direct result of being lied to and decieved. It is regrettable that I needed to post about the bad service, but I am a product of my environment.

[76Cruiser]

I have built bumpers and sliders before. I will be doing my SAS this fall most likely. Anyway, I was gonna ask you if your tires rub at all. I would like to run 37s as well. I got a BL, but I would like to keep the truck as low as possible. I was thinking about moving the axle forward a couple inches, so I could use a bit flatter springs.

[TRed]

They rub, but not enough to go with 35's. I used a sawzall and grinder, and they fit pretty good now. 37's rock, and that is all I know, I will never go smaller again.;)

[76Cruiser]

Maybe extending the front would be worth it then. I plan to shorten the rear wheelbase at some point as well.

[System-f]

chop that bitch off...

[TRed]

I guess my front axle placement wasn't ideal, so if I was to do it again, I would weld the front hanger forward about an inch and a half from its' present location.

[76Cruiser]

Is your wheel base the same as stock though? Do you think moving it forward that much would fawk up the steering?

[TRed]

There is alot of room to fudge it. I mean, I didn't exactely know what I was doing when I put that bitch in, I just faked it, measured eleventy five times, and welded the fawker in. It has room to go forward more, and I could make the pitman arm shorter if needed.

[System-f]

lucky bastards, leafs seem so much easier

[76Cruiser]

Originally posted by TRed
There is alot of room to fudge it. I mean, I didn't exactely know what I was doing when I put that bitch in, I just faked it, measured eleventy five times, and welded the fawker in. It has room to go forward more, and I could make the pitman arm shorter if needed.

Hehe. See I told you, you had no experience.:flipoff2:

I was thinking about using my big ass Calmini pitman, but I figured no one would buy the steering from me without it. I guess I will have to find my old one and beef it up.

[TRed]

Dude, send me your pitman, and I will taper it for the chevy tre. It is perfect for a sas, just like our steering boxes are perfect. If you want to, you could weld some extra material on it, but I say wheel what you got, and if it breaks, then you got that calmini one sitting there, better git it reemed too, send it later.:laughing:

[76Cruiser]

I will send you my old pitman after I weld some stuff to it. That way if I fawk it up, I didn't waste your and my time on reaming it.

[TRed]

Allrighty, let me when you wanna send it, I am all tooled up and ready to do it.

[CALMINI Products Inc]

The Nissan TX-10 SYE kit is in stock and is shipping. (see it at http://www.purenissan.com/slip_yoke_kit.htm) I've decided not to offer an exchange pre-modified output shaft due to the nice $370.00 cost from Nissan. The price of the SYE kit is $219.95 outright, and if you would like to send your output shaft in, we would be happy to modify it for $40.00. The instructions for doing the Hack-N-Tap on the stock shaft are included. Sorry for the delay in bringing this kit to market.

[TRed]

Allright! I am getting one as soon as possible. Now I will be able to put the slip yoke eliminator on, lift the drivetrain the right amount, have a rear driveshaft custom made, and make the front driveshaft fit. I also now will swap in my rear d44. Thanks Calmini.

[Lon wlf]

How much does this lengthen the rear driveshaft?

[RX-4X4]

this is an old thread and I am sorry about that, but. A buddy of mine is building a 86 pathfinder and was considering the SYE kit discussed in this forum. We have come up with a way to make our own with the use of the slip yoke and the flanged yoke from the axle. With some machineing things should work. But with any project there is research envolved. So I ask, has anyone made there own SYE? If so can you post some info and pics. I will share what work we have as we build this if anyone wants also. And on a side note. The posts on this thread are super funny. I love how you all get along so well.

[nissanrondo]

if you would like to send your output shaft in, we would be happy to modify it for $40.00. The instructions for doing the Hack-N-Tap on the stock shaft are included. Sorry for the delay in bringing this kit to market.

I recall this thread. I also recall that when I got mine they refused to let me send my output shaft in for mod. I had to take the bugger to 3 machine shops, because the steel was so hard. I broke over 40$ in bits alone trying to do this. Oh btw the machine shop that did it said never bring another one back there again :p So needless to say I was very unhappy at the time. Now that its in it works great, leaks a bit though. Calweeny pissed me off that day but their product is okay. Wheeling with a slip yoke shaft is fine though really, if you have to...I mean i wheeled mine with SAS in nasty places for 3 years before the SYE.

[RX-4X4]

I can't imagine that the slip yoke hinders you much. It is such a long driveshaft it can't move that much.

[onlyonedr]

Rondo, did you put a new seal on it before you put the SYE on? I'm assuming you've tried that by now. Did you ever measure the SYE to see if the outer diameter is the same as the original slip yoke? Even if it's slightly smaller it will cause some seal issues.

RX-4X4, it's not really about the slip-yoke being a problem for travel, it's about reliability and getting off the trail if you break. Same type of situation as a Jeep. Lose a driveshaft and then you're stuck losing t-case fluid. If you run a CV on the output it won't significantly change the driveline length.

[RX-4X4]

Thanks that was part of the info I was looking for. I was still intrested in if anyone has tried to build one?