problem with steeroids rack you should check
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From: west melbourne florida
problem with steeroids rack you should check
i put a steeroids rack on my car a month ago. and today i put it on the lift to check everything. and on the passanger side the metal line was being hit by the big black plate and almost cut thru the line. so if you have this rack take 2 minutes to check it. i called steeroids today but they were closed. ill let you know what they say wensday night
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From: Orange Park Florida
I put my own rack install in some 6 years ago, before steeroids ever hit the market, they were still in testing....
at any rate, like I did, just bend the damn lines outta the freaking way...the position of them is not sacrosanct or summfin....
I even dinged the bottom of my truck 350 roller engine '89 4 bolt to get me an extra 1/2 inch clearance...big deal...
at any rate, like I did, just bend the damn lines outta the freaking way...the position of them is not sacrosanct or summfin....
I even dinged the bottom of my truck 350 roller engine '89 4 bolt to get me an extra 1/2 inch clearance...big deal...
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From: Columbus MN
i put a steeroids rack on my car a month ago. and today i put it on the lift to check everything. and on the passanger side the metal line was being hit by the big black plate and almost cut thru the line. so if you have this rack take 2 minutes to check it. i called steeroids today but they were closed. ill let you know what they say wensday night
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From: Arlington Va Current ride 04 vert, previous vettes: 69 vert, 77 resto mod
i had to get two extra washers to use as shims to make the black mounting plate have the correct spacing....is this where yours was hitting....
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summfin ain't right there....
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From: Arlington Va Current ride 04 vert, previous vettes: 69 vert, 77 resto mod
the bracket does have a "designed" bend in almost like a skid plate. my system works fine, it turned out the suppliers hoses were just a wee bit too long in that dimension
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I wonder who is going to be the frist one to wreck their car because of a failure of something on this design?
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From: west melbourne florida
update spoke to steeroids maker. and they informed me they had about 50 to 60 of these clocked wrong. so they are sending a new one out thursday. atleast they admit when there is a problem and make it right<a href="http://photobucket.com" target="_blank"><img src="http://i126.photobucket.com/albums/p119/tellcom2001/steeroidsbentline.jpg" border="0" alt="Photo Sharing and Video Hosting at Photobucket"></a>. will post pic of the line that got wacked in a few minutIMG]http://i126.photobucket.com/albums/p119/tellcom2001/steeroidsbentline.jpg[/IMG]es
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After seeing this pic, I need to get out there and take a look at mine and see how close the line is. I don't remember it being close but that has been a while. I guess checking it over closely is never a problem, it is called PM (preventative maintenance).
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From: Columbus MN
No problem with mine!
That all looks like a flimsey design. If i ever do this mod i will make the brackets myself like you did. Those spherical joints have no protection against the elements and will probably wear/rust out in a year.
I wonder who is going to be the frist one to wreck their car because of a failure of something on this design?
I wonder who is going to be the frist one to wreck their car because of a failure of something on this design?
The spherical joints are plated. They are no more susceptable to rust than an plated bolt.
As far as the metal tubing contact problem is concerned, they obviously resolved the problem some time before I bought mine more than a year ago. The metal lines are nowheres near anything that could rub through.
I still say Steeroids was one of the best upgrades I made on my car, second behind a GM 350 HO Deluxe crate engine and ahead of a front mono-leaf spring.
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From: Arlington Va Current ride 04 vert, previous vettes: 69 vert, 77 resto mod
i must have been the first one....since they had no idea why it was hitting, i even was talking to the engineer who designed it
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i put a steeroids rack on my car a month ago. and today i put it on the lift to check everything. and on the passanger side the metal line was being hit by the big black plate and almost cut thru the line. so if you have this rack take 2 minutes to check it. i called steeroids today but they were closed. ill let you know what they say wensday night
