I went ahead and shimmed the rack per Steve's advice. I asked him about putting hiem joints up front and he said, "YOU'VE BEEN ON THAT PANTERA FOURM, HAVEN'T YOU?!?! YOU CAN DO WHAT YOU WANT, BUT THIS IS WHAT I WOULD DO.... Shim the rack a 1/4", no wait, make that 3/8"." Using 1/8" x 3/4" alum flat bar, I made my shims, grabbed some longer bolts and put it back together. Has anybody ever had one of the rack mount welded backing nuts break loose? They are almost impossible to get out. The rack is dead nuts level when loaded. I will see how it acts tomorrow. BTW, I just took on a young person as a helper to help me on all my projects. She's very eager to learn and not afraid to get dirty.
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