Hardware problem answer found.

[Magic Man]

We have contacted the hardware company and found the solution as to why the hardware is such a tight fit into the lower riser caps.

Seems Allen head bolts come in two styles. One has a smooth shoulder and one has ridges on the shoulder to help you grip it to start it in the hole.

The measurements we took for the sample Allen bolts were of the smooth shoulder design. The supplier thinking it was helping sent us the ridged design. It is the few thousandths of an inch larger diameter that this design has that is what makes it fit so snug into the lower half moon clamp.

The ridges on the shoulder area can be removed very easily with a sander without compromising the bolt strength or weatherproof design as it is 100% stainless steel.

Future risers will have this area opened up to allow for ether style bolt to be used so it will not be a problem to use ether style hardware in the future.

MM

 

[Magic Man]

We have found a very easy way to remove the ridges on the allen bolts head. One is to put the allen bolt in a drill and spin the head against some sand paper until the ridges are gone, or to do the same thing against a belt sander.

Althought the belt sander is faster, both work well and really take no time at all to do as the stainless sands well.

MM