Yea, all the time.
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I'm going to email Mike at QP tonight with a couple of pictures. I completely understand that metal moves when welded, but I would think it would be trued up a little bit more afterward. My main concern is being able to fit the carrier over the studs if they are going off in different directions as it's a already a pain when everything is perfect.
Mine seemed a little off too. In fact I could not use the gasket I bought with it. I was a bit afraid the third member wouldn’t go on since the gasket didn’t fit. But as they suggested, I put my silicon down and the third member dropped right on down. Torqued it down n zero issues.
Thats what I did. It looked like the studs might have been a little off as noted above(as maybe the surface wasn’t exactly flat) and mine dropped right in. Zero issues to date.
Boy, that doesn't seem right to me (and I spoke to Mike just recently about potentially putting one of these in my car). Mike seems like a straight-up guy, and QP seems to know what they are doing, so my guess is that they know about this and might have an explanation. My first action would be to call QP and speak with Mike, find out if this is a common result with these housings, and determine what, if anything, should be done about it. Who knows, maybe it straightens itself up when you bolt in the third member.
Machining the surface flat will not change the angle of the holes. If the holes were bored perpendicular to the flange, then they are out by the same angle. The only way to straighten the holes (studs) is to bore the holes perpendicular to a flat plane.
