[Richard (EV8G)]

Originally Posted by Bruce Lancaster

Look up Richard EV8 garage...or contact him at his business site. He mentioned this a while back, and said that he had actually persuaded Mac's to fix the problem. Did they??
Has anyone ordered any of these from them in the last year or so?

Mac's has the correct ones, but they and others obviously also have the old incorrect ones that they are selling. Before I was able to work with Mac's to have them corrected (several years ago) I had a tapered mill cutter made and actually cut the taper in the spindle arm deeper until 1/2" of thread was exposed as is the original. That was a good fix, but was also a major PITA, as I did not have a bunch to do at one time, so had to do the setup every time I needed to do a pair...
I grew tired of it and sent them an original stud, a new incorrect stud and the end of a spindle arm with the correct taper. This made the problem very obvious and something was done about it.

The incorrect studs have a silver finish, while the correct ones have a black finish. I am a dealer for Mac's so I will contact them and see what the current situation is...