GA_Rivian
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I'm belatedly getting around to trying to mount my evbase running boards purchased a month ago. I started with the passenger side, only because it's dryer on the ground in my shed there. I've sent photos and questions to EVBase, but am wondering if others who have mounted these running boards can shed some light on what is going on here.
It appears to me there is something wrong with the instructions or with the brackets. See the attached photos, these are from the PASSENGER side; I have not yet worked on the driver side. The photos show the FRONT bracket being mounted.
All of the passenger side brackets are the same, yet the mount point for the forward bracket is significantly higher (above ground) than the corresponding mount points for the middle and rear brackets. The middle and rear brackets use the 17mm bolts which have an additional layer of metal beneath them; the front bracket uses a 15mm bolt which does not have the additional metal beneath it.
Note the large gap between the chassis surface and flange at the 15mm bolt used for the front mount. If the 15mm bolt is tightened down it will bend / tilt / twist the bracket so that the runningboard will be sloped downward, and it will not be even with the other two brackets. The front mount point looks like the bracket for it should not have mount flanges of different heights, unlike the middle and rear mount points. Is this the way it is supposed to be mounted? Am I missing something?
It appears to me there is something wrong with the instructions or with the brackets. See the attached photos, these are from the PASSENGER side; I have not yet worked on the driver side. The photos show the FRONT bracket being mounted.
All of the passenger side brackets are the same, yet the mount point for the forward bracket is significantly higher (above ground) than the corresponding mount points for the middle and rear brackets. The middle and rear brackets use the 17mm bolts which have an additional layer of metal beneath them; the front bracket uses a 15mm bolt which does not have the additional metal beneath it.
Note the large gap between the chassis surface and flange at the 15mm bolt used for the front mount. If the 15mm bolt is tightened down it will bend / tilt / twist the bracket so that the runningboard will be sloped downward, and it will not be even with the other two brackets. The front mount point looks like the bracket for it should not have mount flanges of different heights, unlike the middle and rear mount points. Is this the way it is supposed to be mounted? Am I missing something?
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