Greetings, I just got the PALS kit, along with the A-Line-It kit, and tried to install it on my Craftsman yesterday. The only way I can get the system to "touch" the trunnion is to take the nut on the adjusting bolt off and then screw it in all the way. The outside thickness of the trunnion appears too thin or the mounting holes on the horizontal or long part of the aluminum pieces are drilled too far out for the function correctly.
The trunnions are brilliantly designed to require the bare minimum of raw materials. The portion between the bolt hole and the edge of the trunnion is just over 0.1875 inches, but that was just eyeballing it, it's probably less. A further reduction is achieved by having rounded, not square, ends. I did grind a vertical ~0.125 inch wide flat contact surface on the trunnion ends per the instructions. The adjusting bolts required an additional 1/2 a turn to make contact with the trunnions, and this was with the nut on the bolt removed to achieve the greatest reach.
The fixes I can think of are to other find someone to drill new mounting holes closer to the 90 degree angle on the aluminum pieces, put a piece of metal between the outer trunnion edges and the adjusting bolt, or get a longer adjusting bolt.. The first would invalidate the warranty the second (probably) would reduce the accuracy or just plain fall out. I'd look for longer adjusting bolt but I'm stuck in no-where SD and driving to buy replacements would cost more than the kit. (Stupid $3 gas!) Also, the chances of finding the correct size/thread is iffy.
I've called In-line industries but no one has answered or returned my calls. Has anyone else had this issue or have any suggestions?
Thanks!