I thought I'd relate this story for anyone considering this rack. Long story short today on the way to work the passenger side end-link came completely disconnected from the spindle. The spherical rod end is intact, and my from initial inspection it appears that the bottom bolt either backed out or sheered, (I'll know more tonight). The threaded rod that comes out of the steering rack however is bent slightly and wore a pretty nice gouge on the inner part of my wheel.

Anyways I call the MadMan number and find out that he's now employed by Thunderracing. Anyways here is what they said:

1. The bent rod portion is non-serviceable and requires replacement of the rack, ($300.00).
2. "The bolt probably backed out because I didn't use red loctite." I'm not sure if I did or not, and I told them that.
3. This rack really is designed for "race cars", and "skinny tires". I'm running 275-40 fronts on 17" ZR1 rims. "If you run it on the street you're basically doing so on your own", they of course aren't going to accept that liability willingly, and honestly I wouldn't expect them to.

Bottom line I'm going to be out at least $300.00 to replace it, and more if any of the bump steer portion is either missing or damaged. I would suggest that anyone running this rack, especially with larger front tires inspect it regularly. I consider myself lucky that nothing happened, I could have easily lost control and hurt myself or someone else. As it is I had a very scary moment or two when I realized that I had something seriously wrong with my steering. If I even keep running this thing I believe that I'm going to attempt to engineer some method of keeping the bolts on, more than just red loctite. I'm guessing that I can probably wire the bolts on at a minimum.

Please don't misunderstand this post. I'm not attempting to bash the MadMan Rack, it appears to be high quality. I guess I was hoping that I could have had a little more understanding however; when it comes to repairing the rack. I'll take some of the responsibility, I installed the rack and did during the process call and ask a question or two, one of them being about the torque specs on the bolts, I used factory specs on the bottom bolts and as I said before, I can't positively remember if I used loctite or not. I also believe some of this problem should be their responsibility, working with me on a replacement would seem appropriate to me, selling me another rack for $300, when I'm already out almost $700.00 seems a little stiff.

Anyways, you can take this thread at face value and make your own decision.