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I’ve reached out to support with these concerns and they sent me a new unit after I thought I’d received a defect. There is no metal backing plate in either box as appeared in the instructions. The screws aren’t long enough to go through it anyways. After putting together the new unit, and torquing down every screw to as tight as can be without stretching the bolts, it still significantly leans forward. This is not good - the load imparted by the bend is being placed on a plastic insert, which over time will fail. Now that I’m critically reviewing this piece, if you look closely at this listing’s photos on slide 4, you can see the angle from the load from the bike on top. Specifically, the dissimilar angle between the base and the top. That is the only photograph of this unit not from the front in which you can see the top leaning forward under load. This unit is rated for up to 35lb bikes. I wouldn’t trust more than 10lbs up there. It’s becoming increasingly frustrating to be a consumer, and this is adding to that frustration. I’m asking you to consider redesigning this product before someone is injured. It’ll cost you nearly nothing per unit to include 2 extra nuts, longer screws, and a backing plate to reinforce the joint between the 2 units. 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