Good to hear! From the reviews it sounds like the size you got is the best one. The other sizes like 1″ holes or 2×2 are reported as too loose, probably made metric and not tested adequately.

It would probably be okay. That’s not a huge difference. A little more rattle, and it could potentially dip forward a little, depending on how snug the J-hook brackets are around the rack uprights. As long as you wiggle it around first to confirm that your bar isn’t in any more danger of falling off or knocking the J-hooks out of place somehow. Using the safety pins, if so equipped, might be a good idea.

Congrats on getting it sorted! Looks good.

ok went to Rural King and bought a pair of hitch pins ($9×2), shaft collars ($4×2), washers ($2.50*2), and two PVC sleeves ($.50×2). turned out pretty good I think! Thanks David!

well unfortunately, these do not fit a Rep FT-5000. the peg on these lift-offs is just too big to fit into the rack. The ID of the hole on the rack is 1-1/16″ while the OD of the peg is 1-3/16″.

i found these on amazon. these are for a body solid gpr 378, which is supposedly a 3×3 11-guage rack. i’ll let you know how they work! it ended up being about the same price as a set of nuts/bolts

that looks pretty functional! for some reason, i got it stuck in my head that i needed to buy something lol. thanks!

Some combination like this of bolts, nuts, washers and sleeves should do the job.