Motobilt 13 bolt shave cover review?

[Van-go]

@Barnes 4wd foe the win! Quality, local stuff.

I would also return it. You shouldn't have to tighten it down that way. For what you paid it should sit flat as a pancake so you don't risk stripping a hole. Imagine if you have to do a trail repair and it wont seal right because a hole is stripped and you don't have time to wait for globs and globs of RTV to set up.

I was trying to save $150, but you get what you pay for I guess.

Send that shit back and buy a Barnes or Ruffstuff cover. Both machine there's flat.

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[1stgenxxx]

Shew. I know the price is cheap but that would piss me off to get one warped that bad.

 

[Mac5005]

Psssssssssshhhhh. My Barnes 13 bolt cover wasn’t this way. I’d be asking for a refund and a return label.

 

[Van-go]

Just got off the phone with the owner of Motobilt.
He was super nice and told me he would 100% refund me if I wanted to.
He told me he has been building covers just like this in house since the early 2000’s. I think he started blue torch fab and now motobilt.

He said I shouldn’t have an issue with the cover if I tighten it evenly.

He said based on the picture I sent him that he could tell I was in the middle of a build and if it’s a year from now he’ll still refund me if it leaks at all.

I ordered the covers when I had my old 14 bolt so my new one has different threads in the housing. He said he would send me the right bolts for free.

Decisions decisions.

 

[farmboy]

I will say, having met Dan from MotoBuilt personally, he WILL do the right thing.

 

[rockcity]

I will say, having met Dan from MotoBuilt personally, he WILL do the right thing.

He will. And it’s likely the cover won’t leak. But it’s also about having a nice flat gasket surface too.