Review on Lifetime 9594 Universal Mounting Kit by Joseph Flamm

I give two stars because it does what it promises. But I had two pretty serious problems. First I bought these two backrest brackets on the wall in the shed. It works out. However, the back panel is quite wobbly due to the mounting system. It would be better if I could just nail the sign to the wall. I didn't do this because most modern shields are made of acrylic. But this definitely has some backplate wobble when fully installed and tightened. The bigger problem is that the instructions are terrible. Last month I put together a complete shield system (including a pole mounted on a moving base and a height adjustment system) that required 3x more bolts/nuts and 3x more tightening steps, and actually took less time. made the project. All in all, I have reasonable mechanical skills and this was probably the most frustrating assembly project I've ever done. Initially after spending over an hour reading the instructions I was convinced that I had bought the wrong kit and there was no way to attach the brackets to the back (although they were from the same company), because the instructions were so bad. I gave up and after a few hours the answer popped into my head. For each step, I spent over 15 minutes studying the instructions to understand and guess what they mean. And on at least three occasions I had to go back and cross out and redo important parts because I was wrong. I think cheap tech was also part of the problem on a few occasions. But in most cases there is no excuse for such poor instructions. A few hours of what should have been fun with my son putting something together to use ended up being about 6 hours of the most frustrating building project I've ever done. To try and save time, here are a few tutorials. I learned this the hard way: 1) When mounting on a clear acrylic backplate, the two pieces that attach to the backplate (together they look like a Y) don't touch the backplate directly, they float 1/ 2 inches above the acrylic surface. that rest on the rim, and two metal channels that run down the center of the backplate. The screws that mount to the top of the Y-pieces are unusual - the heads fit into grooves and then lift up, leaving the square at the top is flush in the channel and holds the bolt in place while you tighten the nut. 2) Make sure the U-Bracket (which goes through the two Y-pieces before attaching to the backboard) goes through the two holes closest to the backboard/acrylic surface. There are two holes just above /behind them and on the briefing page. Ions I thought they went through the back holes. Get to the very last step of attaching the tire to the U-bolt and it fell short. I had to disassemble everything and go back to the first step to insert it through the holes closer to the back panel/acrylic surface. the screws holding the tabs facing the shield are tightened only by hand. You may have to rock them up or down a lot to fit the holes on the back panel bracket. Then tighten the two screws that are attached to the back panel. Then tighten the screws on the bracket. Good luck, you will need it!