From a tool perspective everything works fine except for the bars, but the aluminum bars used are too soft on the first flexing fork. Maybe they should switch to steel. I did this. For the one-time use price it's not bad, but if you plan to use it over and over again, get a 3/8 steel rod and cut it to thread size and you'll be fine. For extra strength, if you plan to continue using aluminum, get nuts on either side or bars to stiffen it up a bit.