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So this is still an issue. I recently bought a QSC "P201" Yoke with the 60mm OD shaft diameter from Amazon. Before that, I sold a Harbor Freight 1000# Engine stand that I had used on an Audi engine project because it had a 50mm ID head tube. I have been having trouble finding an engine stand with the 60mm head tube. I returned to my local Harbor Freight store and found that the floor display stand had the 60mm head tube. I checked with the counter staff to make sure that the new "in box" stands had the same head tube as the floor model and was assured that they did and that "Harbor Freight switches manufacturers all the time". So I thought I was home free. When I got around to opening the box a few days later, I found that the head tube was 50mm. I went back to Harbor Freight and found that all the stands in stock had the same SKU number as the one I had, so they were all the 50mm type. It turns out that the floor model was an older model stand that hadn't been changed to match current inventory. I asked if I could buy the floor model and was told by the store manager "I don't want to mess with the display models". Really?
So I'm still in the position of needing to find an engine stand with the 60mm head tube. Hoping others out there might know where I can get one. It seems that none of the manufacturers of engine stands include the head tube diameter in their documentation on the internet...
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