I used the same Axiom and was able to level it by using a little hardware from another kit. In the first picture, you can see the acorns nuts (attached by the U bolt to the forks) and how going to the under corner of the cross beam brought the whole thing level. To keep the bare bolt from scratching the rack, I used the hard plastic sleeves from another kit. This also gave it amazing stability. In the fourth pic you can almost see the other mod: a flat, plastic coated bar (again from the other kit) that sits at a diagonal and keeps all the hardware from scraping the fork. So far it has been rock solid with a 15 lb load on each side. In the last pic, you can see the small rack I have over the front wheel. What I imagine, and seek confirmation here, is whether or not a bar between P clamps (running from the forward edge of the Axiom to the closest edge of the front of the top rack) would support and prevent rack "splay" under stress?