OLYMPIC PLATES AND BARS ARE NOT "STANDARD"

Be aware that all Olympic bar sleeve and plate hole diameters are not the same. Most lifters are under the assumption that Olympic bar sleeves are all 2 inches or 1-15/16 inches in diameter. In fact, York builds their bar sleeves to 1.9375 inches in diameter. Ivanko, Eleiko, Leoko and other officially accepted Olympic equipment manufacturers build their bars to the official Olympic standard – that requires the sleeves to be within a tolerance of 1.945-1.951 inches in diameter. These manufacturers also use tighter plate hole diameters both to fit the bars snuggly and to meet the OFFICIAL Olympic specifications.

Their plates are very accurate, but they are not the "generic" Olympic standard plates that can be purchased at most athletic stores (they often times have the word "STANDARD" right on the plates and look like the image below).

Specialty plates, such as the York, Ivanko, Eleiko, Leoko, etc., Olympic Plates will NOT fit on the Pavelizer II. Less expensive, off-the-shelf, garden variety Olympic plates have hole diameters greater than 2 inches (and often times have the word "STANDARD" right on the plates). These are the type of plates that the Pavelizer II requires.