Inspire Fitness SF3 Assembly Video 

thank you for this tip!

When I tightened the cable to "slightly lift the plate" it would just block the pin.

What would I do without you. 🙏🏾

I had to rewatch this video several times and zoom in to figure this out!

Had the same problem

I tried this and unfortunately had to remove the bolts because I had the rods sticking outward, so they couldn’t swing under the frame once it came time to lock them in place. Maybe it works if you keep the rods hanging on the inside. Agree it sucks trying to lift the rods while they are all greased up. Using a dry washcloth helped me with grip.

I used the weight pins to center the inner holes and then tapped the bolts in. I was afraid I have to take off all the weights but this worked instead.

Yeah I have no idea why you wouldn’t do that makes it’s almost impossible and tedious for no reason

Oh, wow, thank you TJ! We're so glad this helped you out. And, welcome to the Inspire Fitness Family!

How do you like it ?

@@mariaelenamayorga9560 so far I love it! It’s made very well. Solid. Easy to use and I love the Smith bar. It incorporates a nice safety feature. The only thing I’m not crazy about is the pull-up bar. There’s no foam protection and it hurts my hands.

Having the same problem. The bolt holes are misaligned and the bolt doesn't go through. I'd call this a really significant problem. At the moment I have this giant machine in my garage and can't do it thing with it because I can't get these bolts through because of misaligned bolt holes. Truth is, problems like this are infuriating.

@@JoshSauberman I was lucky enough to have a step drill bit handy so it wasn't a show stopper for me, but something they are definitely going to want to figure out.

I had the same issue, or so I thought. On one side of the weight stack the bolts went through just fine, but the other side seemed misaligned. I took the weights off and checked with just the chrome bar, and the bolt went through perfectly. I put the weights back on and the problem came back, I could not get the bolt through. Then I realized that the chrome bar has a little room to move inside the bottom frame hole. The weight stack had moved the chrome bar to one side of the frame hole causing the misalignment. I pushed the weight stack to center the chrome bars in their placement holes and voila the bolts fit perfectly. No drilling necessary for me thankfully. The real pain is painting the lubricant on the chrome bars with a mini nail polish brush (someone's idea of a joke).

Same problem - solution was to move around the weight stack with all weights on it and nudge the poles a little

Same for me. Did you get a resolution?

@@sarahally5771 no, I just ignored that and screwed it in and kept going and it works fine

I agree, a leg press attachment would really add a lot!

Hello Eric! We recommend 89 inches of workable floor space, to lay out parts and work through the entire assembly. But you're right that the unit is 59 wide, once assembled. Complete dims are 59 in wide x 46 in deep x 84 in tall. You could put it in a corner, or flat up against a wall.

Thank you for asking this question. I was about to cancel my order because I didn’t have 89” (well not without rearranging my garage…again) Bit 59 is good!

They clearly messed up on the width and need to simply add a note in the video. As it is, their width line starts and ends at the ends of the machine, making it the reference for the 89".

19mm is what I used

Hi David, it is a requirement as part of the structure of the machine.

Hello! Just in case you haven't already tried the dual hook curl bar attachment, you are able to perform the pull down, but it won't be the center one you're looking for. Another option would be to purchase the three hole aluminum lat bar to attach to one pulley on the SF3, although you would be limited with weight. There are no current plans for that attachment for the SF3, but I will share your feedback with our product development team!

About 11 Pounds, I weighed them before I inserted them and it came to about 21 lbs

Hi Zena, the SF3 has two 165 lbs weight stacks with a 2:1 resistance ratio for 82.5 lbs per pulley.

Hi! The machine width is 59" once assembled. We recommend 89" of workable floor space to work through the entire assembly.

@@InspireFitnessCA Got it. Well I’ll definitely find out tomorrow when it arrives!

Hi there! The SF3 Smith Functional Trainer is exclusively available at Costco.com.

I was able to install in my 86in basement. Luckily, I was able to fit my pullup bar well between beams and do pull ups up to the bottom of the first floor. Installing the pullup bar was the trickiest but with some help it went fine.

We did with 87 inches, when you pullup you may not be able to go all the way up

could this still be installed in a place with an 88" ceiling height?

Hi there! We recommend the 96" to allow space above to machine for installation, such as the pull-up bar, which is the tallest point on the machine. It is possible to be installed in a space with 88" ceilings, 96" is our recommendation for optimal space. Keep in mind when doing pull-ups, you will have about 4" of space.

Hi Dolan! The 89" is the amount of workable space we recommend for installation to work through assembly.

@@InspireFitnessCA I realized that, and it makes sense. It is just the proportions in that image that make it confusing. If the product was depicted narrower relative to the 89” measure line - it would be clearer in my opinion. Otherwise the video is extremely helpful. Thank you for making it! And for your wonderful products!

@@dolland Understood, apologies for the confusion, and appreciate the feedback! Thanks so much for the support and welcome to the Inspire family. 💪

@@InspireFitnessCA I would just like to re-iterate that you do need to correct the video illustration starting at 1:16 in showing the 89". As shown the 89" looks to be the machine's overall width not 59" (no 59" is shown). I was also about to cancel my purchase as well until I saw this reply thread (which many won't see) as 89" will not fit in our space, but 59" works fine. Thank you!

Hi Dolan, @inspire fitness can you tell me what the height is for the machine? It says 96 inches of usable space but the machine is 84 inches tall. Will it fit if my ceiling is 91 inches tall? Thanks

Hi Umber! Please send us an email at service@inspirefitness.com and our team can assist.

@@InspireFitnessCA hello I was able to figure it out but the cam bolt is a little bit finicky just being honest otherwise absolutely amazing product

This happened to me too, but then I realized that it was because the other end of the cable was not connected to the metal hook. Connecting the cable fixed the issue.

@@bkraemer1869 Pretty sure this reply just saved me a day+ waiting on support to read and respond to my email. Thank you for this follow-up comment! 👍

Hey @inspire. Your step 5 sucks with the cam bolt and pulley tightening. Obviously it’s the #1 issue people have.