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McCabe-Thiele (Ted):
Whilst starting to clean up the front brakes I noticed the top calliper pivot arm bracket had visibly oval mounting holes - one is much worse than the other.
The ovality is visible from the rear as well.
The long pivot pin was nice & free - could this have been caused by this having been stuck previously?
Will it need replacing if they are available?

.top bracket by Macabe Thiele, on Flickr

taysidedragon:
As long as the brake pivot pin hasn't got any play in it you'll be fine. The mounting holes give you a bit of adjustment to line it up and won't move once everything is tightened up. 👍

McCabe-Thiele (Ted):
I did wonder if the torque on the bolt would hold it nicely in place.

Was the pivot arm originally painted or polished alloy?

Oddjob:
Painted, like the casings Ted.

McCabe-Thiele (Ted):
My existing calliper arm is polished - its cleaned up quite quickly on my buffing wheel (not to Kens standard)- I think I prefer it painted as on my 400 so good to hear they were painted originally.

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