Brake calliper mounting holes damaged

[Firecatdude]

So as some of you may remember, I posted about bending my track shaft. I had to wait for parts to come in and I was out of town for a bit, so I finally just got to changing the shaft today. I have found that the holes the bolts pass through to bolt into the calliper housing are egg out a little bit with a slight ridge from the shaft being forced upwards from the hit. I filed down the little ridges flat left by the bolts and plan to use some Loctite epoxy to make the holes round again. But my main concern is that the aluminum near one of the holes is bulged a bit. How critical is it for everything is be perfect? Is a little variation in the way the calliper housing sits against the tunnel ok? Or how it sits height wise in relation to the holes! How much is too much? I tired to attach pictures but it said they were too big.

Thanks.

 

[MrSled]

So as some of you may remember, I posted about bending my track shaft. I had to wait for parts to come in and I was out of town for a bit, so I finally just got to changing the shaft today. I have found that the holes the bolts pass through to bolt into the calliper housing are egg out a little bit with a slight ridge from the shaft being forced upwards from the hit. I filed down the little ridges flat left by the bolts and plan to use some Loctite epoxy to make the holes round again. But my main concern is that the aluminum near one of the holes is bulged a bit. How critical is it for everything is be perfect? Is a little variation in the way the calliper housing sits against the tunnel ok? Or how it sits height wise in relation to the holes! How much is too much? I tired to attach pictures but it said they were too big.

Thanks.

reduce the pic to 1024x768 and it will post.

 

[Fords4life]

Can you just hammer and dolly the tunnel flat again? These sleds are far from perfect new, just keep that in mind.