Originally Posted by
HillRider
Nope, I've never had a "direct mount" side pull brake of any kind. I've got older 105, Ultegra and Dura Ace dual pivots with either nutted or recessed nut mounting. These all date from 2005 or earlier and that was well before direct mount calipers were even though of. As I mentioned you can set the pad gap by adjusting the cable length, center them by hand and then tighten the mounting bolt/nut to keep them from moving off center. It's never failed.
Okay.... I guess.
I see what you are saying and don't really disagree that you can center them that way. However the centering screw is there and it works too. So I guess I'll just assume you were pointing out an alternate way to do the centering.