Yes. Each hole should be round. Two pics from my lower mileage '88

https://picasaweb.google.com/musomuso/FrontEndWork#5831878834778519618

I find it interesting to see the rust that happens at that area.

On my '81, I repaired an out of round hole. When bushing replacement
is needed, I'll know if the repair has held up, but I feel it was
strong enough.

damage etc. on the '81 with link to repair at page bottom:

https://sites.google.com/site/tubaneil2/radiusarm

On 1/19/15, Miguel Pacheco <mundopacheco@gmail.com> wrote:

> ....
> Are they supposed to be perfectly round? The bible
> only shows one illustration, in the Syncro section (40.26,) and it is
> round.

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Neil n

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