Originally Posted by
jim hughes
They might be ok, or the brakes might chatter or squeal - maybe just sometimes, under some conditions. They could be remounted, I suppose. But why buy problems, unless the bike is a particularly attractive deal for some reason?
Definitely not remounting the bosses. I could also try a regular linear pull brake instead of the XT parallel push brakes. Or better yet convert to a disc brake setup as this has those mounts too.