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Guys...I'm not a mechanical engineer but when something has a hole in it and part of it doesn't , that defines a weakest point by anyone's definition. The stress, pressure or whatever terminology you'd like to use is real. That is how your foot energy converts into your rear brake pads clamping...

No one touched it except for the mechanic that took it out of the crate and serviced it when I bought it. Let's hope this is the first and last reported failure ever.......

I thought I better mention this as I don't hear about rear brakes failing on Street Motorcycles often. When riding earlier this week I couldn't figure out why there was suddenly so much play in the rear brake pedal. Yamaha OEM Part # 5SL-27222-00-00 failed, i.e. broke. It's called the "Joint"...