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Measure the outside diameter of your tube before ordering, not the inside. Side mounts clamp the outside of the tube, and a mount that is a whisker oversize will rock under load until the set-screws chew into the wall. Take the measurement with vernier calipers.
Nip them up firm and stop. Stainless galls when you keep winding, and over-tightened screws dimple thin-wall tube so the fitting can never sit square again. A dab of anti-seize on the threads means you can back them out in a year or two instead of drilling them.
That is tea staining, and it happens to good stainless too. Salt sits on the surface, starves the chromium layer of oxygen and leaves a rust-coloured film. Rinse with fresh water after saltwater trips and bring the shine back with a stainless polish, never steel wool.

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