a gimbaled mounting bracket apparatus for aligning an actuator with a receptacle is disclosed , having a mounting ring rotatable around a pair of gudgeons . a concentric rotation ring attached to the pair of gudgeons . the concentric ring is mounted to a base along a rotational axis orthogonal to the gudgeons . the mounting ring retains a shower actuator that is to be aligned with a piping apparatus . the shower actuator can be angularly adjusted relative to piping apparatus to produce a collinear relationship , but is free of any translational movement relative to said receptacle , so as to minimize stresses exerted on said actuator .