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Date: Dec 9, 2006 05:26
> Which begs the question - where was the threaded piston system first
> designed and developed?
No idea, but I *really* hope the cunt who came up with the idea died a
horribly painful death :)
> Seems an elegant solution but only marginally simpler than the mini-drum
> set-up.
Terribly unreliable in some cases, and particularly Fords.
The internal screws are *very* weak, and have a nasty habit of snapping in
half at the end of their travel jamming the piston & pad against the rotor
and immobilising the vehicle if the calliper slides weren't kept well lubed
or if a handbrake cable wasn't adjusted strictly according to the book and
someone with a bit of gusto yanked on the handle.
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