cast iron brake pistions

Posted by mannyc [173.77.217.68] on Thursday, January 02, 2014 at 19:51:19 :

question. could a machinist reproduce metal pistons that would eliminate the al pistons in the brake system? would be nice to have brakes sleeved and then use some sort of non corrosive piston. im a disc brake fan, so my question is more of a curiosity / learning situation. we had international straight trucks in pittsburgh that would melt the brake pistons from friction heat generated by the hills. the trucks had automatic transmissions, so the brakes had a heavy job. i always wanted to retrofit the trucks, but never got to it.

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• Re: cast iron brake pistions - Vaughn 11:02:50 01/03/2014
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• Stainless sleeves, brass pistons. - Chriscase 20:26:29 01/02/2014
  • Re: Stainless sleeves, brass pistons. - Daryl in Oz 00:18:19 01/03/2014
• Re: cast iron brake pistions - Kaegi 19:59:07 01/02/2014

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