The later Midgets DO have two pistons, one for each pad.
Steve Byers
Havelock, NC USA
'73 Midget GAN5UD126009G "OO NINE"
"It is better to remain silent, and be thought a fool
than to speak, and remove all doubt" -- Mark Twain
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> From: Les Myer <lmyer@probe.net>
> To: Philip Hubbard <phubbard@carroll.com>
> Cc: spridgets@Autox.Team.Net
> Subject: Re: Brake Grabbing
> Date: Sunday, July 12, 1998 12:18 AM
>
> >>The whole caliper slides from side to side in its mounting. This is
> >>necessary for the caliper to center itself on the rotor as the brakes
are
> >>applied and also as the pads wear. If the caliper can't slide from
side to
> >>side, the pad opposing the piston will still be rubbing against the
rotor
> >>after the brakes are released, and this pad will wear out at a much
greater
> >>rate than the pad the piston is pushing on.
> >
> >Tomorrow I'll have to go out and see if I can see what you mean on this
> >one.
>
> In the case of Sprites/Midgets, the caliper has to move back and forth on
> the mounting bolts themselves. (If this weren't true you would have to
> have two pistons, one for each brake pad)
>
> Les
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