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Huh? This is a super high-end monoblock caliper made by Lockheed, the CP3485-8so.
\nBack in ’94 this was still available new, but nowadays it’s incredibly rare.
\nThere are two types: 90mm for Suzuki and 40mm for Brembo, and of course they have aluminum pistons!
\nSince it’s a monoblock, AP was fearless selling these directly to regular users!
\nBelow that is the Yoshimura Nissin\u2014a collaboration between Nissin and Yoshimura.
\nThe logo looks great! It’s one of those kit parts from Brembo. This one has a 40mm pitch.
\nThe body is a split design and the piston is iron. It’s heavier.
\nBelow that are scratches on the caliper piston\u2014sesame-like marks and horizontal scratches.
\nYou might think the caliper piston only moves in the direction it pushes the pad, right?
\nActually, it moves in other directions too. If you’ve done a caliper overhaul, you probably know this,
\nbut the piston always gets scratched (in the perpendicular direction opposite to the pad-pushing direction).
\nWith the wheel and rotor spinning like crazy and the pad holding it down, of course the piston gets pulled too.
\nWhen the piston moves, the cylinder needs clearance for that movement. That’s the play!
\nSo the cylinder wears too. To reduce wear in just one spot and even it out,
\nyou rotate the piston (and it’s easier to clean too). Just don’t rotate worn-out calipers, though.
\nMaintain the pad pins well too. They’re called slide pins for a reason\u2014they actually slide.
\nThe pin gets hit by the pad and gets marked, it wears down, and you can’t push the pad smoothly unless you get past that groove!
\nDon’t skimp\u2014replace them occasionally. People ask sometimes, but the pad pins don’t actually support the pad.
\nLook at the structure carefully. You’ll see it if you look\u2014which means the body needs maintenance too.
\nSo you get the idea.
\nDon’t skimp on brake fluid either. Start with cheap OEM fluid if you want\u2014experience the effect of fresh fluid first,
\nthen try high-performance options like Brembo (LCF) or Newtech (RP320) to feel the difference.
\nIf you go high-performance from the start, you end up just feeling safe without ever knowing what the performance really is.
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