[DeTomaso] ABS Calipers vs. NON-ABS Calipers

[Thomas Borcich]

Mike I must have not been clear in what I wrote back (you know the brain 
is going a different direction than the fingers on the keyboard)...I got that the US cars
have stainless pistons, I have a US car,  that's good news. Before Jacks email,
I assumed that the pistons were cast or forged and would be AFU. 

So with stainless pistons I may be able to rebuild them. But if I have any issues 
and have to replace any parts whether its a rotor or caliper, I'd rather go bigger and better. 
Plus a big brake swap would be a fun project.

Best regards,



Tom Borcich





From: MikeLDrew at aol.com
Date: Wed, 17 Jun 2009 20:19:23 -0400
Subject: Re: [DeTomaso] ABS Calipers vs. NON-ABS Calipers
To: tborcich at msn.com; JDeRyke at aol.com; detomaso at realbig.com



In a message dated 6/17/09 17 11 5, tborcich at msn.com writes:





Jack, I didn't realize the pistons were stainless and just assumed that they

would be pitted all to hell and figured it wasn't worth it.





Tom--you didn't read his post closely.   He said that Euro car brakes pistons are NOT stainless.   



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"The ONLY terminal problem in stock brakes is a rust-pitted piston: all Euro brake caliper pistons (not just DeTomasos, either!) are nickel-plated mild steel while all U.S ones are stainless."



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Thus they are much more likely to be AFU than an American car's pistons, which he said are normally stainless.



I don't know what the vendor's brake rebuilders do.   Do they reuse stock pistons, or replace them with new ones sourced elsewhere, or ???



Mike


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