Well Which is better and Why - Pros - Cons?


Thanks, Greg

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I can't imagine the weight saving of plastic over metal in the piston caliper would be worth the added risk of failure. Maybe I am old fashioned and paranoid, but I like my brake parts to be as heavy duty and failure proof as possible.

Stainless right?

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Ed
64 Valiant 225 / 904 / 42:1 manual steering / 9" drum brakes

Phenolic caliper pistons are lighter and they're supposed to be less prone to corrosion problems. They also should transfer less heat to the piston.

When I looked into it a few years ago, there was a suggestion that the phenolic pistons were more likely to stick or chip. I went with metal.

Caliper Piston Discussion

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1964 Valiant V200, 225/Pushbutton 904
BBD, CAI, HEI, LBP, AC, AM/FM/USB, EIEIO

The last time I went around on this a few years back, I had found that if you want to keep the metal piston, you will have to recondition your own calipers. Everybrand I could drum up for a set for rebuilt single piston calipers came with phenolics. I've been using a set of phenolics in the duster now for a few years and they work fine even under heavy duress with the aggressive brake pads I installed.

2 more cents...

-D.Idiot

When I was searching on roack auto you could get either stainless or Plastic.

You can get the pistons seperate from them too!


Greg

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