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Old 11-11-2009, 11:01 PM
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Originally Posted by cliffmac View Post
Wow! I was doing a little research...and have discovered that Mercedes uses 4 piston fixed calipers....But, low and behold, it's not a floating single piston caliper, no, it's a fixed 4 piston caliper which only increases the potential of non-piston retraction by 400% per wheel. Thanks
So where does that 400% number come from?? A very precise number indeed, and intriguing in light of your research on MB brakes....

I ask because we've had no problems at all with my father's 308 and 328, which have 4 piston fixed Ferrari calipers. He's had both since new.
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