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Old 09-15-2012, 07:35 AM
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Originally Posted by Brian Carlton View Post
Most definitely fake.

There is no possibility of the outboard piston extending anywhere near the amount necessary to wear the rotor to that degree.

Furthermore, if you look carefully, the DB turned the rotor to a diameter that is a bit smaller than the inside diameter of the pad.
It is a floating caliper so there is only the one piston.

If you lost the soft material on the outer pad I believe this could result.

On the ford calipers I saw in the yards usually the kiss of death was stuck pins on the floating caliper.
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