1-piston caliper on a 4-piston Rx-7?

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Nov 26, 2018 | 09:24 PM

greaseman

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Please just let me delete my posts already so I can hide my shame.

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Nov 26, 2018 | 11:38 PM

clokker

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Wait a minute...the front calipers can be either 2 or 4 piston but all the rears are two piston.

Nov 26, 2018 | 11:40 PM

greaseman

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Wait a minute...the front calipers can be either 2 or 4 piston but all the rears are two piston.

Yeah, I found that out after looking for a four piston rear caliper rebuild kit for about an hour and a half.

Nov 26, 2018 | 11:59 PM

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It's quite cheap and very easy to rebuild the rear calipers...even with a red face.

Nov 27, 2018 | 02:38 PM

greaseman

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Haha, true. It's less daunting now that I know I don't need to do 4 pistons.

Nov 28, 2018 | 12:13 PM

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I've never seen a two piston caliper on an FC.

Dec 1, 2018 | 06:32 AM

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And you won't see a two piston caliper on an FC. Single piston or four piston in the front and always a single piston in the rear.

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Dec 1, 2018 | 07:55 AM

clokker

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Wait a minute...the front calipers can be either 2 or 4 piston but all the rears are two piston.

Who allows this idiot to post?

Dec 1, 2018 | 08:18 AM

scathcart

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Who allows this idiot to post?

Other, more important things on your mind. All the long-timers let it pass.

Your posts have always been extremely
helpful, very well written, and entirely entertaining.

Do you mind if I ask what you did for your careers? Aside from building clocks, being on a motorcycle racing team, and smoking weed, I know little about you, and you seem pretty fascinating.

Dec 1, 2018 | 08:31 AM

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clokker

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I can assure you that the fascination diminishes with proximity...ask either of my exes.

At various times I have also been a bartender, free lance graphic artist and a welding system fabricator.
I have a myriad of talents and completely lack the ability to monetize them.

Dec 2, 2018 | 02:30 PM

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DaBrkddy

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I hope I didn't hurt your feels... I totally dig your style of car building. If it helps any, when you said 2 piston caliper it got me to thinking about machining my own custom 2 piston opposed rear calipers for my car.

Edit: And to the OP, I was embarrassed when I discovered that not all 5 lug FC's had 4 piston front calipers because I told all my car buddies they did... I had to go back and correct myself after seeing an '89 base model for the first time.