quote:Originally posted by bdud:
Pete, if you want to buy replacement pistons, try here.
John Farrell sells stainless steel pistons and also the seal kits. Measure your piston sizes and he will be able to give you a price.
I can email you an old catalog if you want.
Thank you for the link, I will check it out. It would be great if etypeparts has the correct design. Since these are Lucas/Girlings I guess Jag's may have used a similar set-up. My concern is that duplicating the rear caliper pistons is difficult because of the complex self-adjusting pieces built into the piston set. The specific piston that is pitted in my case, is the one with the "fine thread tap" looking devise in it. I have access to aerospace engineers and mechanists where I work that can pretty much duplicate anything in a number of metals, but when I showed them the piston they just shook their heads. The closest I have been able to research is that Peugeot used a caliper that is really close reasoning that the pistons may be similar/same also. I still have not given up hope finding some good used pistons somewhere.
For now, I just want to get my baby on the road and just rebuild my brakes and clutch hydraulics, stock, if possible. I will probably end up getting the rear brake upgrade kit from Scott/SACC, and be done with it. I will use the stock rears for the parking brake where it will be purely mechanical in that function and not worry about any leaks around the piston (unless I got that part of the mod all wrong).
Thanks and take care,
Pete C.
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