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hairygit:
The split pin holds pad B into the caliper body. The pin goes through the pad hole at the top, and through the hole in caliper B, then the ends spread. The reason for the swinging caliper design was at the time Lucas Hurling had a patent on opposed piston calipers, so Honda came up with this solution.

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McCabe-Thiele (Ted):

--- Quote from: hairygit on October 12, 2020, 06:29:45 PM ---The split pin holds pad B into the caliper body. The pin goes through the pad hole at the top, and through the hole in caliper B, then the ends spread. The reason for the swinging caliper design was at the time Lucas Hurling had a patent on opposed piston calipers, so Honda came up with this solution.

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I have this picture of Lucas Girling sponsoring a Hurling Team! Great typo - more interestingly fascinating background - I never realised that they had that particular patent.

Reminds me of why Kennings Motors in the Derbyshire area became such a big vehicle retailer then started to wain in the 1970's to the point of almost extinction. The original founder of the Kenning Motor Group bought the distribution right for Shell Petrol in the 1920's for England I think it was. The 50 year deal gave them 2p (old Pence) on every gallon of petrol sold irrespective of whose forecourt you bought it from - this financed their expansion - then subsidised their losses in the latter part of the distribution deal.

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