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RE: floating(?) brake rotor
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Subject: RE: floating(?) brake rotor
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From: Peter LaPine 19-Aug-1996 0907 -0400 <plapine@domain.elided>
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Date: Mon, 19 Aug 96 09:08:34 EDT
does this term refer to the 'sliding caliper' design found
on the M5? also previously seen on a mid-80s 535i?
with this rotor, there's 1 piston that pushes the pad on that
side while drawing the opposing pad/caliper half toward it.
BMW used an ATE caliper on the 1975 R90S motorcycle that
allowed the caliper to pivot L/R ('hinged' at the rear) -
I thought *that* was considered a 'floating' caliper...