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so i recently took off my wheels to get the tires changed and i found out that the white plastic on the brake piston is in pieces so my question is, why is that plastic thing even there and what does it do?
i have been riding my bike in the winter and the rear brakes are working.
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One would think its to lessen the effect of heat transfer from the brake pads in an attempt not to boil the brake fluid.
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Frank wrote:
One would think its to lessen the effect of heat transfer from the brake pads in an attempt not to boil the brake fluid.
Correct....it's an insulator.
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