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« on: April 17, 2011, 11:35:37 am »
Pre-88 front brake pistons are ceramic.

I found a pair of hopelessly-seized calipers in storage, and decided to strip the steel from them before sending those & a bunch of other scrap off for recycling.  I started to work on the rust glob which vaguely resembled a piston, and off pops a metal cap to reveal ceramic underneath.

I always assumed that they were a steel piston like the rears (without the e-brake gear of course).
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« Reply #1 on: April 18, 2011, 12:45:45 pm »
Correction...  some pre-88 front calipers have ceramic pistons.  I pulled a set from our 87 donor and they had steel pistons. 
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