Bill,
The "square" O-ring most certainly is still available! Moss sells them under
their part number 180-285, just over a buck apiece.
Lawrie
British Sportscar Center
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From: WSpohn4@aol.com <WSpohn4@aol.com>
To: mgs@autox.team.net <mgs@autox.team.net>
Date: Sunday, June 03, 2001 9:50 AM
Subject: Re: Splitting Calipers
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>
>As for calipers, the best policy is not to split them - the factory O ring
>almost NEVER gives problems - remember, it doesn't have to seal a moving
>surface as the piston seal does, it just sits in there, compressed. If you
>have to, a suitably sized round section O ring will nicely replace what was
>in most cases, I believe, a square section (now unobtainable) seal. Do be
>careful with the bolts, and use a Grade 8 replacement, even if you have to
>buy longer bolts to get the exact thread length, and have them machined to
>length.
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