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Old 02-24-24, 05:04 PM
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Piston material?

Originally Posted by Msteven
We had a set of these on our CoMo Mocha. Got stuck behind a slow moving minivan on twisty 2 mile downhill. They both "locked up" meaning the internal pistons stopped moving by the time we got to the bottom. There was just enough left to stop, but they would not really let go. Once safely home, I took them off, and I could not push the pistons back into the aluminum housing. These are designed for single rider bicycles. We run much larger Saint 4 piston hydro system now.
Msteven, sorry to open an old thread. Do you happen to know which generation HY/RD you had? I've heard that Gen 1 had plastic pistons, which could melt, and Gen 2 have metal pistons. I haven't been able to independently corroborate that, though.
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