I'll second Chuck. I've heard about the ball bearing Mafac's, but never seen them. . . I thought it was just me. I pulled apart tons of Mafac calipers since Val at The Bikesmith is a Mafac fanatic. Does anyone have any pictures? enjoy, Brandon"monkeyman"Ives
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On Fri, 29 Jun 2001, Chuck Schmidt wrote:
> John Everett wrote:
> > I'm inferring from the previous posts that there are really three
> > variants of the "Dural Forge" brakes. The early ones ('50s & early
> > '60s) have ball bearing pivots, the next series (mid '60s) have the
> > red plastic washers and bronze (not brass, I believe) bushings, and
> > the later ones (late '60s) had red plastic bushings and washers.
>
>
> Early ones with holes drilled at the pivots to oil bushings, and
> slightly newer early ones without oil holes, but no plastic either.
>
> Has anyone on the list actually seen MAFAC Dural Forge with ball
> bearings? Four ball bearings would have _really_ increased the
> manufacturing price over a plane bronze bushing! Maybe an "urban
> legend?"
>
> Chuck Schmidt
> South Pasadena, Southern California