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Neo – many thanks for the explanation. Sorry about the “Emergency Brake” description – I had lapsed into American terminology. Yep, it’s the parking brake auto adjusters. (Or hand brake auto adjusters.) I have stripped down the piston as far as I can. The internals of the piston consist...

Can anyone explain how the emergency brake auto adjustors, of the type built into the piston of rear disk brakes, work? (As fitted on the Mazda 626 in particular.)