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Old 03-09-2018, 11:41 PM   #7 (permalink)
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Was the lip of your rotor rusty? most are. The rust is thicker than the original material, and would potentially block you seeing the coin.

And, yes, the farther out the piston is on your caliper, the more brake fluid it holds, so when you compress it back in, it travels back up to the master cylinder and can over-flow. It can also push contaminants up to it at the same time.
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