Thread: T-20 Upgrade
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Old 07-18-2008, 09:43 AM
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I have the old lever style Borg-Warner design in my Max II. Works great! It is amazing that a 37 year old t-20 still works perfect...I put new bands in two years ago along with a seal and gasket kit...everything else is still 37 years old. I bet the change to the brake channel design (the current max style) goes hand in hand with the addition of the lever return springs. I don't think many machines using the t-20 back in the day had the return springs....so they would have needed a more positive acting linkage. Just my guess.
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