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Originally Posted by MagicRat
Since rebuilt calipers are pretty cheap for most domestic cars, especially on the front, I put in new calipers if I am unsure of their age/condition.
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Heres the differnce, I used to work on cars where a set of calipers came with a 4 figure, or even 5 figure price tag, or are simply unavliable any more.
If its my own car, then I have a pretty good idea of what condition things are in, like wise with cars that belonged to regular customers, they might go through a set of pads ever year, replacing calipers at that interval would be very expensive.
However, on cars that were older (which I did a lot of work on) or looked badly maintianed then it was common to at least pull the piston out and check and caliper bore and piston for pitting.
Depending on the car then new calipers would be fitted, or as was often the case just a rebuild kit used, new seals, over sized pistons and rebore the caliper.