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PSA: I used to laugh at parts cannons, then a rear caliper seized on a 2014 Focus and I ate a $340 tow
Used to think pull-a-part hunting was for cheapskates until that Tuesday when a customer's caliper locked up, and now I keep a $60 junkyard spare on the shelf and want to know if anyone else stocks used brake parts or if that's just asking for trouble?
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mary_kelly22d ago
Caliper seizing is rare enough that keeping used brake parts on the shelf sounds like hoarding to me. A $60 spare sitting for two years just to dodge one tow?
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owens.willow22d ago
Does it really matter if it sits there for two years if the one time you need it you avoid a tow and a shop bill? You keep a jack and jumper cables for the same reason, right? What makes a caliper so different from those?
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