Now, I wouldn't put anything past the perrennial, pernicious P.O., but this one pretty much baffles me. Has anyone ever heard of replacing HALF a caliper? I replaced one of my rear calipers the other day. I would have done both, but it was aparent that the right caliper was much newer than the left. So, the P.O. replaced one caliper and not the other. But replacing half of a pair is one thing, replacing half of a single caliper is another altogether. But, well, I replaced the left rear because it was so rotted that a chunk of it fell off while I was tapping the pad retaining pins out. Whn I finally got a chance to look at it, it was striking that the outboard half was an almost unrecognizable clump of terribly rusted metal, while the inboard side looked just fine. I know the sides bolt together, but the only way I can imagine this happening, other than someone unbolting the halves and replacing one (can you even buy half a caliper?), is a mechanic having two used calipers lying around with jammed pistons on opposite sides, and cannibalizing them for their "better halves."

Thoughts?

-EdM.
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'90 240DL Wagon 'Lola' -- '72 1800ES 'Galadriel'