why did the caliper go bad? what caused it? Was using the ABS or pressing the brakes really hard causing it to go bad? I asked around today, one ford dealer offered me a discount for 75 on it, and should I replace both calipers? And labor is 1 hr max, whereas some places said about 50 to change it but 70-100 to change it and bleed it. I can try to bleed it myself and change it out myself after I get the part. Another junkyard said 25 for the caliper, but it looked rusty and was from a 120k car and this car has 95k. So should I get the junkyard part of new and if new, do I need to replace both? Did braking really hard cause the caliper to go bad, and is it repairable?
And yes, I did take out a mortgage for the house. I know some ppl do pay cash to own a home, but not many are lucky enough to do that, aren't mortgages "normal?" What's so wrong about going into "debt" for a home, and having a home with a garage is no big deal in metro Detroit, it's not like I"m living in NYC, it's not urbanized enough to be like that and even in the city of Detroit where homes are super cheap, many houses have garages, all depends on when the home was built, after the auto industry surge, Detroit grew a lot and the houses built after ford motor company, etc had garages, the ones built before then, since Detroit was already pretty big of a city before the auto boom, often don't, but for most of metro Detroit, having a garage is no biggie and even in the worst/cheapest neighborhoods, you'll likely find a garage, albeit a 1 garage home, whereas better off more average mid line houses have 2 and top of the line houses will have 3 or even 4 but 2 is the average, 3 if you're well off and 1 if you're in an older, below average priced home.
Anyways, got off topic, why did the brake calipers go bad and should I replace both, or get a used one if I replace one? And could I fix the caliper, they sell repair kits at the parts stores, it wasn't a hose, if it was a hose, it'd be ok but it's the caliper. and the brake pads don't need to be replaced with it.