So I was driving from Virginia to New Hampshire yesterday, and everything was great the whole trip, until I pulled into my driveway. Right when I was slowing down to turn in my driveway, the drivers side rear brake caliper died. Now I need a new one. I was quoted $450 from chrysler, and $250 from mercedes. I found a few decent looking used srt6 rear calipers for about $50 a side online.

What else would I need to make these work? I already am going to need one caliper and a new set of pads so should I just upgrade instaed? Or is it not even worth it and I should just replace the broken caliper?

 

died ? what happened to it ?

Is this a SRT6 or N/A ?

Sounds like an N/A, but you are mentioning SRT6 rear calipers ......

 

Yes it is an N/A, sorry about that. I am thinking of upgrading to SRT6 calipers since I have to replace one caliper and all the pads anyway.

I drove about 500 miles and everything was fine. Once I pulled in the driveway the pedal went all the way to the floor. I looked under the car and saw brake fluid coming from the drivers rear caliper. So today after work I jacked the car up and took the wheel off. The inside pad on the drivers side was gone! The pin that holds them in must have broke or somehow fallen out. The inside piston had worn almost all the way down from rubbing on the rotor and started leaking fluid as soon as I got home. Luckily it finally gave way once I was home and not on the highway. It was weird though because the brakes felt completely fine the whole time, I didn't know there was a problem until I almost couldn't stop in my driveway.

 

rockauto.com has re manufactured calipers for 80-90