Tech Minute: Why Replace Both Calipers When Just One Goes Bad?

Tech Minute: Why Replace Both Calipers When Just One Goes Bad?

Are you ever doing a customer a favor when you just replace one caliper? Babcox Media's Andrew Markel explains why changing both is better in this week's Tech Minute.

Babcox Media’s Andrew Markel stresses the importance of replacing two brake calipers when one unit goes bad to avoid differences in friction coefficients on the different sides of the vehicle. (Sponsored by Auto Value and Bumper to Bumper.)

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