If money is not an issue, just replace the calipers and the rubber brake lines. It does cost more, but saves tons of labor related work. If it was my car, my wife would be upsetthat I did not do it right, safety wise. I also would not send her on the road with a potentially ready to blow caliper.
Where I live, I do not encounter salted roads, but I did have a caliper sieze up on me a month ago. The dust boot was torn, and we did have lots of rain. Rust made it sieze up. The smell of hot brakes and a hot rear wheel confirmed the siezed caliper. It was the inboard piston that siezed.
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RRGrassi
70's Southern Pacific #5608 Fairmont A-4 MOW car
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