I've only ever had the problem on two Chrysler products; a Dakota and a Grand Cherokee. Both have the phenolic caliper pistons Chrysler insists on using to save a few pennies. Both rear calipers on the Grand Cherokee stuck on trips at different times. One I had to change in the parking lot of an Advance Auto parts store in 95 degree heat halfway to my destination. Never an issue on any other brand of car I owned.
So YOU are known to carry around IN YOUR CAR a big 8” C clamp too ?
It's important to be able to think and improvise when you're on the road and you don't have access to all of your tools. The lug wrench worked well enough to be able to pry the brake pads far enough apart so the old pads could be removed from the old caliper, and the new (rebuilt) caliper already had the piston retracted. No need for an eight inch C clamp.
