Noticed a small grinding noise in the rear right side the other day - took the tahoe in as I figured it probably was about time for new pads. The local Brakes Plus told me my pads were in pretty good shape but I had a sticking caliper ($300ish) which also meant I needed to buy new rotors and pads too. Around $800 is a bit much for what I had in mind. Told me I could just do the pads but the slight pressure would just wear down that right brake a lot faster.

I asked him if he could just take apart the caliper and clean it, etc. - never done one myself but I've heard of a lot of other people doing that. He gave me a wishy-washy answer about how either they didn't do that or it couldn't be done because they don't make parts like they used to. That answer didn't really fill me with confidence, so I said I'd think about it and left without doing anything yet.

Is this something I can do fairly easily myself? If not, any recommendations on a shop in SE Denver Metro? I'd like to start with putting new pads on and trying to clean that caliper to see if I can get it unstuck.

This comes just a couple days within my kids breaking the rear glass liftgate. Apparently after I had just cleaned the car they were thinking it was a good idea to play "hide the whatever" outside in the driveway and my tahoe was a favorite spot until the liftgate broke. Looks like the hinge is epoxied or something to the liftgate and it snapped off, so I'm likely going to need a whole new piece of glass. Sigh.