Confound it!! So I was all set to replace clutch master and slave cyls
today on my 94 Civic, and hit a massive NYC pothole on the way to my
friends' garage (level, enclosed). Shortly after the pothole I hear this
scraping sound from my left front wheel, worse when I braked.

So I get to the garage and get the wheel off to discover that the
outside pad is worn completely down, compared with the right wheel which
has still thick pads with tens of thousands of miles left on them. The
pothole must have knocked out the last vestiges of the pad, thereby
causing the backing plate to score the rotor. DAMN! I don't think it's
scored too badly to use--a bit within the outside half-inch of the
rotation. I expect the new pads would seat OK after a few thousand
miles. I'll sand it a tad to deglaze--180-grit OK?

OK, I flip the caliper up and find that the damned piston is stuck
extended. The other side is retracted as it should be. Looks like I get
to do my brakes now, too. Hell, may as well get my hands even dirtier...
I'm game. Too bad my wife and I have to take the train to our
Thanksgiving destination...

Q is this: I didn't have time to deal with disconnecting the brake line
to see if it's the hose that's frozen (it bends fine, but I guess that
wouldn't tell me much). How should I proceed? Hose or caliper? I don't
have the ability to spend days running back and forth between the car
and the auto parts store, which would have to order the parts anyway, so
I'd rather order more and return what I don't need.

It appeared that the hose is in several sections. Is there a likely
section that gets plugged? I've checked Majestic and SL Honda online,
and can't find a front caliper assembly in the parts list. I'm in the
right section, but no caliper listed, and the ominous "some of the parts
displayed may no longer be available" note on the diagram. I can't find
the hoses at all. HELP! Any problem getting these parts through my local
auto-parts place?

An item of note: the piston doesn't screw in on the front. Don't know
about the back, but I can just use a C-clamp on the front. BTW, I picked
up Bendix "OEM" pads before I thought to check if the caliper was
stuck--these OK?

Thanks as always for the collective wisdom here. I'd be less confident
without you.