Not just cardone (though they are generally the worst) but I've had problems with centric and nugeon remans on various vehicles in the shop.FYI,
Saw a lot of guys reporting issues with the Cardone reman 43mm calipers. Points to a potential reman issue with Cardone. Had a few folks chime in on the
"79-04 Mustang HPDE & Autocross" FB group that experienced caliper lockup with them. One guy locked up on track, another guy had one lock up after setting parking brake. Have heard of a few other examples as well.
Something you might want to keep an eye out for if you are running a cardone reman.
Have not heard of issues with the standard 38mm calipers.
I won't even put reman calipers on the rear of Mazda anymore. Every time I did they leak.