Brakes are HOT

[jaydawg74]

Has anyone had to grind down the tabs on their new pads to get them to work right?



I installed new brake pads on my 01' today and had a bear of a time getting the new pads to fit into the slides/bracket. When I drove later on, the brakes, especially the driver side were HOT. VERY hot! I could smell them burning as I went down the road and when I stopped to check it out, I could feel the heat coming off of the rotor. Later on, they began so squeal.



So I'm thinking that I should take them apart and grind the tabs down a bit so they actually SLIDE in the slide instead of having to be tapped in with a hammer! I probably should hone or sand down the rotors too.



I used new slides. Did not do anything with the rotors. Used Wagner Thermo Quiet pads QC833 Ceramic. Greased the slides.



Any thoughts? Am I missing something else?

 

[RedRanger 7]

Caliper pistons seated all the way in? The bore may be pitted and they arent sliding in the bore at allnline:nline:

 

[scott degroot]

If you have to grind on the ears of the pads to get them to fit then they are defective. The pads will fit very snug though

 

[jaydawg74]

I compressed the pistons fully. Didn't see any problems with them. The truck is stopping great. Calipers seem to be working well.

 

[Richard L]

You either have the wrong pads, or perhaps they had a burr on the tab that was causing the pads stick/bind and were not allowing the caliper and pads to float/slide. That may have caused the pads to drag on the rotor too much and that will generate a lot of heat.



I also recommend that you lubricate all the tabs and sliding parts with a high temperature brake grease. Brake squealing is caused by vibration through a non-lubricated, dry metal-to-metal contact and that's the first tip off that something is sticking.



...Rich

 

[Scott Tanner]

the pads I get for the wife's Milan are that way- always had to grind them. check your sliders, make sure they're free. wire brush behind your anti-rattle clips on the caliper brackets.

 

[Norm Reeves]

Had a Ranger that had same prob......needed new calipers....pistons were stuck

in the bores.



Watchit, Jerra....I'll be married 55 years come July!:grin:

 

[David Batten]

My rear pads/calipers on my 04 did the same. The Calipers were not relaxing after the breaks were pressed a few times. I also had a hard time getting the calipers compressed all the way for new pads and rotors. I then replaced the calipers and everything worked normally after that.

I bought the truck used, so no idea if the calipers were still original or not. Had 104k miles when I changed them.

Also Advanced Auto parts had the wrong Calipers in there system and they had to search different year/model to find the correct pair.

 

[jaydawg74]

Turned out to be the driver side caliper. Swapped it out, bled em', Ground down all four pads. Running like a champ now!



Thanks guys!