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Originally Posted by waitingforcolumbus
My co-worker said this happened to him on his 99. The brand new pads were dragging to the pint they were smoking. He said when he removed the new pads, the backing plate was different than the original pads. The backing plate was dragging on something.
I've never seen mine and I can't remember exactly what he said. Would they drag on guide pins? The piston will certainly push the pad out but the pads need to float when you release the brake.
Good luck.
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these pads have no backing plate...the pad body[steel] is all there is...I coat the pad body with anti sieze compound..this prevents any pad/braking noises....
it is true many a time , the sticking of the NEW pads may very well be from poor quality of the pad steel body...I have on many occations filed the pad body to seat correctly with minimum binding in the caliper housing..when they manufacture these steel componets they do not take the time to properly finish the edges these BURRS can and do catch on the caliper guide s/steel ...