[dandydon]

Hi, All. My forester was having brake squeal like crazy so I changed out the front pads and now the left front must not be returning right 'cause after a short run I checked the rotor and it was scalding hot. My infrared thermometer says about 208 degrees! Pad kit with new anti-rattle shims are Duralast Ceramic. When I tried installing inner pad, it was so hard to get in that I mangled the new shim so put the old one back and pad was still difficult to install but only took a few minutes to get it to set right. I checked by having wife pump pedal and saw caliper moving in/out (not a lot but they are new pads) so I chalked it up to fact of the new pad thickness. Squeal went away but old pads still had plenty of material left. What am I missing? Is it possible the caliper is bad; although I checked it off the rotor with stick over the pistons to prevent them blowing out and they seemed to be o.k. Because of how hard the left front was to get in with new shims on the right side I just put the pads in with some brake grease using the old shims. That side doesn't overheat. Could pads on other side need some filing; maybe getting stuck against rotor? Any help appreciated, thanks.