Help please!

[micka]

I bought some comline brake pads a while ago, put them in correctly, then realised the driver side wheel had smoke coming from it as the pads were binding making the wheel unfree.

So i took them out and put them in again, and same thing happened. So then i bought some blueprint pads and the same thing is happening again!

My caliper is free and pushes in and out with ease. So i put my old pads back in which are 2/3 worn and my car braking system works perfectly! what can be causing this to happen?

Do i grind the new pads down to eliminate this problem as they are too thick maybe? Someone please help, cheers.

 

[frank]

if it,s only affecting the one side, it,ll be a caliper problem surely ?

 

[Hyundai]

Well, grinding them isn't a very good idea. You'll never get it as evenly surfaced as they are now. I'm not too sure why it is smoking though.

 

[micka]

My dad is pi ssed off aswell now lol!

The caliper is free, the piston goes in and out easily. If its the caliper why is it driving fine now that i have put my standard original worn pads back in?

My dad also cant understand this aswell as ME!

???

 

[Hyundai]

I don't understand what you mean by making the wheel unfree? - Even though it smokes, does the vehicle still stop okay? Maybe they need worn in

 

[micka]

When i put the new pads in, the disk and pads smokes when i drive off after a while at the driverside wheel only binding. But that caliper works fine and piston goes in and out with ease.

But when i put my old pads back in, all works well?

Why???

 

[Hyundai]

I really have no conclusion to this, it doesn't make a lot of sense to me. Make sure to bleed your braking system, then try the new pads.

 

[micka]

bleed it so many times now, im confused totally man!

 

[frank]

bleed it so many times now, im confused totally man!

micka, does the wheel spin freely when you fit the new pads ?

 

[micka]

No Frank

 

[frank]

No Frank

that caliper is obviously not fully retracting or not centered to the disc then
i personally would,nt have driven the car with a binding brake tbh fwn