Old May 21, 2005 | 07:08 PM
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Default New brakes and rotors hanging up...normal??????

Well, i finally got my brembos in. Installed then on the car today. Everything went pretty smooth, took me a while to figure out how to install the rears . Couldnt figure out how to get the piston pressed in because my c-clamp wouldnt go that big. So it just fit in without compressing it.

Anyway, installed both front and rear. With my new c-8's. Went for a test ride and before i even got out of the garage i felt something different. Before when in neutral, no brake the car would roll down my drive way since its on a slant. Now even if i give it a little gas the car wants to stop. Its as though my e-brake or front brakes are on a little constantly. I can be going 30mph in any gear, push in the clutch, and you can feel the brakes are on a little. The pads are sooo much thicker though. Before i had to pull my e-brake all the way up when parked for it not to roll, now about 1/4-1/2 way its as high as it goes. Did it really matter that i didnt compress the rear pistons in the calipers? I dont think it does.

Did i mess something up for them to "hang up" or is this normal until they break in? i was talking to some friends and one said its normal untill they break in, the other 2 said something is wrong. I only drove the car less than 5 miles to and from work, so they are not "broken in".

Please respond soon, i dont want to drive it if something is wrong.

BTW they pads are AXXIS, and rotors are Brembo's.

Sorry for all the questions, but i have done quite a few other break jobs and none felt like this afterwards.
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