rear brake job? Options

[bdog_v]

Hello I just swapped my rear brake pads and rotors for new ones on my 94 gt. One side turned out like brakes normally do new, the wheel turns by hand with a little resistance. The other side is a different story. I could not turn the wheel with both hands at all and I had to pound the caliper to get it on even though I had the piston pressed in all the way. I tried the old rotor and it was the same so its not the new rotor.

-Can a poorly made set of brake pads cause this from being too thick?

-It looks like the outside pad is too thick, that's my guess.... I got the pads from rock auto so I can't just take em back.....

-ANyone experienced something similar?

thanks,
Brandon

[cyberblader1130]

Check the slides on the caliper. They could be seized, you can try cleaning and re-greasing them. I just worked on my brakes a few hours ago and i was having a tough time with my rear brakes also. My slides on 1 side were seized and it was difficult to turn the rotor with the caliper on. Cleaned + greased them and i was good to go.