After taking appart my car to put in new break pads, I found out the break pads are infact touching the roter is appears, after installing the new ones, same problem, the break pads seem to consistantly lightly touch the roter... this doesnt seem right? any ideas? My best thought is maybe the metal clips that hold them in are the problem, but I dono what normaly holds the breaks off.

your breaks are going to touch slightlly but you should still be able to move you wheels with your hands.. and make suer you installed the springs..

What wheels? And the anti squeel springs? Yup they are in place, I was just told they shouldnt touch at all and it made me worried, they touched this much before I installed new breaks so I dint know if it was really a problem...
Edit: Im an idiot thoes wheels, yes I can lol

This post has been edited by slipgun: Jul 9, 2004 - 3:04 PM

They are made to touch alittle bit... u can adjust them but i recommened u dont. Unless u are ogign to make ur car a mostly track then all u have to do is stick a screw driver in there and pull back it cuts down on drag. i wouldnt do it tho means the more u have to push on ur brakes to stop.

i freaked out too, i was like danget, my brakes have been touching this whole time. It's a stock thing, don't worry about it.

those clips are only $20 if you want to replace them, it includes the 4 clips for both far and near side of both front calipers, and the spring to push pads away...although non-OEM replacements generally do not have holes for the springs.