sallydrive

Today I replaced all 4 pads and the front rotors and I went for a quick test drive afterwords, the response was not at all good but i suspected that because i switched to low dust pads

..as I got out of the car and walked over i saw smoke coming out of both rears and the passenger side was RED HOT.

I feel so stupid, what did I do wrong?! Someone please help!!

Sango

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The brakes stop the same as the dust one. The feel is different however it feels better linear to control.

Caliper seized? sounds like the brakes never let go.

Boostd

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Did you release the parking brake????

whitebeast

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Was about asking same thing

Slammer1

Sounds like the parking brake was on or there is something wrong with it. Did you change the brake hardware at the same time? Rears are only a minimal amount of the braking force applied and certainly shouldn't have gotten that hot. I would recommend you take them back apart and take a look (if you didn't leave the e-brake on).

JasonChang

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sometimes people are too excited after got new stuff on the car and forget something else

ISmak4

I'm not sure if this applies to you, but when I got my brakes and rotors replaced I was warned that the first bit of driving the car that does happen(smoke) since manufacturers put a layer of who knows what over new products, it should go away after a day or two of driving, if not just bring it back and explain it to them.

sr20mofo

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not enough info from op

too many variables that couldve gone wrong. but its a pretty simple diy.

like others said, u couldve left the parking brake on but then again theres a beep that lets u know its on when the car is in motion.

2slixx

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New pads/ rotors normally smoke up for the first time but red hot? You probably had e-brake on the whole time?

sallydrive

No that was my first thought but the E-Brake was only on when I did the pad replacement. E-Brake was defentintly off becuase if I put the car in drive it still rolls.

I kept the car in the garage overnight to let the brakes cool. I'll take that brake apart and take a look at it again.

Menthol

Due to the IS's handbrake being next to the foot, I always have a tendency of not remembering to release it until the sound comes on -__-"

whitebeast

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keep us a update

sallydrive

Update: I took the rears apart. The brake that had heated up was jammed (the pads). So I had to hammer it out. Once I hammered it out I pushed the piston back and released the parking break (while the car was on jacks) and then re-lubed and put everything out, same for the other side as precaution. Then watered the pad and rotor itself because it was dust or something because of the excessive heat. Now it's all fine did a break test and did some hard break tests and jams, car responded better.

As for the Low-Dust breaks, they take some wearing in to feel the response better, for me about 30 miles did the trick.

2slixx

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Glad to hear it was nothing serious!