replaced the brake pads on 05 TL 6spd with brembos, brakes feel engaged all the time.

[holden j caufield]

so normally when I put it in neutral the car will back out of the driveway pretty fast because it's sloped. Now it goes real slowly like the brakes are engaged. The pads, and shims were put on correctly. Course I had to push back the pistons a bit to slide the new pads in. Am I missing something?

 

[Fenixgoon]

are the pads rubbing up against the brake discs?

 

[woodie1]

I suspect you still have some air in the line(s).

 

[holden j caufield]

are the pads rubbing up against the brake discs?

definitely feels like it.

 

[BassBomb]

check if the pads are rubbing without application

i had an issue with my front raysbestos pads for 2007 accord, according to the catalog they were the right size, but they had to be grinded down so they wouldnt rub

 

[JulesMaximus]

Did you remove the cover of the brake fluid reservoir when you pushed the pistons back in the calipers?

 

[holden j caufield]

Did you remove the cover of the brake fluid reservoir when you pushed the pistons back in the calipers?

no

 

[overst33r]

bleed your brakes and get back to us.

 

[JulesMaximus]

no

There's your problem. You have too much pressure in the system. Remove the reservoir cap on the brake master cylinder and get that extra fluid out.

 

[holden j caufield]

There's your problem. You have too much pressure in the system. Remove the reservoir cap on the brake master cylinder and get that extra fluid out.

yep, just bled the system. This would have done it but it was due for a bleeding anyways.

 

[JulesMaximus]

bleed your brakes and get back to us.

He shouldn't have to bleed them. As long as he didn't remove the brake lines there shouldn't be any air in the system.

Edit-It will get the pressure out of the system though.

 

[overst33r]

He shouldn't have to bleed them. As long as he didn't remove the brake lines there shouldn't be any air in the system.

Edit-It will get the pressure out of the system though.

guess you're right, but when changing brake pads, you might as well bleed the brakes... it's like doing the waterpump when you're doing the timing belt. just makes sense to.

 

[brblx]

are the pads rubbing up against the brake discs?

the pads are always touching the disc. that's one of the reason discs typically feel more responsive than drums.

I suspect you still have some air in the line(s).

this would not cause his problem.

Did you remove the cover of the brake fluid reservoir when you pushed the pistons back in the calipers?

this does not cause any problem. the master cylinder will vent on it's own, the cap is designed for it.

i would take the brakes back apart and make sure that both the pad slides and caliper slides are moving properly. you didn't have to use force to get the caliper back on, did you? perhaps the aftermarket pads are a bit thicker than stock.

if you can't find anything that would be causing the pads to stick, maybe you've got a bad caliper. i've seen people damage calipers while pushing the piston back in, though i'm not sure how the hell they did it. your old pads weren't completely gone, were they? (i.e. caliper piston was pretty much extended to the max)