My rear brake pads are touching my rotor on my car while the ebrake is off. Is this normal? if not, how big of a gap should there be

 

anyone?

 

your rear rotors might be warped

 

I just got new rotors so i don't think thats the problem

thanks for the reply though

 

what do you mean "touching" is it actually grabbing and the brakes are giving resistance to the car/wheels? or do you just mean that the clearance between the pads/rotors/caliper are very near the rotor/appear to be very close/touching the pads?

its not like a mountain bike/bike where when you release the brake lever the brake pads spread a lot apart from the rim.... if thats what your thinking it should be.. not sure if I'm understanding your question correctly.. is it actually grabbing/applying the brake when the e-brake is off?

put your car in gear, put wheel chocks on the front tires.. jack your car up and support it on jack stands.. and release the e-brake.. now spin the rear tires by hand and see if they spin freely w/ the E-brake down.. if they spin freely your OK.. there isn't much visual clearance between the pads and rotor..





[Modified by GSRaCeRbOI, 5:12 PM 11/25/2002]

 

thanks for the info i will have to try this out.

The pads just looked like they were touching. Im not sure if they are grabbing or not. thanks for the detailed response