I just installed some new pads and rotors on my civic? How much tension is normal after doing this? I threw it all together and the left rear spins with some tension but not bad. I put the passegner rear together and teh wheel is locked up, cant spin the hub by hand. Not sure whats causing it, i turned the piston all the way back in a lil more than needed. Did i skip a step?

 

try taking the caliper loose again and see if it spins then. if it does maybe the pad is not lined up with the piston correctly or maybe bad caliper.

 

caliper was good, just need new pads / rotor. I will double check to make sure the piston is lined up with the pad, but i'm pretty sure i had that good

 

one more question, should the pad with teh squealer be on the inside or outside of the rotor?

 

last time that happent to me it was the caliper brakeck, the pins where froze so they would'nt move, check the pins if the go in and out with ease

 

the pad with the squealer goes in the inside

 

k i had one set of pads backwards, fix those

yea 2 caliper slides were frozen, got them all freed up and working smootly

 

good job