I put new pads on my car and it seems that the front pads create a residue after serval starts nd stops. This causes a grinding noise. After cleaning all is ok, then after a while the grinding noise comes back and goes away after cleaning. Do I have defective pads?
Well the first thing I would ask is, did you properly seat the pads to the rotors after they were installed?
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what do you consider the proper way to seat the pads?
After the new pads are installed, the vehicle is driven to a speed of 35-40 MPH. The brakes are then firmly applied to whoa the vehicle down. This is repeated a half dozen times leaving over a minute between braking events to allow the brakes to cool down.
Did you do that?
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