# Honda CRV Brakes

**URL:** <https://community.cartalk.com/t/honda-crv-brakes/6511>\
**Category:** Maintenance/Repairs\
**Created:** [October 27, 2007, 10:02pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/honda-crv-brakes/6511 "2007-10-27T22:02:50Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![widow47](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/7ba0ec/32.png) [@widow47](https://community.cartalk.com/u/widow47)\
**Post date:** [October 27, 2007, 10:02pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/honda-crv-brakes/6511/1 "2007-10-27T22:02:50Z")

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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?

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**Author:** ![Tester](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/tester/32/15976_2.png) [@Tester](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Tester)\
**Post date:** [October 27, 2007, 10:13pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/honda-crv-brakes/6511/2 "2007-10-27T22:13:21Z")

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Well the first thing I would ask is, did you properly seat the pads to the rotors after they were installed?

Tester

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**Author:** ![widow47](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/7ba0ec/32.png) [@widow47](https://community.cartalk.com/u/widow47)\
**Post date:** [October 27, 2007, 11:08pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/honda-crv-brakes/6511/3 "2007-10-27T23:08:13Z")

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what do you consider the proper way to seat the pads?

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**Author:** ![Tester](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/tester/32/15976_2.png) [@Tester](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Tester)\
**Post date:** [October 27, 2007, 11:36pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/honda-crv-brakes/6511/4 "2007-10-27T23:36:00Z")

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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?

Tester