New rotor and pads, what is going on?

DarkRattle

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So I changed the rotors to EBC rotors and the pads are hawk pads, so they come painted in black and obviously when the pads grab on they remove the paint. The problem is the LEFT rotor still has a streak of paint in the middle while the right rotor has 90% of it removed. So what's going on here?

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Is the caliper seated correctly? If it is the only thing it could be is the pad itself isn't flat.

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Is the caliper seated correctly? If it is the only thing it could be is the pad itself isn't flat.

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I'm sure it is, so there's def something wrong with the left wheel's pad contact right?
 

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In my opinion there is. I had a similar issue with a rear pad, but the caliper itself wasn't seated correctly.

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In my opinion there is. I had a similar issue with a rear pad, but the caliper itself wasn't seated correctly.

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So I took the wheel off took the caliper off and looked at it, the pads are in right, the calipers on right, and it's still same thing.. Do you think the pistons aren't pushing hard enough or something?
 

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What does the inside of the rotor look like? Is the pad making contact? Did you clean and lube the pins?

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What does the inside of the rotor look like? Is the pad making contact? Did you clean and lube the pins?

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the side of the rotor that the you can't see is being rubbed off normally, the inside looks fine, it's only the outside that looks like that, and yes its lubed.
 

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You can always take the pad off and check the surface against something flat. If it's flat I'd have to say something is sticking. The caliper relies on being able slide in order to squeeze both sides of the rotor.

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You can always take the pad off and check the surface against something flat. If it's flat I'd have to say something is sticking. The caliper relies on being able slide in order to squeeze both sides of the rotor.

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So it's slowly starting to scrape more and more of the black off.
 

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