Okay so if you've read my recent posts you'll know that I'mm finally getting the bird out for some test runs and working out the bugs. Here's another one. My front brake pads were a little tight going in, but didnt seem to be too tight. Guess I was wrong becasue about 10 minutes into the ride I could feel the brakes dragging the car down. By the time I got home (5 minutes later), the pads were producing a nice blue smoke and a smell that didn't please the wife.

Upon inspection I found the inner pad on both sides were burnt and thinner now.

I noticed that the distance between the caliper pistion and the disk for the inner pads seem to be smaller than the distance for the outer pads, yet the pads I put in are the same size.

So are the pads supposed to be the same size or are the the inner pads supposed to be thinner? If the are supposed to be the same size, why would the inner pads smoke?

One point I should make is that I rebuilt the calipers with all new pistons and seals. Maybe I did something wrong when I rebuilt them?

They seem to work well otherwise.

Thanks.