When I changed rear pads and rotors on 2001 S10 blazer I lubed all the pins and the brakes seem to be to tight and smell hot after test drive is this normal?

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2026-03-12 08:15

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Hard to say. When burnishing in new pads, you should make 20-30 stops on flat roads going from 25 mph to a stop and allowing time for the rotors to cool as needed. A burning smell is not necessarily abnormal however.

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