With your caliper opened up and the pads out, now it’s time to do the work of actually replacing the brake pads. To do that, you need to swap out the retaining clips.

Slide the caliper with the outboard brake pad attached back onto the mounting bracket with the outboard brake caliper. Step 16: Lubricate Mounting Bolts. Grease the caliper’s bolts, ...

Your mechanical brakes squeeze brake pads against the central rotor, slowing your vehicle. The caliper, which holds your brake pads, slides against its mounting. Usually on two pins called slide pins.

The slide pins were both free, and the caliper wasn’t seized, but one side of the pad was stuck in the caliper bracket, causing the rear brakes to be pushed in at an angle.

As the pad moves, it pulls on the cable, thus activating the front brake a split-second after the rear one. The process is illustrated in the video below. Slidepad Brake System - How it Works ...

When brakes pads get stuck to the rotors or drums, this is when it all goes wrong. Think of it as if you are driving with one foot on the gas pedal and one on the brake pedal.