ok can somebody tell me where I went wrong


when I press my brake pad down it goes lower than it normally was
the new breaks work kinda but I have to press down a little harder
any reason why it is like that


I already pressed the brake down repeatidly after finishing brakes

 

The rear brakes set the pedal height. Clean/adjust your rear brakes. If you can pump the pedal and it comes back up then there is air in the system and will require bleeding or a new master cylinder. On rare occasions a proportioning valve will become stuck. Brake fluid should be replaced every 30k miles.

 

did you unseize the slider pins?

 

yes I have unseized them

 

ok I will try bleeding them

 

Replace all fluid. It works just like bleeding but you keep pumping until the fresh fluid shows at each wheel.

If you have a manual shift replace the brake fluid in the clutch hydraulics as well.

The rear brakes auto adjust when you go reverse and hit the brake.

The e-brake levers inside the drums can get stuck and make the rear brakes drag. I just did our brakes yesterday and I had to put the plate that contains the e-brake lever and auto adjust into a vice, spray it with PB blaster. I had to pry on the e-brake lever (looks like a 2 tine fork) to make it move.

 

Mazda brakes😩