Took my car out for the first time after installing new centric altima rotors, z31 brackets, hawk hp+ pads, new reman S14 rear calipers and PBM rear knuckles. I noticed right away the car did not want to roll very easily. I thought it was maybe the e-brake dragging so unhooked the lines but that did nothing. Then I thought maybe they'll loosen up a bit after going to the gas station since I needed gas anyway and it's just 2 miles down the road. After pulling into the station I smell burning brakes and see smoke coming from my rotors. This is what I saw when looking at the rear rotors on both sides.

The pads were clearly dragging and not sitting flat against the rotor.
Then I remembered I noticed this issue when I was putting everything together with my old calipers. Notice the gap towards the inside of the pad. The rotor is bolted down and the ebrake is pulled in this pic.

It looks like it's not caliper related since I replaced those with new remans and am having the same issue.
Anyone know what could be causing this? Would hate to have wasted money on new stuff only to find out this setup is junk
I also replaced my old auto brake pedal with a manual one and the old brake master cylinder with a z31 mc. Running Z brakes in the front. with no issues there. The pedal is a little spongy but I believe I just need to bleed them a little more.
Any help is greatly appreciated.

The pads were clearly dragging and not sitting flat against the rotor.
Then I remembered I noticed this issue when I was putting everything together with my old calipers. Notice the gap towards the inside of the pad. The rotor is bolted down and the ebrake is pulled in this pic.

It looks like it's not caliper related since I replaced those with new remans and am having the same issue.
Anyone know what could be causing this? Would hate to have wasted money on new stuff only to find out this setup is junk

I also replaced my old auto brake pedal with a manual one and the old brake master cylinder with a z31 mc. Running Z brakes in the front. with no issues there. The pedal is a little spongy but I believe I just need to bleed them a little more.
Any help is greatly appreciated.
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