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I changed my front disc brakes the other day with new rotors and new pads. Everything bolted up fine and i spun the wheels and i didn't hear and grinding. But now when i drive to work and if i get on the freeway and get it up past 70 when i get to the street light at the end i have a weird oily, melting smell from my front brake area, now i don't exactly know what the problem is so any help would be great. I just thought i should post it on this place since it was the last thing i changed.

Did you clean the rotors before you installed them? But the smell is normal. Itll go away. It almost smells like burnt clutch right?

I wiped them down, but i didn't spray them with any solvent. Since i drive a auto, i couldn't tell you want burnt clutch smells like. Should i have just used brake cleaner on them to clean them before i installed them?

what you're smelling is just the protective oil on them...itll burn off and then you wont smell it again...........also the pads will smell for a short time too...so you're probably getting it from both pads and rotors...

Gotcha as long as there is nothing to worry about then good.

As long as the brakes are working fine....

Just for future reference get a can of brake clean and spay them down before install. It is only about $2 at Wally World. I always spray them whether they look like they have oil/protective film or not. It is cheap insurance.