Well, for some reason, the new front brake pads I purchased for my replacement project will NOT for the life of me slip into place. I've pushed the pistons in as much as I can, and they seem flush with their caliper holes that they're in, but I just can't get the new thick pads in!?

Does anybody have some helpful suggestions here? This was very aggravating because it seemed like if I only had fractions of a millimmeter more of clearance they would have gone in? I had to abandon the project for the night and I can't drive now. What's going on here?

Were the new pads I bought bogus or something, and too thick? Perhaps the rotor was deformed somehow at the outer edge so that it is thicker than it came from the factory originally? Anybody have some ideas here? I'm really frustrated.

Any help PLEASE!?