After changing brake pads, the car brakes seem to be activated all the time?

I changed front and rear disc brake pads on my 1998 GMC jimmy today. I took the car out for a spin, and it stops fine. The problem is that the brakes seem to be engaging the calipers all of the time, and the enging really has to work to keep the car moving. What have I done wrong?|||Just as a guess I would say that one of the brake calipers is not releasing and causing the brakes to bind. Did the calipers seem to press back into place easily? Are you sure you got all of the parts back in place correctly? Good luck.|||check the emerg. brake may be it needs to be loosened off

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|||You may have to adjust the emergency brake cable on your jimmy, research it online, it%26#039;s pretty easy. Did you bleed them?|||You need to go back and get them readjusted|||You have either installed the wrong pads so as the calipers cannot float as the pads are too wide. You have installed the calipers without proper lubrication and the calipers are stuck, thus not able to fully release the brakes. You have adjusted the park brake improperly so as to have it on all the time. I suggest you drive it and feel all 4 wheels to see which one is getting hot and these are where you have done something wrong. You can usually smell the brakes that are burning hot. Then take them apart and check for interference fits and/or binding.|||the mecanic that did the job did not bleed the brakes right and there is air on the brake lines that is why you are having problems|||There could be rust on the calliper slides that is keeping them from opening up all the way. Or, if you installed the pads with a shim on the outside of the pad. (a thin piece of metal) it may be causing the pads to stay in contact with the rotors.|||Jack the car up and spin the wheels by hand to see which one is dragging.


If it is a front, you may have a stuck caliper.


If it is a rear, the emergengy brake cable may need to be backed off.|||Valente G got it right. You did not bleed your brakes or did not do it properly|||Check your parking brake, also check the fluid reservoir for too much brake fluid. Too much fluid puts pressure on the pads. Someone else already said to make sure the pads are the right ones,and installed right.