Installing new outboard brake pad

How freely should it slip through the caliper holder? I can barely get it to fit in the caliper holder bore. Seems to me it should move fairly freely. Do you usually need to sand the edges of the pad a bit to make this work? Thanks.

NO

Wow, what the heck am I doing wrong then? I've got a couple different brand new inboard pads and both are tight fits. The old pads I removed fit smoother. To the naked the eye they look the same diameter. I will put a mic on them and see.

Your talking about the fixed pad with the bolt in the back right ?
And it wont drop into that little pocket ?
You have it all apart and clean with the piston compressed all ready to go back together ?
Try putting it on the edge of a solid workbench or a scrap of 2/4 ,
with the pad face down, line up the bolt hole so you can get it in next ,
and "tap" on the back of the caliper half over it,
Try the bottom of a hammer handle ,,,,DON'T hit it with the hammer head.

If that doesn't work, then im stumped without seeing it.

Mike

Actually it's the other pad, the one that touches the piston. Everything is clean as a whistle. Full disassembly and rebuild of caliper, new seals, etc. I actually have 3 different brands of new pads, each one fits a little different. I'm just going to keep sanding till they slide through the caliper bore smooth.