Freelander 2 (LR2) New rear brake pads sticking

Evening all

Today I worked my way around my FL2 fitting new brake pads.
I did the front 2 first resetting the piston etc. Took it for a test drive and all was fine, just the usual bedding in feeling.
Then I did the rears resetting the piston both sides.
Took it for another test drive but something didn’t feel right. As I approached 50/60mph it felt like I was dragging something, there was some vibration too but no lights on dash . I thought it was maybe a flat tyre. I pulled over and I had the windows down so I could smell that hot brake whiff. No flat tyre.
I checked the brake fluid level which was fine. I pushed the brake pedal and it went to the floor but then when pumped went back to where it should be with plenty of resistance.
I had no choice but to drive the 2 miles back home with same dragging feeling.
Feeling rather confused as I’m not sure what I’ve done wrong.

if anyone else has experienced this and managed to resolve it let me know please

cheers in advance

Sounds like the caliper is sticking. This is shows up most when the pads have been replaced.
A replacement caliper will solve the issue.
I've had to replace all 4 of mine.

I assume it's when winding the piston back it gets jammed.
Would that cause the pedal to go to the floor though?

What's the procedure for the handbrake adjustment on the Freebie 2 when you do the brakes? Is it likely that it is in need of adjustment?

paul99 said:

What's the procedure for the handbrake adjustment on the Freebie 2 when you do the brakes? Is it likely that it is in need of adjustment?

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It depends on the year of manufacture.
Up to 2012 the FL2 used a conventional hand operated parking brake, where the shoes are inside the bell of the rotor. So a pad change is the same as on the front.
After the 2012 update, the parking brake became electric, operated through an electromechanical caliper. These require the parking brake actuator to be put in service mode, which retracts the electric parking mechanism, before the pistons are pushed back in the normal way.
The OP didn't specify which system he had.