its not the pads, grease, or brake lines. im pretty sure too. it happened with my 'old' brake setup which had about 20k miles on it. i have also lubed up the caliper sliding bolts a lot, and this still happens.

im willing to bet its the cable sticking somewhere.

maybe where mine broke at! who knows.

i wish i could get under my car to look and screw around with the brake cable to see if its stuck, but with all the nasty dirty snow and sand and crap under there itd just suck. not to mention were in the middle of a blizzard here....