The pads on the right sheet of paper are the Wagner oex’s that were dragging. I cannot see difference in any of the four pads. Been staring at them for 15 minutes now. Have all same part numbers on all 4. All 4 have bevel along top edge and perimeter identical when laid on each other and are flat not bowed or bent. Scratching my head.

 

Already had new hoses and rebuilt calipers when these were on before switching to the auto zone pads that appear to be fine.

 

Maybe a incorrect packed box and should have had 2 pads with ears?

 

If mispacked both sides would have dragged.

 

Most manufactures (including Ford) have now updated the brake pads and now all four pads are identical. No more inboard and outboard specific pads. There is a note in the parts catalog that states this.

 

Pad has to be defective and I don’t own caliper and micrometer to take measurements.

 

i tried some wagner pads and the fronts would NOT stop squealing under moderate pad pressure. None of them hung up, just wouldnt STFU. New set of motorcraft and all was fine. I think there's just something up with Wagner at this point. And yes, I bedded them properly, even tried other methods to be sure.

 

Rock auto will only exchange them for another set. Really don’t have any need for them now that have auto zone pads on. Guess I will eat them $35 yum. $8 bucks discounted shipping to send back for warranty replacement OEX but what will I do with them? You kind of lose faith in a part when you get bad out of the box new parts. LOL, that's why I have trust issues.

Just adding notes to be clear if anyone uses the search function for Wagner OEX review replacement information.
Ran these pads on the front of my truck for 45k miles no issues so purchased again. Noticed they changed the part number from my original set. First set were like oem and had ears on the inboard pads. New current set all 4 pads identical, no more inboard specific pads. One side dragged no matter what I did as apparent by heavy dusting on my black wheels that I keep very clean. In a bind while traveling on vacation I saw the problem was worse. Stopped at a friends shop with AutoZone elite front pads as this was only close store in his area. Did a pad slap and haven't had any dusting since. I still have the wagner oex on the rear, oem lasted 93k miles. Hopefully these stay as okay.