On my driver side I had a lot of drag and when I pulled caliper off the pads were wedged so tight in caliper bracket had to pry them out. Had to remove caliper bracket and grind down to add clearance so pads would not bind. On passengers side I could pull pads out by hand. So the clearances between pads and caliper brackets need to be checked and if too tight grind some off.
Not sure what you mean about some brake cable bracket not being even?