kimck99

Hello all,

I have a 2005 Honday Odyssey and I need to change out my brake pads. After many years, I figured it was about time I started to do some of the basic maintenance items rather than paying for it.

So, I have few questions:

1. Rotors - I have read in several sites that it may be worth buying and replacing rotors instead of resurfacing to do time and cost to resurface. The question is should you change your rotor each time you replace the pads?

2. What brand and where to purchase - I've searched for 2005 Odyssey pads & rotors and some of the brands that keep coming are Akenono, Centric, Pronto, and others.Thanks for you input.

94EG8

You don't have to do it every time, as long as the rotors aren't rusted, grooved, warped or have a big ridge at the edge you can reuse them.


If you can afford it genuine Honda is the way to go (you can usually get pretty good prices by ordering though majestic honda -> hondaautomotiveparts.com Whatever you do, don't buy cheap, generic whitebox rotors, sometimes they have fitment issues and they almost always warp.

kimck99

Thanks for the input. I will stay with the genuine Honda rotors.

As for the brake pads, is it safe to say that non-genunie parts are OK? If so, any suggestions?

TODAwhore

Stay with Honda pads, aftermarket pads are noisy..

94EG8

My suggestion as well, they all aftermarket pads aren't noisy, but a lot are.

Btw, make sure when you change the pads and rotors you clean up the anti rattle clips in the holder/caliper brackets (wire wheel on a drill works great) and make sure the slide pins move freely (if you have to lubricate them use silicone brake grease and nothing else, neverseize and white grease turn to glue within a couple of weeks)

99blackcivicSi

honda pads always come with new shims as well i can't say the same for the aftermarket pads even better quality like akebono don't come with them depends on the car i would still with factory, i mean you did get 5 years out of your brakes being your vehicle is an 05 can't go wrong with that.

kimck99

Thanks all for the input.

To clarify, my brakes are not the original. I wish they lasted that long. I live on a pretty high hill and I go through brakes about 1-1.5 years. So, I wanted to reduce my expenses and decided to do the brakes myself.