civicpark81

hey wats up guys. i recently did a pad swap on my 00' si and when i put it back together the caliper piston pinched the boot or seal. honda has a repair kit, but i wanna c if ne1 knows how to do the repair. any 411 would be helpfull

IMALLSLO

Its not to difficult but I recommend the use of compressed air to install the piston after the boot is on. If you dont have compressed air it might be a bit harder. The seals go on and off faily straight foward.

Heres the quick version:

Remove caliper assembly
Remove piston from caliper
Remove old torn boot
Remove seal from caliper
Clean piston
Install new seal and apply supplied grease to seal and piston
Install new boot
Place piston at oppening of boot and hold tight
apply compressed air to brake line hole(you need a blower with a rubber end to seal good) and same time gently push piston in.
The boot should balloon around piston
Slide the rest of the piston in,assemble on car and bleed system

Hope this helps

civicpark81

hey bro u wouldnt happen to have any illustrations by any chance do u????

IMALLSLO

rebuild tutorial here

1992Si

Have you check out the cost of a rebuilt caliper at the auto parts store. If your going thought all the trouble to remove the caliper and only change the seal, you might as well replace the caliper.

EJ8mike

^what he said

i got a rebuilt autozone caliper for only $50 with returned core, it doesn't have that nice anti-rust coating like the honda ones do though.