Can anybody share their secret of taking their brake rotor out? I have a 96 Honda Accord, LX. The car shakes when I brake at around 60 miles per hour on a slope.

Please advice. Is it the brake or something else?

 

yeah your rotors are warped, I just had to get my fronts changed it was 3.5 hours labour

 

Before I would spend the money having the rotors changed.... I would see if your local Honda dealer could machine them for you. One of the required tools for the dealer is an On-Car-Brake Lathe.... it cuts the rotor without removing it. Not too costly... 150-200 bucks including new front pads.

 

correct me if im wrong, but im almost positive that the 5th and up generation accords are rotor-over-hub. In that case, take the caliper off, then take the two Philips head screws out (connect the rotor to hub) and wallah, rotor comes off. In cho76ers case, he has a 4th gen (like my car) and that is a hub-over-rotor which is completely different.

 

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Correcting you:

All 5th Generation accords are Hub Over Rotor. I just did the job myself and had to use a 100-ton farm press to press out the hub from the knuckle on both sides and then take the rotors off and replace them. Or machine, your call, mine were too warped to machine.

SIDE NOTE: If you have some extra money, replace the knuckles on your accord with Acura CL knuckles (the car that resembles our car but only came in a two door variation from Acura). They use rotor over hubs and it's not that expensive.

 

hmm, must be the 6th and up gens then. thanks for the correction though.

 

if u know how to change the brakes yourself and put everythign back.. at autozone they have this claw like tool you can rent and get your money back when u return it.. that u put on the rotor and then start screwing it in and it will start pulling the rotor off.. thats all i did . i have a 97 accord

 

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u talking bout a 2/3 jaw puller?..will that make enough force to remove ur rotor??

 

it had enough force to remove mine

i just went to autzone, told them im having trouble with my rotor and they had a tool for it.. i mean it isnt a tool specially for rotors.. its for antyhing that needs to be pulled off but u cant with your own force. if you ask them and they act like they dont know what your talkign about.. just tell them it looks like a claw lol.