I've done tons of brake jobs for people over the years but have never worked on Hondas. A friend of mine asked me to do the front brakes on his 02 Accord EX. He's buying new parts, rotors and pads. Anything out of the ordinary I need to know? Do the calipers have any special bolts? Or just the typical stuff I see on other cars? Thanks.

 

The brakes on your friend's car are as easy as can be.

Front: Remove lower caliper bolt, swing the caliper up and remove old pads. Use a c-clamp and one of the old pads to push the piston back in, while your friend watches the brake fluid resevoir to make sure it doesn't overflow. Install new pads+shims+optional anti-squeel grease, lower the caliper, reinstall lower caliper bolt. Done.

Rear (for future reference): Remove both caliper bolts, and pull caliper from bracket. (Use wire to hang the caliper out of the way.) Remove old pads and shims. Use needle-nose pliers to rotate the piston back in (just screw it back in). Align the piston so that one of the grooves matches up with the tab on the pad. Install new pads and shims, bolt caliper back on. Done.

*Always make sure the brake resevoir is not overflowing when you are pushing/screwing the caliper back in.
*Pump brakes to bring the pads in contact with the discs again. If you don't do this, you won't be able to stop the car...

Torque specs for caliper bolts:
4-cyl, front: 54 ft-lbs
6-cyl, front: 36 ft-lbs
all, rear: 19 ft-lbs.


Modified by philadd at 2:44 PM 2/22/2006

 

ask for the disk, there's two screws holding it down.

don't bother with a screwdriver because it's not going to budge, use a impact driver insteat. there's 2-3 more bolt in the back, you'll know which one just by seeing back of the dust shield.

 

I'm just wondering if the caliper bolts are regular bolts or do I need a special socket?

 

you just need a regular, metric socket or wrench. I forget what size. 12 or 14mm.

Oops, sorry, I forgot you mentioned rotors... Thankfully iam7head posted that part.

 

yea 6th gen accord front brake jobs are easy. 5th gens are a different story. my 97 2.2CL has the same brake setup as the 5th gen EX and the front brakes were such a bitch. luckily for 6th gen owners honda redesigned the front brakes.