I bought a 91 crx si that needs brakes so i took them apart and the passenger side only had one pad and the caliper was shot from being pushed out to far. So heres my problem, I went out and bought new rotors pads and a passenger side caliper.
When I bought the pads I compaired the new ones with the old ones and they where different. Than I went to put the rotor on and the hub is to big for the rotor. So my question is did the guy at AutoZone give me the wrong parts or do I have some kind of brake swap? On my crx the calipers where grinded down and I don't know if the other owner did it for a fitting reason or cosmetic reason. I'll post some pics and I hope you guys can help.

newpad

old pad

side by side

the hub

the new caliper


driver side

 

I had the same issue...well with brake pads not matching. When I went to buy pads for my 91 si. I think there are differences between models.

 

yeah if the 91 pads didnt fit maybe someone swapped calipers, try 89 pads I know they are different

 

Im not sure if this is true for the crx si but the hatch si stock brakes do not have a bracket that goes over the rotor that setup looks like the brakes off and ex or a DA integra the calipers should have some sort of casting numbers on them which can give you a better idea of where they came from

 

i think im going to take the pads to the parts store and see fi i can compair the da and ex pads but the rotors are to small for the hub too so do u think the whole thing is swaped out ?
this is driving me nut thanks for all the help

 

you got the right pads and caliper for your car, the previous owner swapped for integra calipers/knuckles tho.

thats why its grinded down too, to fit his 14" wheels probably.

 

thank you very much. im guessing its all da brake stuff. i want to post pics tomorrow of how the old pads wore down. im going to go back to auto zone and compare the parts before i buy them i hope this is it. and my last question is if i do have the da calipers/knuckles that mean i need all da parts right just want to check so i dont have to go through this again

 

you should just have DA knuckles, and calipers. because thats all you need to do the swap.

 

well i bought the old pads to autozone and they werent da pads they where 88-91 4dr ex pads so i guess i got the ex set up thanks for the ill let you know how it all goes when all my parts come in

 

just curious, did you physically hold a civic EX and DA pad in hand and see they were different?

i thought they were the same, but i never physically compared. just assumed they were....

 

yea i had my old pads when i went to the store and i had them take out da and ex pads the da pads where a diffent shape and the ex ones where a perfic match. i went back today to get the right rotors and the ex rotors where to small so i need the da rotors and i ordered the ex calpair so what do i really have
da rotors
ex pads and ex calipers

 

thats really odd because the part numbers for the EX and DA rotors are the same...
http://www.norcalcrx.org/tyson...t.gif

http://www.slhondaparts.com/br...7-A00

http://www.acuraoemparts.com/d...ch=no

and so are the brake pads...

the previous owner did something weird or the parts store is not giving the right parts.

either way, it looks like you got a working system at least.

but im pretty convinced the EX and DA brakes are the same.


Modified by Tyson at 4:21 PM 10/22/2008

 

yea i know this is all weird its really a nightmare if you ask me if i could have i would have jsut found stock crx knuckles and call it a day but its hard to find older hondas around me
but tyson thanks for all the help

at the part store the LADY pulled out da pads and ex pads and the ex pads worked but than today the same lady told me there where no ex in there system eather way i should have it al tegether tomorrow night

are the ex and da calipers the same casue i ordered a da

 

the part numbers show them to be the same. i know the calipers are the same. the pad have to be the same. i do remember checking myself now.

NON-EX sedan rotors are different than other crx and civic rotors btw. actually smaller diam slightly, but thicker, more meat.

i really dont know what you have man.

 

i think the lady at the counter just didnt know what she was looking at but thanks for all your help

tomorrow i want to post a pic of the old pads they seem to of weared weird these a little lip in the top of the pad