Hey is it really necessary to use an impact screw driver to remove brakes
or can i use a regular one to remove the philips screws holding
it together??

Any advice on how to loosen the bolts holding the calliper those suckers are tooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo tight

thanks for all the input people

 

impact is your best bet you can try a normal one but it never worked for me i wound up having to drill my screws out cause they wouldnt budge even with two days of pb blaster

 

Just drill them out and don't replace because they are completely unnecessary.

 

^^ both answers are good. MANUAL impact driver is your friend. I got 3 out of 4 screws out with mine. Last one I had to drill out, breaking one bit, and a carbide screw remover. Little b*tch.

Remember to put some anti-seize on them IF you reinstall.

 

damn man very discouraging info from all
very helpful though thanks
why would honda do such a thing to us?

:]

 

so those screws really aren't neccessary or you just playin cuz im confused

 

the screws are there for the people on the assembly line to make it easy on them when they put together the car when it's new. that's all it's there for pretty much. plus it holds your rotor in place when you have the caliper and/or wheel off

 

impact screwdriver is a must...picked one up from autozone for $10 about a month ago and have already gotten my use out of it. i have also heard they are useless to put back in, but i was a lil **** and put one back in on each side.

 

Here is another way to take them bitch screws out.

Get a #3 philips head bit, put the bit on a ViseGrip and put it on the screw.

Hold it straight, grap a hammer with your strong arm, with your butt leaning againest the car on an angle where you arm holding the hammer hits the bit, you smack it dead on the #3 philips head bit a few times.

After a few wacks on the philips head, you take the bit away and then use the hammer to smake where the bolt is to shake it loose.

Then you grap the philips screw driver(prefer #3) using your body weight you push and twist the screw out.

It should come right out now, if not repeat above.

Get one screw out at a time because it will be easier.

Once one bolt is out you repeat the steps above but this time before you try to take the screw out you pull on the disc a few times to give it some play and the screw should come right off.

Hope this help because this works everytime for me.

 

seems like i have a common problem

 

If you can get it out with an impact screwdriver, drill it out. not too hard. Mine were seized too.

 

CRX T-Si 's suggestion might work in the southern US, but in areas more prevalent to rust and salty roads, an impact driver is worth its weight in all three of gold, platinum and kryptonite. Even though I managed to extract the screws with my impact driver, my #3 bit now requires replacing as it is quite bent. You'd never be able to apply the required amount of force/torque with a jerry-rigged method .. your screws would be destroyed in very little time, and require drilling.

 

just pick up an impact screw driver and a BFH from autozone and save yourself the headache