I am doing brakes on my girlfriend's 94 Accord Ex with ABS. I was going to replace the pads and resurface the rotors, but since the car has a lot of miles on it I am not sure if they are too thin, or if they have been replaced before. Does anyone know the acceptable thickness of the disc so that I can measure it out and just get new rotors if the ones she has are too thin?

Also, which brake pads would you guys recommend for daily driving? The car is never raced in any way, and is a simple daily driver. Anything other than OEM?

 

The minimum thickness is around 20mm.

Honda OEM works just fine.

If it hasnt been done in a while, flush the fluid as well.

 

Just remember with the rear calipers, they don't get compressed back in by using a clamp, you have to screw them back in... do NOT use a clamp on the back calipers.

Also why are you resurfacing them? are they warped? If not don't resurface them.


[Modified by briq4, 6:10 PM 3/11/2003]

 

21mm for a 23mm rotor, 23mm for hte 25mm rotor.

 

Is the bleeding process any different because the car has ABS?

 

no bleed it the same way you would any other car. dont forget to watch ur brake fluid just to make shure you dont run out and suck in any air
also remeber to pump ur brakes after the brake job

 

Depends on the car...
My '95 Integra ABS unit has its own fluid reservoir & bleed valve. You bleed the main brakes like normal, then you bleed the ABS. My '98 Accord has no separate ABS bleeding, but the ABS plumbing makes it better to bleed both fronts first. So check a repair book for your car.

 

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resurfacing rotors helps pad transfer

 

I would imagine sucking in air would be the least of his problem.

 

What do you mean by that? Is there something I should be on the lookout for that I don't know about?

 

So I tried doing them this weekend - the pads looked ok, so there was no need to replace them *yet*.

I did run into one major problem though - I couldn't take off the front rotors! It seemed that I needed to take off the axle bolt to release the rotor, and my air tools were unable to brake it loose. I didn't get a chance to pick up a breaker bar, so I guess it will have to wait until next weekend. Can anyone confirm that I need to take it off to get to the rotors?