I just got my brake rotors, and wanted to know..what tools are needed, and how difficult is the job?

-Lee (has never touched brake anything)

 

Front?

Remove wheel. Remove 2 12mm(or are they 14mm ITS LATE! ) bolts holding brake caliper. Hang brake caliper on upper a arm with zip tie (to prevent un-necessary tension on brake line)

I wonder if you can just remove the bracket and caliper as one???

Remove 2 17mm bolts from caliper bracket (wraps around rotor)

SPECIAL TOOL ALERT!

Use IMPACT phillips driver to loosen 2 phillips screws holding Rotor to hub.

Use a correct size bolt (not sure size, sorry) and insert into threaded holes(2) on rotor. tighten evenly to seperate Rotor from hub.
Remove.

When installing the new rotor, hand tighten those phillps screws.

 

I changed my rotors and pads two weeks ago, not that hard, only took 2hrs. Just be sure to have the IMPACT driver like Chris mentioned, without it you'll only strip the screws and be screwed, no pun intended. Do you need to insert bolts to remove the rotors? I just smacked my rotor lightly with a rubber mallet to loosen it, that worked fine for me.

 

No ****!! the screws stripped on my Gen2 Integra and on my Gen3!! I don't know why they put those there, the lugnuts hold everything together. I had to use an easyout to get the screws out.

Also, you want to make sure that you don't press the brake pedal until everything is back together because the piston will press out in the caliper and you'll have hell trying to compress it to get it to fiton the rotor (there was a LONG thead about the hours and days it took to get it back in, LOL).

Good luck, -C

 

By "impact phillips driver" do you mean an air-driven tool or one of those things that turns the screw minutely when you smack the handle with a hammer? How much does the latter cost generally?

 

Yes, the latter. About $12 at Grand Auto, Kragen, Shauks(sp), Checker or wherever cheap auto parts are sold.!

 

i replaced the rotors on my friends 93 prelude si the other day. He had NO tools, so it was hard. (I had brought the absolutely necessary ones from my garage) The job is simple, but it had probably never been done before on it, so things were a little harder than normal. he didn't have an impact driver, so one of the screws stripped and i had to drill it out. it was a major bummer. all i can say is definately get an impact driver.

 

Absolutely spend the 12bux on that impact screwdriver.....I cannot express this enough. I did not spend the 12 bux and had one HELL of a time getting those sumbishes out. Turned a 2-hour rotor/brake job 2-days of mental terror!!

Of all the engineering marvels that befits these Honda/Acura automotive machines....those cheap-*** phillips head screws completely puzzle the shiet out of me!!! They could have at least made them hex-head!!
Peace.....

 

I had a REAL bitch of a time getting an Impact Driver. I went to Pep Boys, didn't have it. Sears, didn't have it. Autozone, didn't have it Finally I got one at Advanced Auto Parts for $20. Plus, whenever said I needed an impact driver to the people at those other auto parts places, they said they only know of the compressed air powered ones, stupid dipshits!

 

Exactly!!! I never get a frickin straight answer. Nobody seems to have a clue what i'm talking about. I went to do a valve adjustment the other day, and I decided to search for the official valve adjustment tool. i went to every auto parts store within 40 miles of my house and no one had even HEARD of one. Sears didn't even have a clue. Oh well, i made my own anyways. what we need is more knowledgeagle people in stores.

 

BTW if you can't find an impact driver at your local parts store, Home Depot carries them for $19.97. Look in the same row as other screw drivers.


[Modified by Shmeek, 8:05 AM 8/8/2001]

 

I am gonna try that now....but in the mean time........

it is impossible to remove!!!!!!!!, is it supposed to ???
I am just afraid of snapping something if I pull too hard....maybe I'll need a breaker bar...I'll try again..

any ideas...?? TIA