I've just got a stock disc brake system. I was wondering if anyone knew how how change my brake pads out. I wanna learn how to do it and I wanna save some $$$ as well.

 

what year?

 

It's a 93 with a f22a1. I'm loooking at dropping a h22a1 in it, I'e been trying to learn as much as I can about ludes so I know what to get and look for.

 

sorry, can't help you with a '93.

 

Its the same as yours more or less, all honda's are..

With your car jacked up and lugnuts broke loose, take your front tire off.. On the brake caliper, there are two slide pins that have bolts threw them, they are 14mm.. Take the bottom one out and turn the caliper up, the pads are there and you can pop them out and put new ones in.. If your new pads come with a squeal tab (little metal thingy), make sure that pad is on the backside of the rotor, on the piston side of the caliper.. repeat for other side..

Any questions.. Remember, its hard to describe sometimes on the internet.. Just explore, you will find its very easy, takes me about 10 mins to do both sides

 

1) You have to take the front wheels off
2) You will see 2 bolts that are holding the caliper on. Take them out and the caliper should come off
3) Take the old pads out
4) There is a big metal thing (dont know the name)that you have to push back. In order to do this, you are going to need a C clamp that you can buy from Auto Zone
5) Put the new pads on
6) Put the caliper back on
7) There is a bleader on the top of the caliper that you have to unscrew in order to have you brakes work. Do not take it all the way out. Just enough to let the brake fluid come out.
8) Have someone press the brakes back and forward about 8-10 times and then hold it. While they are holding it, you have to unscrew that bleader and let the brake fluid go out until it stops. Do this on both sides, until your brake pedal gets stiffer and stiffer. You want to have is as stiff as possible.
9) Pour more brake fluid into the container
10) Put your wheels back on and take it around to see how good they are. If you have to pump your brakes in order to stop, then repeat 7&8 until it works

Its not too hard, it just takes time


[Modified by prelude1897, 4:42 PM 9/26/2001]

 

That is the hard way of doing it.. It can put stress on your brake line and its harder to do, but you do have to take the caliper off it you plan on changing the rotors too...

The metal thing is the piston.. C clamp will work, I like the tool from auto parts store, its called brake piston tool or something.. Only about 7$

You only need to do this if you have too much fluid in the reseviour.. If your resevior is low, don't do it.. Make sure you close the bleeder up after the piston is compressed in the caliper

 

Agreed. I only do this if I'm bleeding my brakes to replace the brake fluid. It is not necessary to change the pads. Not sure about '93, but in my '98 you have to screw the back piston to compress it instead of using the clamp. You should be able to tell if the piston head itself looks something like a very large screw head (with an "X" in it for a crowbar or something). Whatever you do, don't break the rubber seal that's attached to the piston... that will be nothing but bad. I think the auto parts stores have a mnual that tells you how to do EVERYTHING for '93 ludes. You should check it out, it does have some fairly helpful diagrams and pictures for newbies.

 

Yes the back brakes are a bitch because you have to rotate the piston back in.. its a bitch!! I forgot to tell him how to change the back.. you have to take the whole caliper of the back to change them...

 

Thanks guys, I do plan on changing my back breaks. I had Precision TUne do them about 2 months ago and one of my rear breakes are knocking or something. There a really wierd knocking noise as well as some bad squeeling. I'm not happy at all with that but I figure out how to fix it. What do you have to do to change the rear breaks? is it the same? What's with the taking the whole caliper off?

 

all you have to do is remove both bolts and lift the caliper off. as not to put tension on the brake line, i just hung mine form the shocks with a piece or cord. i'm sure there are several ways to keep it out of the way, you just want to make sure you don't break the brake line (get it, break the brake... eh, nevermind). Everything else is exactly the same as the front except for rotating the piston back in... as i explained above.