I decided to replace my old and worn out oem front brake discs and brake pads with brembo oem spec 9.5" cross drill and slot rotors and some nice brake pads. i was too lazy to do the brake job and i have these new parts laying in my garage for months. finally i got some motivation and do it, it took me an hour to complete L&R brake job with hand tools.

oem spec brembo front brake discs




here are the tools that i used




remove the bolt that i circled in red in order to remove the whole brake caliper and caliper bracket, dont remove the brake line.






it is really pain in the *** to remove 2 screws that hold the rotors to the knuckle.finally took out the rotor and clean everything




here is the side by side discs and pads comparison.




look how bad the old pad is? all worn out.



once installed new disc in place, i installed caliper and bracket back on and tightened 2 bolts to 80 LBS and then removed the caliper bolt that i circled in blue, to just slide caliper over.



and placed the new pads. i reuse the brake pads retainers cause they are still good.


i use a C clam and a worn brake pad to push brake piston all the way in, so caliper will slide back on the new pads. sadly i know, one piston brake caliper .



ok reinsall the caliper bolt and tighten it to 23 LBS



put the wheel back on and tightened wheel nuts to 80 LBS. personally i like 15" rims, it wont make your oem brake discs look too small.
i went for a test drive.everything goes well. brake is much better than before



and i plan to do the stainless brake line in a week and i will post the write up then.
i have these brake lines for months too. i am too lazy
Russel stainless brake line is made by edlebrock, so no doubt in its quality. to do the brake line job. i would like to go to my friend's work shop, cause he has hydro car lift.



Modified by crazyguy at 9:51 AM 3/15/2008


Modified by crazyguy at 9:52 AM 3/15/2008

 

ppl say cross drilled brakes can crack when used in daily driving

 

I miss doing brake jobs.

 

good write up dood!

you forgot to mention that it's wise to check the slider pins to see if they need some anti-seize lovin' or not while it's all out.

also, there's a tool for the screws that hold the rotors down. i don't know what it's called but you can use it to loosen or tighten them...you just hammer the back of it and it turns the philips.

thumbs up on the write up with pics!

 

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also, there's a tool for the screws that hold the rotors down. i don't know what it's called but you can use it to loosen or tighten them...you just hammer the back of it and it turns the philips.

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its called an impact driver

heres one on ebay http://cgi.ebay.com/Mac-Tools-...wItem

 

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its called an impact driver

heres one on ebay http://cgi.ebay.com/Mac-Tools-...wItem

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yeah that is exactly what i use to hammer loose those two screws on the brake disc. but i used it at my friend's shop 3 days before i did the brake job.so i didnt take a pic of that impact driver.

 

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i have used a set of brembo cross drilled rotors on my accord before for 2 years and t was ok. for the brake rotors , i only use brembo. brembo FTW

 

Good job now come do mine hahaha jk

 

really cool write up this is exactly what i am looking for

 

good stuff! just did this a week or so ago on my car.

just want to add that if you don't have a c-clamp to push in the piston you can lift the reservoir cap (or disconnect the brake like form the caliper) and push it in by hand.

just be sure to bleed the brake lines if you do this or you won't last long enough to enjoy the new setup

 

Nice job brother

 

good stuff!

 

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i have used a set of brembo cross drilled rotors on my accord before for 2 years and t was ok. for the brake rotors , i only use brembo. brembo FTW </TD></TR></TABLE>
you do know that brembo doesn't make a drilled and slotted rotor right? Brembo only makes a drilled or slotted rotor not a drilled and slotted. Those rotors are probably brembo slotted rotors that have been drilled by some third party. It sucks that if you have any problems brembo will treat you as they are not their rotors.

 

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you do know that brembo doesn't make a drilled and slotted rotor right? Brembo only makes a drilled or slotted rotor not a drilled and slotted. Those rotors are probably brembo slotted rotors that have been drilled by some third party. It sucks that if you have any problems brembo will treat you as they are not their rotors.</TD></TR></TABLE>
i will keep u updated about the rotors i installed . if they last over a year or so. it will be ok for me

 

what kind of pads do you have mated to those new rotors?