hylysly

I have 55k on a MY04 S and I'm about to change the rotors all around for the first time in the car's life. Front pads have been changed twice, rears never.

The thing is, I expect that removal and replacement of the rotors isn't as simple as "take off the old and put on the new."

My question is this:

What are the finer points of changing the rotors (and pads for that matter) that I should be sure to NOT miss?


Also, is this something that the honda service manual would "walk me through?" I have not gotten the manual as of yet because I'm not sure it's content would be what I expect.

Any thoughts??? Thanks.

~sly~

VAD

You'll probably need an impact driver to get the little retaining screws out. Other than that, it's pretty straight forward and simple.

vtec9

There's a writeup here https://www.s2ki.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=548714

It's pretty straight forward.

Speed2Kill

I just got done rebuilding the brakes on my MY06. Feel free to shoot me a line if you have questions. Biggest pain in the ass is getting the retaining screws out - buy an impact driver, it is worth the $20 and will save you a hell of a lot of trouble!

Avionics86

The retaining screws are soft, drill the head. You can replace them or leave the out.

jyeung528

yes, the service manual will walk you through.

damuho

Also, my S was originally from Virginia and in addition to removing the retaining screws, I used two 2-inch long 8M (I think this is the size) bolts on the rotor to force it out. The exposure to snow/salt caused some underbody corrosion on my car - even pulling the wheel off after removing the lug nuts was quite a task.

EOE

Take a sturdy screw driver that fits TIGHT on to the screws. Or esle you'll strip it. Than if the screw aren't coming out, hit the end of the screw driver with a hammer as you trying to loosen them . Should work just fine on car with your mileage.

Otherwise do what the people up top telling you to purcahse.

To answer your question I would do the following.....

-Rotors all around
-Pads all around
-Brake Fluid Flush
-Paint Calipers, might as well right?

Mrfixit687

Why are you changing the rotors? Are they under minimum spec? Have u measured them?

Slows2k

No need to replace them just "because"

Unless they are out of round and causing a vibration or at/under the minimum thickness.