lower

The key to this job is getting the screws out as others have said.

An impact wrench and a decent size hammer, ideally a lump hammer, is the the way to get the screws out without damaging them.

Work out how to use your impact wrench, don't be afraid to really smack the end of it with the hammer, and the rest is easy.

I'd offer, but you are a bit far from me and now that we have a 4 week old baby boy i think my wife would kill me if i drove down to help you

lovegroova

Chippo, Lower, thanks for the advice (and congratulations on the new arrival, Rich )

GaryB

Would some pics help?

I have to pop new front calipers on mine at the weekend and I was gonna pop a lick of paint on the bits of the disks that corrode so could bung a how-to up if you want?

Although if you have someone coming round I'll just crack on..

Let me know if it'd be of any use and I'll dust the camera off.

lovegroova

Gary, thanks, but Keith has kindly offered to help out, and I have the service manual too.

GaryB

Stookystar

Just pay a garage you tight git

CHIPPO

Dawn, us men like to have a go, we dont get to go hunting for food any more, there is a huge satisfaction in doing it yourself and being successful. You women keep removing our self respect its not always money you know.

LOL Man the hunter, and disc changer

lovegroova

Well, that went well.

Firstly, huge thanks to Keith for trekking throuh the snow to get here, hope the journey back went ok.

Sadly, the discs and pads are still on the car, After breaking the bit of the (cheapo) impact driver, we tried to get the screws undone but to no avail. Looks like a job for Brayley now.

I did learn how to use my axle stands and jack properly, so it wasn't a complete waste of time.

Thanks to all who contributed...

Dembo

Those screws are ridiculous; they do nothing but sit there and cause trouble when you need to remove them. Well done Honda.

What I did was hammer a phillips head "bit" into the screw, and once it was in tight attach a mini socket wrench to it. It took many attempts, but I got all the screws out eventually. The impact driver didn't seem to do much of anything.

loftust

Karl worked out a VERY good way to undo those barsteward screws.

Get a crosshead screwdriver with flats along the shaft, rather than a cylindrical shaft.

Insert crosshead into screw, get an adjustable around the shaft...Bob's your Uncle, Fanny's your Aunt