acuracl2297

Hello Acura guys,

I would like to change new brake pads by myself. Anyone could give me some advances for that?? Thank you very much!

MontrealCL

... it's not too complicated of a procedure.

I usually do it even without jackstands, but I advise against that. I'm stupid, you're not!

Anyways here are the instructions:

1. untighten the lug nuts on your wheel
2. pop up your hood, and remove the brake fluid cap
3. lift car
4. put it on jackstands
5. remove lug nuts, and remove wheel
6. remove two bolts holding caliper assembly with a wrench
7. remove the used brake pads
8. using a c-clamp slowly push the piston back into caliper assembly
9. put in new pads
10. re-assemble caliper assembly

... and the rest, you can probably figure out!

Good luck. Don't forget to torque your bolts/nuts accordingly.

froggystyle14

is that for front or back? my rear piston has to screw into the caliper not push in.

acuracl2297

Thank you very much for the instruction!! That will help me a lot...but I have a question for you....How much torgue for the bolts/nuts?? Thanks again!!

acuracl2297

Front and rear need to change new brake pads. Is that difficult to screw or what? Got any pix that I can take a look at it?? Thank you!

cantCL

ya I'm pretty sure the rears are NOT the push in type. I don't know the procedure for doing that repair.

BlueCLRycR

i think i had to DC the E-Brake and use a couple of flatheads to screw them back in. but that was on my old RX so i dont know if they are the same kind of pistons.

ajbent86

i just did the brake pads on my car............the rear has to be screwed back in now pushed

ruin

very easy just follow the instructions u got from motrealcl

acuracl2297

All right, I think I am ready to change new brake pads this weekend. Hopefully everything will be smoothly! Thank you for helping me!!

God bless you!!

froggystyle14

on the rear piston, there is a slot in the middle of it. you will need a big flat head screw driver-- screw it back in flat and once you are done you will need to go play with the e-brake while sitting there...pull and release it a lot to set it.

ajbent86

accually the correct way to set it is turn the car on and pump the brakes about 3 or 4 times.

froggystyle14

well my way did work but thanks for the correction.. i will follow next time

legendaryCL98

he makes us sound sooo official.. hahaha

CLTECH

Actually, you really only need to remove the bottom 17mm bolt from the front caliper. After removing the bolt, simply rotate the caliper up.
Make sure that you use the anti-seeze paste that comes with pads (should be a gray paste, Honda calls it Molly Paste). Spread this at the area that the piston will clamp down on the back of the pad, on the sides, and for the other pad, spread it on the area that the caliper hits the pad. Make sure not to spread any on the pad material itself.
Put the pads back in, and tighten down the 17mm bolt. The correct way to tighten it down is to tighten it until it stops (dont apply TOO much torque). Once it stops, rotate the wrench approx. 1/8 of a turn and stop.
After re-installing the pads, get back into the car and LIGHTLY press on the brake pedal. If you press the pedal all the way to the floor, you can damage the brake master cylinder. Press on the brake pedal until it gets stiff. Once stiff, start the engine and pump once again until normal brake pedal feel.

For the rears, they should be 14mm bolts holding the calipers (take out both, you can't cheat on these). Follow the same directions as above.

When tightening the lug nuts, the proper amount of torque applied should be 80ft/lbs.

CLTECH

Oh, and there is a special tool available from Snap-On, MAC, Matco, and Cornwell tools for the rear pistons. It looks like a cube with multiple "dots" that slip into the grooves of the piston. You MAY be able to purchase this tool at sears, but no promise. here's the one available through Snap-On http://buy1.snapon.com/catalog/item....re&dir=catalog

CLTECH

my fault, don't just simply press on the brake pedal, you need to pump it, but pump it slowly