Couple brake questions... what's the average pad/rotor life (in terms of mileage) for the OEM TSX brakes?

Anyone post a brake DIY yet? If not, perhaps someone could post the service manual pages? Please

What pads are people using/liking?

-mark

 

Going to be doing a brake job this weekend. I'll let you know how it goes afterwards.

And it depends on your driving style, but my fairly aggressive style meant that my rear brake pads only lasted 24k miles and the fronts are getting changed this weekend with 26k miles. The rotors seem to be okay and should easily last the life of my lease.

 

nice. what pads are you putting on?

 

On the other end of the spectrum, I'm pretty easy on the brakes, I drive it old school relying as little as possible on the brakes, and I lasted the original pads for 110,000 miles.

 

If your even some what handy with a wrench and have done a brake job or two in the past, the fts. will be a piece of cake. Its a very straight forward simple brake job. If you've never done a brake job before, and/or are equipped with two left thumbs then you'd be wise to have a friend with experience help or bring it to a pro. The rears are fairly simple, but turning in the pistons on the rear calipers may be confusing, in particular if they don't move super easily.

IMO- if you have to be glued to a book/web site while performing a brake job you shouldn't be doing it. Brakes are not something to screw around with and a simple mistake can be very dangerous and costly.

 

https://acurazine.com/forums/showthread.php?t=23558

 

100% agree since I just did mine.

Remember, if you're going to do your brakes, you truly are putting your life and others in your hands. This IS one time to truly second guess your abilities.

 

I do just about everything to my car, but the brakes I always leave to a pro. Its not worth it to me to save $30 and put lives in danger.

 

Great opportunity to take pics and post a DIY thread.

 

This is something I would be intrested in taking on myself eventually. A step-by-stepper would be great...

 

Good call, Mr. Bond.

I'll be sure to include detailed pics and discussion.

And the brake pads are Axxis Ultimates (courtesy of board Vendor JuniorBean and Custom Car Creations).

Also going to be doing a brake fluid flush.

 

Yeah, I understand what you mean, but its a smidge more than $30 that can be saved... more like $200 or so. Pads and rotors for the average car (for quality parts) will run about $100-$150 for fronts, yes? I know the acura dealership would charge $500+ to do a front brake job.

I have done brakes on other cars, and once you do it once, you are like, "I can't believe I shelled out $500 bucks for something that took me 45 minutes..."

So, that's why I will be doing my brakes from here on out. I am guessing the brakes on this car are pretty straight forward, but its always nice to have the service manual pages, just to make sure you handle the clips, etc correctly, turn the pistons, if necessary, ... know what I mean?

So that's why I requested the service manual pages on this. Anyone want to post that info?

-mark

 

I hear you, I got shilled into a brake and rotor job I didn't need once and that gave me the kick in the butt I needed to learn how to do the work myself. Been doing them ever since. With pads it's actually a really easy job, shoes are more of a pain. If your unsure have a friend or someone who knows how show you how on one side and do the other yourself with their supervision. Once you do your first set you'll definately kick yourself for having spent the $$$ to have someone else do it.

 

one more minor request... could you post the page they refer to (1-7), which specifies the jack points for the front and rear of the car? Thanks, man.

-mark