bedding new brakes/rotors
04-20-2005, 03:45 PM
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The brakes will bed themselves. Just drive.
Torque for what bolts? The carrier is 80 ft/lbs, the lugnuts are 80 ft/lbs. Not too sure on the actual caliper, but not too tight, it doesn't have to hold the whole car together.
Just remember that you will have to take it off again. 
Torque for what bolts? The carrier is 80 ft/lbs, the lugnuts are 80 ft/lbs. Not too sure on the actual caliper, but not too tight, it doesn't have to hold the whole car together.
Just remember that you will have to take it off again.
04-20-2005, 03:49 PM
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thanks, acura nsx's caliper bolt's torque is at 36...wonder if it's any different for civic (since it's caliper carier bolt's torqued is at 80lbs as well, same as civic).
http://www.danoland.com/nsxgarage/br...frontpads.html
http://www.danoland.com/nsxgarage/br...frontpads.html
04-20-2005, 04:19 PM
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No the carrier is the part that the pads are in. It's bolted the the knuckle with 2 17mm bolts, they torque to 80 ft/lbs. The caliper, is in turn bolted to the carrier by 2 12mm (or 10mm, it's been awhile) bolts. They don't need to be torqued too hard, just give a couple grunts. The wheel is held on by 4 19mm nuts, they are torqued to 80 ft/lbs.
04-20-2005, 04:30 PM
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well, since you asked 
i have one more...i noticed that my factory honda pads had those pad shims (A):
my axxis pads didn't come with those, so is there a need to put them to on the new pads...?
i have one more...i noticed that my factory honda pads had those pad shims (A):my axxis pads didn't come with those, so is there a need to put them to on the new pads...?
04-20-2005, 04:42 PM
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No, they aren't desprately needed. The shims are to help prevent noise. You could re-use the ones you currently have on your car, but I don't know if the Axxis pads are thicker or not. You may not be able to get the caliper back on with the shims, but if you can by all means do it. Just remember to spin the rotor before you put it on the ground, just to make sure that it spins freely.