ek9cusco

thanks chimchim.. i take it you haven't done any drum brake pad changes before huh? from what i heard there are 2 springs that secures the pads... which could pop out and poke you in the eye if you not careful. other than that.. i'm clueless.

ek9cusco

damn.. i forgot to grease the top part and the bottom part of the pad.. where the teeth sticks in to the calipers. instead i just put a lot of great on the back of the pad..

i see you didn't put a lot of anti squeek on there.. i thought you had to put a lot on there.

now the part you said about greasing (on the piston), what kind of grease did you use? also the anti-squeek?

chimchim

Actually, I gooped up the end, and the picture is before I spread out "the beads" on the back of the pads.

I used the black moly silicon whatever grease came with the pads. Same one on all points with the yellow triangles. Keep in mind that I put the grease on the OUTSIDE of the piston which contacts the back of the inner pad. I read you use a different kind of grease when you disassemble the piston (which I did not have to do)

No squeaking so far.

ek9cusco

cool.. thus far no squeek from the front either. but gonna double check it this weekend.

OblivionLord

Someone donate to this guy a Haynes or Helms book so he can give us a genuine Honda-acura.net picture tutorial on the drum brakes. hehehhehe

ek9cusco

damn i got the haynes manual.. but it's not very clear as to how to do it step by step.. at least not for a novice like me.. hehe

ek9cusco

hey chimchim, if you ever want to borrow my haynes for doing a rear drum.. just let me know. i'm in s. sj..

SpidermanESI

Hello guys!


I have a 1992 ESI Civic and

SpidermanESI

Hello guys!


I have a 1992 Civic (1.6 125 hp) with automatic gearbox

I am trying deseperately to replace the front brake discs and I find this tutorial great!

But I have got a problem: the two screws that secure the rotor are impossible to unmount. I tried to spray WD40 and I am afraid of damaging the screw heads.

Any suggestion to help me removing those screws?

Thanks a lot!

SpidermanESI

Well finally stopped what I was doing.

I cannot at all remove those dam###d screws!

I'm gonna buy a screw driver. I have one at home but not enough powerful I guess as the torque limiter enters in action.

How powerfull should my screwdriver be? 2000W? (I'm just guessing)