Back dat ass up

"TheHondaBro" (wwaveform) 10/22/2016 at 20:25 • Filed to: None

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I just changed all 8 of my brake pads. The fronts were easy because I could back the piston out with a C clamp, but the rear pistons had to be twisted, and only after the caliper was removed, which meant removing them in the first place was difficult enough.

Now that’s done. Next stop: Midas, to resurface the rotors.

On the left is one of my old front pads. On the right is a new one.

Giving the ol’ disk brake thumbs up!

E90M3 > TheHondaBro 10/22/2016 at 20:33

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Girl, you looks good, won’t you back that Ac up
You’se a fine motherfucker, won’t you back that Ac up
Call me Big Daddy when you back that Ac up
Hoe, who is you playin wit? Back that Ac up

DC3 LS, will be perpetually replacing cars until the end of time > TheHondaBro 10/22/2016 at 20:42

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Why did you put the new pads on if the rotors aren’t surfaced yet? I’m confuse :/

MM54 > TheHondaBro 10/22/2016 at 20:44

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If you’ve already put the new pads on, don’t go resurface the rotors, you’ll just have to bed them in again and be wasting money/time/wear.

TheHondaBro > DC3 LS, will be perpetually replacing cars until the end of time 10/22/2016 at 20:46

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The rotors aren’t even that bad. It’s not going to damage the new pads before I take it in to Midas, which should be Monday.

DC3 LS, will be perpetually replacing cars until the end of time > TheHondaBro 10/22/2016 at 20:50

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Yeah, but you could’ve taken the rotors to Midas or O’reillys when you were doing the pads and saved on labor and overall time.

TheHondaBro > DC3 LS, will be perpetually replacing cars until the end of time 10/22/2016 at 20:55

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From what I’ve heard, Midas resurfaces rotors without removing them. I could be wrong though. Either way, I can let the experts deal with the pads. I just like the peace of mind that my pads won’t turn into metal.

PotbellyJoe and 42 others > TheHondaBro 10/22/2016 at 21:32

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Around me the cost of resurfacing rotors is only slightly less than new rotors, and I drop the old rotors off at the scrap guy for ‘decent’ $.

You can borrow the tool from Autozone for the caliper, pretty easy once you have that. Although, my backyard touches and autozone, so I have an unfair advatage there...