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Trace Origin - 05 Oct 2004 21:15 GMT

What is the procedure for replacing front brake pads on a V6 accord 2001?
Roughly how long does it take?.
Thanks

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Seth - 05 Oct 2004 22:45 GMT

> What is the procedure for replacing front brake pads on a V6 accord 2001?
> Roughly how long does it take?.
> Thanks

Pretty much the same for any vehicle. Take the wheel off, loosen the
reservoir cover by the master cylinder, remove both caliper bolts (or just
one and loosen the other as a "hinge". Finagle the caliper off it's mounts.
Compress it (big a.s slip joint pliers). Change pads, put back together.

The rears are what is funky vs. what many people are used to. Rather than
compressing the caliper, you "screw" it back in.

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Steve - 06 Oct 2004 03:28 GMT

In a nutshell, that's how you do brakes.
So do we address anything that may make the brakes squeal? Vibrations?
The rotors should be Measured, then turned or scuffed (if there is no
pulsation in them) all slides lubed and the back of the pads glued or lubed
(depending on your preference). Make sure you use a good quality pad.

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>> What is the procedure for replacing front brake pads on a V6 accord 2001?
>> Roughly how long does it take?.
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> The rears are what is funky vs. what many people are used to. Rather than
> compressing the caliper, you "screw" it back in.

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Trace Origin - 06 Oct 2004 06:47 GMT

Thanks for the info it seems it seems as a reasonably simple task.

> In a nutshell, that's how you do brakes.
> So do we address anything that may make the brakes squeal? Vibrations?
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>> The rears are what is funky vs. what many people are used to. Rather
>> than compressing the caliper, you "screw" it back in.

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Nick - 07 Oct 2004 14:13 GMT

A very simple task to do. Just make sure to get OEM brake pads from
your Honda dealer. You may want to go and purchase the factory manual
from www.helminc.com if you plan on doing a lot of the car work
yourself or go to www.hondahookup.com and get a PDF of an older model
Accord (should contain just about the same amount of steps).

Nick

>Thanks for the info it seems it seems as a reasonably simple task.
>> In a nutshell, that's how you do brakes.
[quoted text clipped - 16 lines]
>>> The rears are what is funky vs. what many people are used to. Rather
>>> than compressing the caliper, you "screw" it back in.

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