DIY: Honda City Brake Inspection and Replacement

[RedBull_ar]

Here is a small DIY on changing Honda City/Jazz/Fit Disc brake Pads

Skill Level: Low
Tools: couple of wrenches and common sense.
Time: 15 min

Step 1
Jack up the car, Make sure its secure. Remove the wheel.

Step 2
Inspect the brake pad thickness as shown in the picture below
Brand New : 8-9mm
Minimum service limit : 1.6mm

Step 3
If replacement is required, Remove the bolt below the calliper using 8x1.25 wrench. You will have to keep the nut attached in the middle of the calliper in place by using a second wrench.

Step 4
Flip the clipper up. The brake pads are held in place by spring type hinges, just pull the brake pads away.

Step 5
Brake pads will have metallic covers kind of things on them, take them apart, outer brake pad will have one, inner pad will have two.

Step 6
Replace the brake Pads, put on the metallic covers back, and assemble in reverse order.
You can lubricate the moving parts of you want to, but DO NOT oil the brake pad and rotor surface!

My old brake pads
driven 40K km, thickness was about 2-3mm with very fine cracks here and there

Reference
http://www.hondafitjazz.com/manual/A00/HTML/00/SAA2E00D14300014791MDAT10.HTML

Coming Soon
Rear Drum shoe/pads replacement, its a bit tricky, but i will do it as soon as possible.

[FM01]

Excellent Job buddy. Now you have motivated me. Will post a DIY on my Passat's rotors and brake pads replacement. Btw did you do the brake fluid bleeding prodecure?

[somi1981]

Gud work (Y)

[vackoo]

Excellent..!

[RedBull_ar]

@vackoo, somi1981

thanks

@ FM01

Excellent Job buddy. Now you have motivated me. Will post a DIY on my Passat's rotors and brake pads replacement. Btw did you do the brake fluid bleeding prodecure?

thanks,
i am planning to change the brake oil, but im not confident enough that i will be able to bleed properly alone, and might/will end up with lots of air in the brake system, the current oil is not giving me any problems, but its 40K km old now, im not sure if im supposed to change it or not.

[FM01]

You are right about the bleeding procedure. Should be done by an experienced person otherwise, if the air enters the brake fluid system your brake padle will become soft when you apply brake which is not good.

Usuallay brake fluid is changed every two years or at the time of brake pads replacement.

[riazsaad]

a very nice DIY.. good work bro. two thumbs up!!

[buksh]

Good stuff. But the most important would be the element of common sense ortherwise it can become tricky and risky

[AkbarGr8]

aimen your pads lasted alot,, mine wore out at approx 21K km,,, i guess due to the constant breaking and short runs that my car has... best of luck with future projects

[hash4u]

nice and simple DIY(well explained with pictures)

[JumboJet]

^second that (Y)

[akifjanjua]

nice job done..

the last pic of the pads clearly indicates that the pads were gone.. notice the groove in the middle.. thats the wear indicator... its gone.. rear leathers too have indicators on the ends like a tapered surface

its a good idea to flush the brake oil after 40K.. you just need a helper to assist in brake bleeding.

remember bleed the master cylinder first, then the longest brake line (would be left rear) and the shortest in the end (right front)

[imtishal]

@lal-sharbet

nice job man.yar do u have user manual of this car?

[striker550]

city brakes r more poor than corolla.my friend owned a city and he have serious accidents while pushing the brakes...............car skit and his 70000rs on the car! lol

[ahsen_rg]

(Y)(Y).. nice job bro!!

but that doesnt maen u can drive faster now!!

[psyb0rg]

Excellent work Red.
I've been planning to change my Pajero's pads. Your post gives me the motivation to go ahead!

[memphis]

Very nice work! (y)

Brake shoes are a pain to replace specially cause you have to adjust them.

[spectra]

Good work

Now you can open a workshop right next to your audio shop

[Ghuncha]

@ahsen
aimen ne gari kabhi taiz bhi chalai hai:)

@aimen
good yar... keep it up... now your intership for this summer is confirmed.. you know waht i mean...

[RedBull_ar]

@
riazsaad
buksh
akbar gr8
hashim bhai
jumbo
akifjanjua
imtishal
stiker
ahsen
psyb0rg
memphir
spectra
ghuncha

thank u all

@ ghuncha
certificate mele ga?

@ spectra bhai
i will stick to audio shop for the time being

@ imtishal
user manual, yes, but i think ur asking for service manual, for that, i use the website mentioned above as referance.

@ akif
i will keep that in mind if i do the bleeding, thnx

@ akbar
tumhare brake pads 2 number the