DIY: Honda City Brake Inspection and Replacement

[SER_GTR]

Great DIY...!
I Love To Do This Kinda Jobs.....!!
About Brake Bleeding...You Can't Do It Alone Since You Need To Paddle And Then Bleed Till All Line Get Air Free.....!
Alone You Can't Do So No Need.....! With 2nd Helper Person Yups You Can....

[air_explorer]

I have done more than 71K Kms on my Corolla since 2006,but haven't ever done this yet?
Have I done a blunder?
Never felt something wrong with my brakes.

[striker550]

u can send ur car to toyota company for its inspection

[AkbarGr8]

haan aimen mairee garee lahore seh nahin shershah seh aiee thee hence #2 brakes lol!

[zia1288]

thanx buddy for telling step by step (Y)

[ahmadbila]

wow....that wud b helpfull for me.i hav done 55k kms nd hope i wud soon hav to change the pads.bro also tell us about disk changing...

my car disks started squealing at 33,000kms.got them changed.is it normal or not?dnt remember if i changed the pads or not.the brakes r fine.do i need to change the pads even if they were changed at 33,000kms? or not?

nd how to adjust the brake pads?any special procedure?
thanx

[levin]

work nicely illustrated

[Ghuncha]

@ahmaadbila
disks last around the lifetime of the car if the pads are changed before tehy start eating the diska... hence som eserious porblem you have

[Junaid_A]

Your disc brake take serious punishment. Every time you hit the brakes, the brake pads compress the disc with thousands of pounds of stopping power. The material in the brake pads will eventually wear down the discs.

If your discs are worn thin or warped it will take your vehicle longer to stop. Malfunctioning or poor performing brakes are dangerous. Don't ever play games with safety. Inspect your brake discs every 24,000-40,000 km.

[robin]

job done nicely (y)
having said that you missed one point though, how to put back the disk pads, as new ones are thicker than those of worn out pads.

anyways i add that part, in fig 5, push the piston back with the help of a rod/metal piece so that u make way for calliper to settle in well in its place with new/ thicker brake pads, if u miss this part then u are in no way gonna place that calliper back.

Also inspect the brake fluid level, must ve risen in reservoir bottle. there shouldn't be excess amount of fluid in bottle.

p.s. Always wear gloves and put mask on ur face while dealing with brake pads and shoes.

[RedBull_ar]

@ ser_gtr
@ air_explorer
@ zia
@ ahmedbila
@ levin
@ juniad_A
@ robin

thnx for the comments and additions to the DIY

@ air
u should get the brake pads changed.

@ ahmad
u must have changed the brake pads/shoes, not the rotors/discs.

[Asif67]

Nice job brother.i preferred do it yourself rather than looking for workshop and wasting your time.

An interesting thing n replacing of disk pad is that there is no need of brake bleed.it is adjusted automatically.

Always use genuine disk pads.

[diloob]

Excellent writeup. Have one question. How do you get hold off the manuals for Honda city. I am looking for the other manuals as mentioned in your reference (Front Brake Pads Inspection and Replacement)

[5555]

Which lubricant you applied on the moving parts.......I too replaced the brake pads of corolla but couldn't lubricate as a proper lubricant was not available on near by shop