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i have a 96 honda accord lx sedan. I need to replace my brake master
cylinder. Do i have to buy a vacuum or bleeder pump. Or is their another way
to do it?

I recently replaced the master cylinder on my 96 accord ex with abs. It
might be the exact same part if not really close. Anyway I am sure the
replacement procedure is the same.

I purchased mine from a Schuck's store for about $90 and it has a lifetime
warranty I believe.

Basically you loosen up both brake lines to the master cylinder. Preferably
with a flare-nut wrench as opposed to a standard wrench and absolutely no
vice-grips or pliers. The "nuts" are soft and won't tolerate much before
rounding off. Take the two nuts off the master cylinder and then completely
remove the master cylinder. This way makes a little less of a mess than
just taking off the brake lines right away. Do not get brake fluid on your
paint or it will eat it off.

Chances are you will have to switch your reservoir to the new master
cylinder so just pull it out and transfer. Your "new" master cylinder
should have a bench bleeding kit which is just a couple plastic "bolts" with
nipples on them that screw into the new master cylinder. Attach the hoses
to these nipples and route them into the reservoir that has been filled with
fluid. You will ideally want to secure the master cylinder in a vice and
use something like a philips screwdriver to push the master cylinder rod
back and forth until no air bubbles come out of the hoses.

At this point just reinstall the master cylinder. I didn't need to bleed
my brakes afterwards but if you do have to then you can just use the two
person bleed or gravity bleed as it would probably be a good idea to get rid
of the old fluid anyway.

CaptainKrunch


"amsjsj" <amsjsj@cox.net> wrote in message
news:6wOJb.67634$hf1.31568@lakeread06...
> i have a 96 honda accord lx sedan. I need to replace my brake master
> cylinder. Do i have to buy a vacuum or bleeder pump. Or is their another
way
> to do it?
>
>

$77.35 Fits 90-97 accords without rear discs:

http://www.hparts.com/part_lookup.ph...=46100-sm4-a04

$77.35 Fits 91-97 accords with rear discs:

http://www.hparts.com/part_lookup.ph...=46100-sm4-g54


"CaptainKrunch" <nothing@nobody.com> wrote in message
news:qJidnWF9DP1bxmWiRVn-tA@comcast.com...
> I recently replaced the master cylinder on my 96 accord ex with abs. It
> might be the exact same part if not really close. Anyway I am sure the
> replacement procedure is the same.
>
> I purchased mine from a Schuck's store for about $90 and it has a lifetime
> warranty I believe.
>
> Basically you loosen up both brake lines to the master cylinder.
Preferably
> with a flare-nut wrench as opposed to a standard wrench and absolutely no
> vice-grips or pliers. The "nuts" are soft and won't tolerate much before
> rounding off. Take the two nuts off the master cylinder and then
completely
> remove the master cylinder. This way makes a little less of a mess than
> just taking off the brake lines right away. Do not get brake fluid on
your
> paint or it will eat it off.
>
> Chances are you will have to switch your reservoir to the new master
> cylinder so just pull it out and transfer. Your "new" master cylinder
> should have a bench bleeding kit which is just a couple plastic "bolts"
with
> nipples on them that screw into the new master cylinder. Attach the
hoses
> to these nipples and route them into the reservoir that has been filled
with
> fluid. You will ideally want to secure the master cylinder in a vice and
> use something like a philips screwdriver to push the master cylinder rod
> back and forth until no air bubbles come out of the hoses.
>
> At this point just reinstall the master cylinder. I didn't need to bleed
> my brakes afterwards but if you do have to then you can just use the two
> person bleed or gravity bleed as it would probably be a good idea to get
rid
> of the old fluid anyway.
>
> CaptainKrunch
>
>
> "amsjsj" <amsjsj@cox.net> wrote in message
> news:6wOJb.67634$hf1.31568@lakeread06...
> > i have a 96 honda accord lx sedan. I need to replace my brake master
> > cylinder. Do i have to buy a vacuum or bleeder pump. Or is their another
> way
> > to do it?
> >
> >
>
>

I tried hparts and in my opinion the website sucks. I just did a search
for my 96 Accord and it came back with a total of 24 friggen parts. Now
when I go to an online parts place I expect the parts for my car to be
indexed in a a user friendly way and not requiring me to give part numbers
or submit a request for an email quote.

The other place that I found a master cylider was majestic honda but after
ording two timing belts from them for my very common car and they ended up
being the wrong ones, I have given up on these yahoo's. Screw them. What
are you supposed to do when you take your car apart and then find out you
have the wrong parts? Well you go to the local Honda place and pay top
dollar for them and then just eat the $90 bucks or so you paid Majestic
honda for the timing belts they sent you since you had them laying around
for a while.

I am done ranting now.

CaptainKrunch


"Jafir Elkurd" <jafir@nospam.no.spam.hotpop.com> wrote in message
news:vvh14qnt24ilc8@corp.supernews.com...
> $77.35 Fits 90-97 accords without rear discs:
>
> http://www.hparts.com/part_lookup.ph...=46100-sm4-a04
>
> $77.35 Fits 91-97 accords with rear discs:
>
> http://www.hparts.com/part_lookup.ph...=46100-sm4-g54
>
>
> "CaptainKrunch" <nothing@nobody.com> wrote in message
> news:qJidnWF9DP1bxmWiRVn-tA@comcast.com...
> > I recently replaced the master cylinder on my 96 accord ex with abs. It
> > might be the exact same part if not really close. Anyway I am sure the
> > replacement procedure is the same.
> >
> > I purchased mine from a Schuck's store for about $90 and it has a
lifetime
> > warranty I believe.
> >
> > Basically you loosen up both brake lines to the master cylinder.
> Preferably
> > with a flare-nut wrench as opposed to a standard wrench and absolutely
no
> > vice-grips or pliers. The "nuts" are soft and won't tolerate much
before
> > rounding off. Take the two nuts off the master cylinder and then
> completely
> > remove the master cylinder. This way makes a little less of a mess than
> > just taking off the brake lines right away. Do not get brake fluid on
> your
> > paint or it will eat it off.
> >
> > Chances are you will have to switch your reservoir to the new master
> > cylinder so just pull it out and transfer. Your "new" master cylinder
> > should have a bench bleeding kit which is just a couple plastic "bolts"
> with
> > nipples on them that screw into the new master cylinder. Attach the
> hoses
> > to these nipples and route them into the reservoir that has been filled
> with
> > fluid. You will ideally want to secure the master cylinder in a vice
and
> > use something like a philips screwdriver to push the master cylinder rod
> > back and forth until no air bubbles come out of the hoses.
> >
> > At this point just reinstall the master cylinder. I didn't need to
bleed
> > my brakes afterwards but if you do have to then you can just use the two
> > person bleed or gravity bleed as it would probably be a good idea to get
> rid
> > of the old fluid anyway.
> >
> > CaptainKrunch
> >
> >
> > "amsjsj" <amsjsj@cox.net> wrote in message
> > news:6wOJb.67634$hf1.31568@lakeread06...
> > > i have a 96 honda accord lx sedan. I need to replace my brake master
> > > cylinder. Do i have to buy a vacuum or bleeder pump. Or is their
another
> > way
> > > to do it?
> > >
> > >
> >
> >
>
>

I've personally had good luck with h-parts service. Their website is
lacking, but they have the best prices around. They accidentally sent me
two of a couple items on my order (and billed me for it) and they offered to
refund my money and pay for return shipping.

I have the honda parts catalogue on CD, so I'm not too concerned about their
website for now. For those who don't have access to the part numbers, try
www.slhonda.com they give you the part numbers.

As for the local places, if I need something that they have in stock, I
usually just tell them to give it to me cheaper, or I will go else where.
Sometimes they do, sometime they don't.

"CaptainKrunch" <nothing@nobody.com> wrote in message
news:6LadnSZgyetmPGWiRVn-gg@comcast.com...
> I tried hparts and in my opinion the website sucks. I just did a search
> for my 96 Accord and it came back with a total of 24 friggen parts. Now
> when I go to an online parts place I expect the parts for my car to be
> indexed in a a user friendly way and not requiring me to give part numbers
> or submit a request for an email quote.
>
> The other place that I found a master cylider was majestic honda but after
> ording two timing belts from them for my very common car and they ended up
> being the wrong ones, I have given up on these yahoo's. Screw them. What
> are you supposed to do when you take your car apart and then find out you
> have the wrong parts? Well you go to the local Honda place and pay top
> dollar for them and then just eat the $90 bucks or so you paid Majestic
> honda for the timing belts they sent you since you had them laying around
> for a while.
>
> I am done ranting now.
>
> CaptainKrunch
>
>
> "Jafir Elkurd" <jafir@nospam.no.spam.hotpop.com> wrote in message
> news:vvh14qnt24ilc8@corp.supernews.com...
> > $77.35 Fits 90-97 accords without rear discs:
> >
> > http://www.hparts.com/part_lookup.ph...=46100-sm4-a04
> >
> > $77.35 Fits 91-97 accords with rear discs:
> >
> > http://www.hparts.com/part_lookup.ph...=46100-sm4-g54
> >
> >
> > "CaptainKrunch" <nothing@nobody.com> wrote in message
> > news:qJidnWF9DP1bxmWiRVn-tA@comcast.com...
> > > I recently replaced the master cylinder on my 96 accord ex with abs.
It
> > > might be the exact same part if not really close. Anyway I am sure
the
> > > replacement procedure is the same.
> > >
> > > I purchased mine from a Schuck's store for about $90 and it has a
> lifetime
> > > warranty I believe.
> > >
> > > Basically you loosen up both brake lines to the master cylinder.
> > Preferably
> > > with a flare-nut wrench as opposed to a standard wrench and absolutely
> no
> > > vice-grips or pliers. The "nuts" are soft and won't tolerate much
> before
> > > rounding off. Take the two nuts off the master cylinder and then
> > completely
> > > remove the master cylinder. This way makes a little less of a mess
than
> > > just taking off the brake lines right away. Do not get brake fluid on
> > your
> > > paint or it will eat it off.
> > >
> > > Chances are you will have to switch your reservoir to the new master
> > > cylinder so just pull it out and transfer. Your "new" master cylinder
> > > should have a bench bleeding kit which is just a couple plastic
"bolts"
> > with
> > > nipples on them that screw into the new master cylinder. Attach the
> > hoses
> > > to these nipples and route them into the reservoir that has been
filled
> > with
> > > fluid. You will ideally want to secure the master cylinder in a vice
> and
> > > use something like a philips screwdriver to push the master cylinder
rod
> > > back and forth until no air bubbles come out of the hoses.
> > >
> > > At this point just reinstall the master cylinder. I didn't need to
> bleed
> > > my brakes afterwards but if you do have to then you can just use the
two
> > > person bleed or gravity bleed as it would probably be a good idea to
get
> > rid
> > > of the old fluid anyway.
> > >
> > > CaptainKrunch
> > >
> > >
> > > "amsjsj" <amsjsj@cox.net> wrote in message
> > > news:6wOJb.67634$hf1.31568@lakeread06...
> > > > i have a 96 honda accord lx sedan. I need to replace my brake master
> > > > cylinder. Do i have to buy a vacuum or bleeder pump. Or is their
> another
> > > way
> > > > to do it?
> > > >
> > > >
> > >
> > >
> >
> >
>
>