Honda Car Forum

AC <cookster666@hotmail.com> floridly penned in
news:bei9bm$7tt$1@coranto.ucs.mun.ca:

> Hi,
>
> I attempted to change the front pads and rotos on my 99 civic but it
> seems like they are stuck in the retaining clips. Also they haven't
> worn equally on the inside and outside of the rotor. So I left them as
> is for now. Any thoughts on what's wrong?


You are in Canada. That tells me everything. Your message was posted on the
9th, so this reply is probably too late to be effective. I reply anyway.

A '99 Civic will NOT have pistons that are seized or sticky, even if the
fluid is factory-original.

The rust between your caliper mount bracket and the pad stainless-steel
upper and lower shims has clamped the pads between them. This usually means
the OUTER pad wears first, and is distressingly common.

The main indicator of this problem is the need to hammer or lever the pads
out of the mount bracket once the caliper is removed.

You (or others with this problem) need to disassemble the brakes, SAND OFF
the rust from the shims and the relevant caliper mount bracket surfaces,
grease them well with Loctite C5A, make sure the pins slide freely, and
reassemble.

One of these days (probably around Christmas, when business slows down), I
will post the pics from my Spring brake job on my Web site. The rust will
amaze and astound you. Canadian winters are fearsome things.

It amazes me how many posts in this group and others are simple
regurgitations of previous problems and posts that have already been
repeated again, and again, and again, and again, and again, and again, and
again...


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TeGGeR®