Honda Rear Brake Pad and Rotor Replacement 2004 Accord (Brake Pulsation Fix) Part 2
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- Опубліковано 6 лют 2025
- Want to know how to replace the rear brake pads and rotors on a Honda Accord? In this video I show you how I correct brake pedal pulsation on a Honda. This is a very common problem on many Hondas. I will replace the brake pads, rotors, service all parts and flush the brake fluid out. The exact vehicle in this video is a 2004 Honda Accord EX 2.4L 4 cylinder. This is part 2, where I will be replacing the rear brakes.
Brakes are extremely important and doing it wrong can create an unsafe condition. If you are unsure about anything, bring your vehicle to a professional to have is fixed properly.
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Great data. What brand/model are the pneumatic angle grinder attachments?
Your video is the only one of six that I watched that showed how you installed the clips. Thanks for not skipping this point.
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For anyone else who only did the front pads and wants to skip to the bed in process, it starts at 31:15. Thanks for the great video!
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Dude I so appreciate the thorough video on this. If not for stuff like this I would tear my hair out brilliant work by the way
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Finally somebody cautions against touching the friction surfaces and recommends the factory lubricants instead of something that "seems to work" or "this is what I always use." I'm impressed. :)
If you read the Honda service manual they recommend Moly 77 for the brake hardware. Video uses Permatex. Still it is one of the best videos on how to service the brakes.
thank you very illustrating/demonstrating a detailed video… i’m an amatuer diy… your videos guide me what i need to do to service my honda accord… this is informative… i learn better with a video demonstration… your commentary gives me the intensity or difficulty of the task at hand … i have continually viewed ur tools… and demo videos… thank you for ur detailed work…👊🏼👊🏼👊🏼
I appreciate the comment, thanks!
Thank you for sharing, I do the same thing when breaking in my new pads and rotors. I did learn a new trick from you: by draining out the old brake fluid out of caliper. Thank you!
Great stuff - I have two Accords 2012 and 2013 to work on - first stop is the Big Dog, biggest dog on the porch - thanks again
lol, thanks!
Best example I've seen for a COMPLETE brake job
Thanks 👍!
I can watch your video over and over,thats how good it is. Keep making great videos,greatly appreciate. I got 2012 Honda Accord and its almost the same car,so your video helps.
Thanks!
Just finished this job on my '07 accord. Just a few things to change for a little better quality.
Don't bleed the brake until you push the caliper back in all the way, this will allow you to get essentially all of the fluid exchanged. Without the caliper pushed back in all the way, you have some dead fluid in the caliper that you won't get.
There is no need to use an impact on the caliper or bracket bolts as the torque specs on them are not that high and they come off with a regular 1/2" socket.
When you redo the caliper bracket, take the boot off and clean it and clean out the pin bore, then relube just like the vid.
Don't lube the exterior of the SS shims that the pad ears slide in. All that will do is attract dust and dirt. The pads slide freely in the shims as it is and there is not need to lube that area, they are sized to move fine dry.
I wish I lived in an area that has so little corrosion that the underside of my accord looked like that. 5 months of salt every winter does a number on the underside of the car.
Great vid for the DIY.
great video to reference in replacing brake pad and rotor of my honda accord… i appreciate your detail and explanation … ur suggestion for materials n tools were helpful… 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻
Glad it helped, thanks for the comment!
Thank you for the tutorial, I learned a lot. I just finished doing my rear brakes on my 2004 Accord.
Awesome, glad it helped!
Dude that was AWESOME you are a true craftsman. Thank You.
Hi Big Dog! I just want to clarify it for myself, so three questions: 1) Does one need to fill the master cylinder when flushing each side of the wheel's brake? 2) Can I first change the front brakes, and then change the rear ones a bit later? 3) The brake adjustment process is very important, but where to find such a place to drive without complete stops. I live in the place where plenty stop lines and traffic lights...? Thank you for your fantastic educational videos!
The master cylinder needs to be kept full (or at least have fluid in it) during fluid flush or it will introduce air into system. The front and rear do not have to be changed at the same time (as long as the old brakes are still serviceable). As far as bedding in, it is not rocket science, I just try to find a place where I can do a few quick starts and stops to mate the pads to the rotors.
@@BigDog50001 Thanks!
Great video, very helpful. Will have my son watch this as well before he and do a set to build skills.
I also loved the naturally aspirated 17 ft-lbf clicks when buttoning up the guide pins! Priceless! 😀
Thanks for the comment!
Thank you! I watched as I did the job
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Hi - Thanks for your videos! They are great! ... But.... in this one you could of blew right through the fact that no normal jack can get the Honda rear end up high enough from that tow point. I have a 14 7/8" floor jack and it doesn't even come close. I then took it to one side and jacked that side way up to see if I could put a 17" jackstand under the tow point, release the jack and then put shorter jackstands under the correct points, but the 17" jackstand still alllowed the wheels to make contact with the ground. I am just now trying to figure out how many inches in the air I need to get that rear end!
it took: CRAFTSMAN Black 3-Ton Steel Hydraulic Floor Jack
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To get the job done. (I am not selling these. Hence the pure text copy/paste.) It has a 19 5/16" max lift and it just BARELY got the job done.
Great video very helpful, i just replaced the rear brakes & Rotors with genuine Honda parts but I can feel some noise from rear brakes also are those pads supposed to touch all the time to the rotors because I can’t see any gap between rotor and pad please guide Thank you
Good video Sr. Have a question if you can respond: I did a brake fluid flush on my 2012 automatic transmission Honda Accord a while ago and noticed my car did not wanted to start after I finished the job. Had to unplug the car battery for about 10-15 mins for the computer to reset and then I was able to stared it up again. Also I was not able to flush al the lines correctly. I'm not sure waht I did wrong. One of the things that I noticed was that I did not open my car's ignition switch which make the pushing on the brake pedal very hard. So my question is: should I not mess with the car ignition, or should I at least turn the car's key a little for the electronic to come on and then do the break pedal push when bleeding the line. Would appreciate if you or someone can answer my question. Sorry for the long writing. Thanks ahead!
Great Job explaining in detail the work performed!
Thank you!
Very clean and meticulous job. Very much appreciated. Keep up the good work!
Thanks!
Great video thanks very much, at the end you said you would clean off the reservoir cap if dirty, what would you clean it with?
I use brake parts cleaner. I avoid getting inside the master cylinder reservoir so I don't contaminate the fluid. Thanks for the comment!
Overall Great job
Except 31:00 notice that you overfill the oil to the moon that even the strainer get wet when you put it back, but you didn't suck the oil out and stabilize the level.
just closed the cap and go on like it's how it suppose to be ^^
Very well done video. It helped me a lot. Thank you Sir.
Good to hear, thanks for the comment!
Great video. Thanks. What do you use to clean out the hose and body of the small hand pump so the fluids don't destroy it. I had power steering fluid turn a hose yellow and brittle.
Paul Laws I don't clean the pumps. I label them and only use them for that type of fluid and when they break I use a new one. I usually have a lot of them on hand.
I have vibration on my 05 accord sedan as well. I have the 3 year duralast gold rotors with their top on the line CMAX pads up front. The rotors they only 2 years old and they already warped. Still under warranty but I don't want to swap them out for another set and then 2 years later end up with the same problem. I might try the brembo replacement rotors from tire rack with the akebono pads from rockauto. Too bad rockauto doesn't sell brembo rotors for the 03-07 accord
Hondas can be finicky when it comes to vibration. My go to setup is Akebono Pro Act pads and Centric Premium rotors, which I showed in this video. But more importantly, I always make sure to clean up the hub face and use silicone on the slide pins.
Big Dog50001 Automotive when it comes to centric brand rotor.... u buy the top of the line ones right?
Yes, I try to get the premium version.
Big Dog50001 Automotive centric makes a better version of the rotors u used. I found them on rockauto as well as the ones u used. Check ur other vid I gave u the part number's for the better version of that u used. It's a carbon coated rotor
Love the detail. Excellent video. THANKS for sharing!
Thanks 👍!
Very good video great detail well done ! Thank you.
Thanks!
Are the wheel chocks on the front wheels the only thing that prevents this vehicle from rolling forward or backward as you jack up the rear of the vehicle?
On front wheel drive cars like this Accord, being in gear will also stop it (at least somewhat).
@@BigDog50001 Being in park is where you want to be, not in a gear.
Great work! Was the passenger side a clockwise windback also?
Josiah Royse Thanks! Yes it was the same.
I have the same first name as you.
Is there a reason you pump and hold then open the bleeder vs open the bleeder and begin pumping simultaneously, close the bleeder after a reasonable interval of pumping the brakes and then check the master? Just curious. Awesome content. I need to do my first break job in a month.
Pump and hold insures the fluid and any air inside is only moving one way (out).
Totally makes senses. Thanks, great work!
If you want to wait a few minutes, you can just attach your catch container as indicated and open the bleeder valve and gravity drain the fluid. In less than 10 minutes you are all set.
Great video very in depth
BADD400 CB700 drums Thank you.
What happens if your helper lets go the brake pedal while you have the screw open? Will it suck air in ? Thanks for the video pal.
There is the possibility of pulling some air into system if the pedal is released with bleeder open. If a hose is connected to a bottle like I had in this video then that can help eliminate the possibility. If it happens, then I just pump/bleed a few more times to get the air out.
@@BigDog50001 thank you buddy.I really appreciate your feedback.
I was ready to tackle a brake job on my own, for the first time, but after seeing this, I've lost confidence.
I'm replacing just the passenger rear caliper bracket and guide pins on our 2012 Accord. It's a botched job someone else did before we bought the car. I have the new caliper bracket and pins. My question is, one of the guide pins has a rubber bushing on it and the other guide pin does not have a rubber bushing. Which position does the caliper guide pin with the rubber bushing go in, the leading end or the trailing end?
Thanks.
For the rear brakes on those generation Accords, there is a Pin "A" and a Pin "B".
Pin "A" will have 3 flat sides or grooves depending on if it is Nissin or Akebono.
Pin "B" will either be smooth all the way or have a rubber bushing at the end.
In both cases, Pin "A" will go in the lower position. Pin "B" goes in the upper position.
@@BigDog50001 Thank you, their Nissin brakes. So the pin with the bushing goes on the trailing edge of the rotor.
Thanks for the video, question how much will be for all that job?
If you don’t mind. I need to take my Honda Accord 2001. Ex.
Prices vary a lot depending on the quality of parts used (OEM is usually the most) and labor rate of the shop. This job can range anywhere from $300 to $900 or more.
Thanks. Big Dog 50001.
We see how much will cost me. For all brakes and rotors.👍
Awesome video. Maybe do a how to on rear drum brakes on 03-06 Honda Accord.
Thanks! Maybe one of these days I will.
Isn't it possible to open the brakes using an OBD scanner?
Newer brake systems with electric parking brakes require a scan tool to place the brake system into Brake Pad Maintenance Mode (although there is a way around the scan tool requirement). Even with a scan tool, the brake caliper piston still needs to be pressed back into the bore.
thanks for that@@BigDog50001
Does the akebono pads come with the hardware kit or do you have to buy that separately
They usually do not come with hardware.
Would those purple OTC will take out metal from the hub too? I have very minor rust on the hub, which would you recommend? Thank you.
If they are like the ones I used in the video, they will take rust off.
Thank you.@@BigDog50001
Which Milwaukee impact wrench did you use? Besides on your video, would you please list all the lubricants you used. Video went too fast and I could not write them down quick enough. Thank you
Here you go! Thanks for the comment!
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@@BigDog50001 I am looking at getting a cordless impact wrench. I notice that you use a 3/8. I'm trying to decide between 3/8 or 1/2. This would be for working on my 2 Hondas. What would you advise that I get? I'm thinking it would be faster and easier to get jobs done. But also, because I have read a few places that an impact wrench is better to use than a breaker bar. Is that true? Thanks for your videos!
Also, are air tools better than electric? If you were just starting out on getting tools which way would you go? Thanks!
Steve Ricke Air and battery powered tools each have their own good and bad. I use my Milwaukee 3/8” battery impact 80% of the time, if I could only have one that would be it.
@@BigDog50001 If you were buying tools now like me, would you get M12 or M18 series?
It's a good idea to buy 8 rotor screws from the dealership in case u accidentally strip the heads in the removal process. They are pretty cheap
There is no need to replace the rotor screws after you remove them. The lug nuts pin the rotor to the hub just fine and you should be torqueing those. They are just there for ease of assembly.
Where did you buy the brakes and rotors from ?
Either Rock Auto or Amazon most likely.
Does Accord 2012 have the same jack lift point? Is max height 21 inch jack enough to lift the rear wheels?
Same lift points. It will be close but 21" should be enough in the rear.
Big Dog50001 Automotive still not enough height to put jack stands. The heights of both rear wheels are not even. Something wrong with this jack lift?
John W Happens all the time where one side goes up slightly higher than other.
The height is still lower than the lowest height of my jack stands, do you have some ways to handle it?
Big Dog, would you happen to have a pressure bleeder to flush the brake fluid?
Also, where do you get your Fluid Film from. I'd never heard of it until Eric O used some in a recent video, and after seeing you with a can, I looked it up on Amazon, but I've never noticed it in local parts stores (since I didn't know about it anyway. LOL)
I like your bed in procedure as well, great idea.
I have a MityVac but no I don't have a pressure bleeder, I guess I like doing them the old fashioned way. I bought that can of Fluid Film at the local auto parts store (AutoZone I think), but I was in Lowe's a few days ago and noticed they carried it also.
Cool, I'll have to keep an eye out for it at those stores.
I made a manual pressure bleeder out of a garden sprayer and I've had good results with it for flushing and bleeding.
Hola desde:::Puedes agregar un cambio de pastillas traseras Accord 2.2 1994 pero en español
Disculpa,, es desde Chile...
You could have got those rear rotors turned and used them. The oem rotors are very good quality
Almost no shops turn rotors anymore either, not cost effective.
High quality rear rotors are less than $30, it is not worth it, just replace them when you need to.
Thank you !!
You bet!
Those clip on the caliper is hard to put it back on took me 15mins to put it..if is not broken leave it.
Baahubali Alak at bar They can be tricky, it takes some practice.
Wow that's a clean caliper. Must not be a northern car.
Nope, it isn't!
what you get at autozone and O’reilly etc are junk and last 5-10000miles at most