How to Install Front Brakes on a 1993 Honda Accord

Service or inspect the front brakes on your 1993 Honda Accord every six months, as Honda recommends, to keep the brake system functioning correctly. Strenuous driving conditions such as stop-and-go traffic can cause the brakes to wear down especially quickly. The brake pads have built-in wear indicators that produce a high-pitched squealing as an indication that you need to service the pads very soon. Ignoring this sound can prove costly. As the brake pads wear down even more, they begin to damage your rotors, making minor brake-pad replacement more expensive. Install new front brakes on the 1993 Honda Accord right at home.

Instructions

1

Apply the Accords emergency brake and then loosen the lug nuts on the drivers-side tire with a lug wrench.

2

Raise the car on the drivers side with a car jack. Place a jack stand into position under the frame rail to help support the weight of the car.

3

Remove all of the lug nuts from the tire, and then slide the tire off the hub assembly. Roll the tire to the side of your work area and set its lug nuts on the ground beside it. Make sure that no dirt gets into the threads of the lug nuts because it will cause them to strip the threads on the lug nut studs.

4

Place an 8-inch C-clamp around the body of the brake caliper and then wind the C-clamp shut until its screw is firmly pressing against the surface of the outer brake pad. If you look at the inner brake pad, you will see a round metal circle pushing against the back of the pad. This is the piston, and it has to be compressed back down into its bore hole on the brake caliper.

5

Wind the C-clamp shut slowly while watching the piston to see when it has leveled itself into the bore hole. Once youre not able to see the piston, unwind and remove the C-clamp.

6

Loosen the top caliper mounting bolt one-quarter turn with your socket wrench and then completely remove the bottom caliper mounting bolt.

7

Pivot the brake caliper vertically off the brake pads.

8

Apply a thin coating of the anti-squeal compound on the back of both of the new brake pads. Then apply the compound on the surface of both new shims as well.

9

Remove the old inner brake pad with its shim and then install the new inner brake pad and shim right in its place. Do the same for the outer brake pad and shim.

10

Lower the brake caliper back down into its original position and return its lower mounting bolt. Set your 3/8-inch drive torque wrench to 33 ft-lbs., then secure both top and bottom mounting bolts in place.

11

Mount the wheel back onto the Accord and return each of its lug nuts by hand. Tighten the lug nuts until theyre snug and then remove the jack stand.

12

Lower the Accord until the tire slightly makes contact with the ground. Reset the 3/8-inch drive torque wrench to 100 foot-lbs. and continue tightening the lug nuts in a star pattern until theyre completely secure. Finish lowering the car and then remove the car jack.

13

Pump the brake pedal until it feels firm beneath your foot. Repeat this process to replace the passenger-side front brakes.