Replacing the rear brake pads on your 1998 Honda Prelude can be done safely yourself and can save you means over what an Car shop would charge for the business. Brake pads move worn down after day, mainly whether you discharge a portion of driving and hurried stops. Brake pads shift thin and can inception squealing during braking. This is a comment that they might demand replaced. Brake pads should be checked Often for safety.
Instructions
Instructions
1. Loosen the lug nuts on your Honda's rear wheels on the contrary achieve not remove them. Retracting the piston also leaves you working room to attach the new pads. Carefully put the new pads in place and remove the C-clamp.4.
2. Remove the lug nuts from one revolve and pull it off the axle. Inspect the rotor, caliper and brake pads. Avail the wrench to unbolt the caliper from the brake pads. The caliper is even connected to the brake lines, so fix it down gently. You don't hope for to damage the brake lines.
3. Put on the gloves and mask to avoid exposure to the brake pad dust. Remove the brake pads carefully. Apply the C-clamp and tighten it to retract the brake piston. This will reset the brake system since you are putting on new pads. City the jack under the centre of the rear cusp of the automobile, creation confident it's under the frame to prevent damage to anything under the machine. Jack the rear neb up so both tires are off the ground. Slide the jack stands under Everyone side in front of the rear tires. Proceeds the jack a bit to lower the machine onto the jack stands.
Bolt the caliper back into place over the new brake pads. Slide the wheel back onto the axle. Tighten the lug nuts in a star pattern, every other lug nut, to ensure the wheel is straight when tightened back on. Follow the same procedure on the opposite wheel to replace those brake pads.
5. Jack the car up a little so you can slide the jack stands out from under each side. Release the jack to bring the wheels back to the ground. Use the lug nut wrench to fully secure the lug nuts. They should be tight enough that they cannot be removed or loosened by hand.
