This is how I did mine,First chock the front wheels,Turn off the E-brake, Remove the rear wheels,Remove the caliper screw plastic dust cover,remove the slider screw with size 7 hex.Next Remove the E-brake plastic cover with size 5 hex driver.Now turn the motor pin clockwise with your fingers until it stop.Now you are ready to push the caliper piston like butter.Put back the E-brake cover Reverse the process.Go to the passenger side Do the same process.Check the master cylinder,fill it up,Pump the brake a few times then engage the E-brake twice,Test drive the Civic and THANK GOD for a job well done by yourself with Him.
THANK YOU for this clarification!! It saved me! Why don't any of the videos turning the motor pin clockwise???!!! I wasted a solid hour trying to compress the caliper not knowing I had to turn the pin clockwise 🙄
For electronic e brakes you need to put the brakes onto service mode first. If you restract the piston like you would any old car, the e brake mechanism will break. You need to do service mode AND use a piston retract tool
if you where to simply press in on that caliper piston without having the car retract the parking brake ( various ways of doing that ) yeah your gonna fuck some shit up lol but I'm turning the piston inward essentially doing what the parking brake does. I do these brakes at least once a week and nothing will happen but yeah putting the car in service mode or using a scan tool is much faster
another way of doing this if you have an electronic brake, is to remove the black plastic cover behind the caliper and turning the spindle clockwise with an E11 torx then simply press in the caliper piston like your would any other caliper, In my case I'm turning the caliper piston while pressing inward to retract it If you don't have an electronic brake simply press the caliper piston in
This advice was a godsend! worked like a charm. E12 though, in case anyone else out there is dumb enough to search their garage up and down for an E11 before just trying the 12
I have a 2016 civic. Just changed the rear rotors today. All your advice were good except I had to use a battery to retract the mechanism of the piston then use a disc brakes pad spreader to push the piston inside. Mine were not straight forward as you showed in your video.
Matt Miller - Get a 9 volt ( square battery) connect some wires to it. Mark the positive end with a tape or a sharpie. When you unplug the connection that goes into the electronic brake , you will see two connectors deep inside the socket. Now here is the trick- you will need to play with the polarity of these connectors by swapping it. Once you hear some noise from the electronic brakes ... it means that the piston is moving. Now try to press the piston and see if it move! If yes, then it means that the polarity is correct and keep the connection until the piston is retracted to your Desired depth. If you notice that the piston is not retracting; still hard to press in, then change the wire connection/ polarity at the connectors and let the piston mechanism moves and then check again the piston by pressing it inside! This should work. One more trick about the connector: when you look at socket/plug housing of the connectors, you will see one side is semi-circle and the other side is flat. In my car, the round side is the positive terminal and the flat side is the negative.
wow sorry for the late reply, both ways can work , if doing it manually as I'm doing in this video you really need to press inward pretty hard while turning the piston otherwise it just spins in place Thanks for the input tho I may update the video to show other methods
on my 2014 RLX I manually retracted the power control unit after removing the two star bolts and then turning the unit clockwise until it stops, putting everything back together and pushing the caliper straight back...did not desire to purchase a scan tool to do the retraction.
@@mynsxt6 I did the same thing,I manually retracted the motor spindle clockwise until it stop.And push the piston with C clamp.It was a success.Thank you Jesus.
I did this and use the right tool.I took to Honda because on reverse I heard a knock,just one every time I go in reverse.They told me I messed up something and had to pay 700 dollars for the rear caliper on the ebrake side.Anyone get this??? Or is this even a thing?
did they tell you exactly what happen? I do these brakes at least once a week here and I repeat the exact same process you see in the video with no problems. let me know what they tell you, usually when I do brakes and hear a "knock" its usually defective pads not sitting right on the carrier or worn guide pins, missing brake hardware, even the anti rattle clip if not installed.. at 700$ I'm guessing something must have gone wrong with the ebrake assembly.. either way id be curious as to what they tell you. thanks
thefuuudidijustwatch Yeah I’m not sure what went wrong.I wasn’t given a clear diagnostic on the problem.I was told I couldn’t do a brake fluid change because they needed to fix that problem first.My ebrake works fine and brake work fine.I told them I smelled a burning scent but they couldn’t find anything.Yesterday I drove my car and the smell is coming from the rear left tire.Not sure what it is but it only happens after and an hour of driving.
There are scan tools that can retract the handbrake fully but you would still need to press in the piston, if you don’t have a scan tool you have to turn the piston clockwise and inward to retract it
Thank you very much for the video. It was a huge help. Especially the tip for compressing the caliper piston. Needle nose pliers worked fine. Again, Muchos Gracias.
@@jnthnc612 do I need to mess with electric e brake just to change pads? Or follow vid like you did when you took pads out then just reverse steps from there?
@@jnthnc612 wow replying after 2 years in short time… THANK YOU. could you Do a tutorial? I have the new 11th gen assuming process is virtually similar there are no videos or anything I need ceramic pads brake dust is ruining my alloy rims lol
No damage?The reason why you have to turn it while pushing it is there is a screw inside attached to the motor that spins out to engage the brake,and spins back when you disengage the E-brake.
This is how I did mine,First chock the front wheels,Turn off the E-brake, Remove the rear wheels,Remove the caliper screw plastic dust cover,remove the slider screw with size 7 hex.Next Remove the E-brake plastic cover with size 5 hex driver.Now turn the motor pin clockwise with your fingers until it stop.Now you are ready to push the caliper piston like butter.Put back the E-brake cover Reverse the process.Go to the passenger side Do the same process.Check the master cylinder,fill it up,Pump the brake a few times then engage the E-brake twice,Test drive the Civic and THANK GOD for a job well done by yourself with Him.
THANK YOU for this clarification!! It saved me! Why don't any of the videos turning the motor pin clockwise???!!! I wasted a solid hour trying to compress the caliper not knowing I had to turn the pin clockwise 🙄
For electronic e brakes you need to put the brakes onto service mode first. If you restract the piston like you would any old car, the e brake mechanism will break. You need to do service mode AND use a piston retract tool
if you where to simply press in on that caliper piston without having the car retract the parking brake ( various ways of doing that ) yeah your gonna fuck some shit up lol but I'm turning the piston inward essentially doing what the parking brake does. I do these brakes at least once a week and nothing will happen but yeah putting the car in service mode or using a scan tool is much faster
another way of doing this if you have an electronic brake, is to remove the black plastic cover behind the caliper and turning the spindle clockwise with an E11 torx then simply press in the caliper piston like your would any other caliper, In my case I'm turning the caliper piston while pressing inward to retract it
If you don't have an electronic brake simply press the caliper piston in
I used 11/32" (or 9mm) 6-point socket on the splined caliper shafts just fine. I rotated it by fingers
This advice was a godsend! worked like a charm. E12 though, in case anyone else out there is dumb enough to search their garage up and down for an E11 before just trying the 12
I did this per another video. Worked great but now I have a EMERGENCY BRAKE LIGHT PROBLEM light on the dash.
@randallfox4265 did you figure it out?
Nice professional job. And nice and quiet too. Well done.
Muchas gracias Compa , muy buen video !!! Además está chida la música .
Very helpful! Thank you!!
Looks like you have the electronic park brake, there is usually a process to retract the power control unit and then push the caliper straight in.
I read a Honda tech comment that you can't compress the piston without real risk of expensive damage. You have to use their scanning tool. Figures.
You can manually retract it, without damage as per honda manual.
@@vinnie2033 how?
I have a 2016 civic. Just changed the rear rotors today. All your advice were good except I had to use a battery to retract the mechanism of the piston then use a disc brakes pad spreader to push the piston inside. Mine were not straight forward as you showed in your video.
Matt Miller - Get a 9 volt ( square battery) connect some wires to it. Mark the positive end with a tape or a sharpie. When you unplug the connection that goes into the electronic brake , you will see two connectors deep inside the socket. Now here is the trick- you will need to play with the polarity of these connectors by swapping it. Once you hear some noise from the electronic brakes ... it means that the piston is moving. Now try to press the piston and see if it move! If yes, then it means that the polarity is correct and keep the connection until the piston is retracted to your Desired depth. If you notice that the piston is not retracting; still hard to press in, then change the wire connection/ polarity at the connectors and let the piston mechanism moves and then check again the piston by pressing it inside! This should work. One more trick about the connector: when you look at socket/plug housing of the connectors, you will see one side is semi-circle and the other side is flat. In my car, the round side is the positive terminal and the flat side is the negative.
wow sorry for the late reply, both ways can work , if doing it manually as I'm doing in this video you really need to press inward pretty hard while turning the piston otherwise it just spins in place Thanks for the input tho I may update the video to show other methods
on my 2014 RLX I manually retracted the power control unit after removing the two star bolts and then turning the unit clockwise until it stops, putting everything back together and pushing the caliper straight back...did not desire to purchase a scan tool to do the retraction.
@@mynsxt6 I did the same thing,I manually retracted the motor spindle clockwise until it stop.And push the piston with C clamp.It was a success.Thank you Jesus.
What size is the torx screw? Can i use T10?
I know he said 7mm but I don't know what that is equivalent to in the T sizes.
Great video!!
How to do i remove the brake system yellow light an red like that says brake on homda civic 2017?
Torque setting for the bolts please?
How to reset the brake system light
I did this and use the right tool.I took to Honda because on reverse I heard a knock,just one every time I go in reverse.They told me I messed up something and had to pay 700 dollars for the rear caliper on the ebrake side.Anyone get this??? Or is this even a thing?
did they tell you exactly what happen? I do these brakes at least once a week here and I repeat the exact same process you see in the video with no problems. let me know what they tell you, usually when I do brakes and hear a "knock" its usually defective pads not sitting right on the carrier or worn guide pins, missing brake hardware, even the anti rattle clip if not installed.. at 700$ I'm guessing something must have gone wrong with the ebrake assembly.. either way id be curious as to what they tell you. thanks
thefuuudidijustwatch Yeah I’m not sure what went wrong.I wasn’t given a clear diagnostic on the problem.I was told I couldn’t do a brake fluid change because they needed to fix that problem first.My ebrake works fine and brake work fine.I told them I smelled a burning scent but they couldn’t find anything.Yesterday I drove my car and the smell is coming from the rear left tire.Not sure what it is but it only happens after and an hour of driving.
No cleaning, no rust brushing. No piston boot cleaning before retract. No grease on pad’s contact point. No grease on sliding pin. Hummm!
MIGHT BE A DUMB QUESTION, BUT WHY DID HE TAKE THE ROTOR OUT???
lol yeah probly should have added some context to that, I resurfaced the rotor
@@jnthnc612 Thanks for the reply.
So no need to activate the caliper with machine
There are scan tools that can retract the handbrake fully but you would still need to press in the piston, if you don’t have a scan tool you have to turn the piston clockwise and inward to retract it
Or if you don’t want extra tools just turn the ebrake and then just push piston in
Thank you very much for the video. It was a huge help. Especially the tip for compressing the caliper piston. Needle nose pliers worked fine. Again, Muchos Gracias.
Awesome glad I could help!
Good way to damage the electric parking brake.
I think "masochist" is the word you want, at least if you're as lousy with a pair of needle nose pliers as I am
can somebody please help? I'm only replacing the pads, do I really need to removed the rotor??
You do not need to remove the rotor unless your going to resurface or replace it
@@jnthnc612 do I need to mess with electric e brake just to change pads? Or follow vid like you did when you took pads out then just reverse steps from there?
@@tpeas2452 you don’t need to remove or replace the rotors but you will def have to retract the caliper somewhat
@@jnthnc612 wow replying after 2 years in short time… THANK YOU. could you Do a tutorial? I have the new 11th gen assuming process is virtually similar there are no videos or anything I need ceramic pads brake dust is ruining my alloy rims lol
@@jnthnc612 retract caliper like you do in all other brakes i.e. no messing with E brake things
No need to apply brake grease?
You can put some grease on the caliper pins if they are dry
Needle nose pliers grind the tips down! Push! Push!
Brave man
I used a regular piston retractor and it went back in easily......and VERY slowly of course. No need to rotate.
No damage?The reason why you have to turn it while pushing it is there is a screw inside attached to the motor that spins out to engage the brake,and spins back when you disengage the E-brake.
The older models don’t use the electronic retractor motor. I concur the newer ones do. I’ve encountered those already.
Next time get a c clamp, take the gloves off easier without dont be afraid to get your hands dirty