How to Replace Rear Brakes 2001-05 Honda Civic
Created on: 2016-05-11
This video will show the steps for removing and replacing the rear brake drum, brake shoes and springs, and the e-brake spreader to do a rear brake job
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step 1 :Removing the Wheel
- Loosen the 19mm lug nuts with the vehicle on the ground
- Raise the vehicle with a floor jack
- Secure the vehicle on jack stands
- Remove the lug nuts
- Pull off the wheel
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step 2 :Removing the Brake Shoes
- Strike the rotor/brake drum with a hammer if it will not come off
- Remove the rotor/brake drum
- Remove the two brake shoe springs with the vise grip pliers
- Twist off the front retaining spring with the vise grip pliers
- Hold the retaining pin in place by hand
- Pry off the brake retainer with a flat blade screwdriver and turn it off the pin
- Remove the brake shoe
- Remove the retainer pin
- Repeat the process for the other side, letting the rear shoe hang on the e-brake
- Remove the adjustor
- Rotate the e-brake shoe with vice-grips
- Push the brake shoe off the e-brake
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step 3 :Removing the E-brake Spreader
- Wedge the horseshoe clip off with a flat blade screwdriver OR
- Pry the horseshoe clip off with pliers
- Remove the washer
- Remove the e-brake spreader
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step 4 :Reinstalling the E-brake Spreader
- Insert the retaining pin into the brake shoe
- Lay the e-brake spreader over the pin
- Insert the washer over the spreader
- Insert the horseshoe clip into the groove
- Clamp the horseshoe clip with pliers
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step 5 :Installing the New Brake Shoes
- Secure the end of your e-brake cable with vise grip pliers
- Push the spring back with the hook on the e-brake spreader
- Hook the lower brake spring into the shoe brake
- Insert the retainer pin in the back
- Insert the retainer clip over the pin
- Press the retainer clip into place
- Press the clip down and rotate the pin to keep it in place
- Hook the spring into the remaining pad underneath the tab
- Repeat the process for the other side
- Spin the star wheel on the adjustor so it's clamped together
- Insert the adjustor into place with the longest leg facing you
- Insert the adjustor arm into place
- Hook the retainer spring to the brake shoes
- Adjust out your brake shoes by turning the star wheel up with a flat blade screwdriver
- Insert the brake drum/rotor into place
- Turn the brake drum slightly so you can feel light contact
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step 6 :Reattaching the Wheel
- Slide the wheel into place
- Start the lug nuts by hand
- Tighten the 19mm lug nuts preliminarily
- Lower the vehicle to the ground
- Torque the lug nuts to 80 foot-pounds in a crossing or star pattern
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step 7 :Testing the Brakes
- Pump your brakes repeatedly until they feel firm
- Test your brakes at 5 miles per hour and then 10 miles per hour
- Road test the vehicle
Tools needed
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Hammer
Flat Blade Screwdriver
Torque Wrench
Jack Stands
19mm Socket
Chisel
Floor Jack
Needle nose pliers
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In this video, we're going to show you how to do your rear brakes. This vehicle is a 2003 Civic with rear drum brakes. They're also the same for 2001 to 2005. We show you the passenger side. The driver's side is the same procedure. You'll need new brake kit from 1AAuto.com, 19mm socket or tire iron, needle nose and standard pliers, needle nose vice grips, flat head screwdriver, chisel and hammer, and jack and jack stand.
Raise and support the vehicle. Remove the tire.
Corrosion often builds up between the wheel hub and the drum brake. You may have to hit it with a hammer to get it to loosen up and come off easily. Always be sure not to hit the wheel studs. Just a little bit of tapping so we can get our hands behind it and the drum comes off. Repeat these steps on the opposite side of the vehicle. Work to disassemble and reassemble the rear drum brakes one side at a time, that way if you get lost or don't remember where something goes, you have the opposite side as a reference.
Using a small pair of needle nose vice grips or a brake spring tool, if you have one available to you, remove these springs from the drum brakes. Be sure the vice grips are on there good and tight, because these springs can slip out under tension. Remove the brake shoe retainers by supporting the back of the pin, pressing down with the screwdriver, and turning the retainer off of the pin. Remove your brake shoes and your retainer pins from the back of the dust shield. Repeat for the other side.
Remove your adjuster and allow the rear shoe to hang on the E-brake. Rotate the E-brake shoe so you can access the end of your E-brake cable. Grab onto it with you vice grips. Push back and remove the cable from its retainers.
In order to remove the E-brake spreader, you'll have to undo this horseshoe clip. There's a few ways to do this. You can try to wedge it with a screwdriver, pry the ends off, and push it through with pliers. Once you get the end spread out a little bit, you can set a pair of pliers to the back of the stud and the bottom of your clip. Remove the washer and the E-brake spreader from your shoe.
The original one from the vehicle. The new one from 1A Auto. Exact replacement. The shoes you can see here are the originals. This one's fairly worn out. The new ones from 1A Auto are an exact replacement.
The installation kit comes with the two springs, the mounting studs, as well as the clips, and the emergency brake holding clip. We're going to reuse our E-brake spreader, pin, and washer. Put it together with a new horseshoe clip that was included in our brake hardware kit. Install the pin into the brake shoe. Lay the E-brake spreader over the pin, washer, and slide your horseshoe clip into the groove. Close it up with needle nose vice grips or pliers. Make sure the ends are crimped together nice and tight.
Use a pair of needle nose vice grips to secure the end of your E-brake cable. You're going to want to push the spring back with this hook on your E-brake spreader. Slide it back. The lower brake spring hooks in from the back of the shoe. We'll hook it in to our rear shoe, making sure to lock the top into the wheel cylinder.
Feed our retainer pin to the back. Install your retainer clip over the pin. Press it down either by hand, with pliers, or the help of a flat-head screwdriver. You can use pliers to push the clip down. Grab your pin and rotate it.
Install the lower spring into your front pad. Be sure to hook it under the tab at the bottom. Install your retaining pin and clip the same way you did on the other side. Make sure your star wheel on your adjuster is spun all the way down with the longest leg facing you. Your adjuster arm will install with this adjuster sitting over this lip. Hook the retainer spring. Install your vice grips nice and tight.
We're going to install this hook into this hole. Install your vice grips nice and tight, so the spring is under a good amount of pressure. You don't want it snapping back at you. Sometimes, if it becomes partially engaged, you can tap it the rest of the way in with a screwdriver and a hammer.
Aligning this hole in the hub, you can access the star wheel with a screwdriver in order to adjust out your brake shoes. After you've adjusted your shoes up, you'll want to test fit your brake drum until you can just feel your brake shoes dragging on the wheel. This may take a few tries. Just a little bit of contact is all you need.
Reinstall the wheel. Your four 19mm lug nuts. Torque your four lug nuts to 84lbs in a cross pattern.
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