Car Fix DIY Videos

Mike Diaz says:

This was the first time changing the brakes on this car. All I do are my
two cars and once in a blue moon my son inlaws (this Honda). Let me know
how it goes. Good luck.

m0k0te says:

Your the man! 

Chuck Wagner says:

Thanks for the video. My son has a fit and I just did his front brakes. I
don’t get at all why you remove both the caliper and bracket as a unit nor
the string thing. I took the caliper off, removed the pads, removed and
greased the sliders and the feet of the pads and put the new pads in
re-using the spring clip which fits in the holes on the pads, compressed
the caliper piston using a c clamp and an old brake pad then put the
caliper back on which you know.

Your method seems over complicated, the strings plus if I recall you did
not remove and relube the caliper sliders which consensus says should be
done. I could be wrong on that exclusion as I only watched it quickly as I
knew I would not be doing it your way when I saw those strings which, to
me, made it needlessly more complicated than it is.

take care



John Viera says:

a regular schmo with a compressor and a gun. lol

Vartan says:

I just changed mine on my 2009 fit. I found it a lot easier to remove the
12 mm bolts instead of the 17 mm bolts… gives you more access and doesn’t
require you to have a string to keep everything together when reassembling.
Also, something that wasn’t done in this video, is you need to remove your
caliper pins and grease them. They are on the opposite side of those 12 mm
bolts and the bottom one has a rubber tip. J ust thought I’d share my
experience with my car. I’m also a regular smo :)

Rick Noelle says:

Thanks for the work you put into making this video. It gave me the
confidence I needed to change out the front brake pads on my 2010 Honda
Fit. I just took it for a test drive and they are working great. The set
of pads I bought cost $56. That’s a lot cheaper than taking it in for a
brake job. 🙂 Thanks.

Paulo Garcia says:

i have a question i was trying to loosen up the bolt behind the brake pads
but it won’t let me..im not sure if i nee more muscle or it i turning it
the right way. 1.does the mallet really help loosen up the bolt? 2.what
kind or brand of brake cleaner did you use? 3.what kind or brand of grease
did you use?

SUHiFire says:

Yes, all I used was a mallet. BTW, raceman967 was correct. All you need to
do is just loosen the bottom 12mm bolt and then flip the caliper upward.
Then its very easy to remove the old pads and dump the pads in. I just
tried it on another car. It worked great and saved a bunch of time. Got the
brak cleaner at AutoZone, its just a generic type cleaner, same with the
grease. Just ask the guy at your auto parts store for the brake cleaner and
grease.

mike says:

I believe you can still compress the caliper. The channel locks I use are
great for that. They have a great reach. You can also grease the components
without any problems. Just grease the backs of the disc brakes (the metal
side). And yes, remove one of the 12mm bolts (the one with the rubber
thingy) and then swivel the brake to one side and remove the old pads. Good
luck to you. Let me know how it goes.

MarkTheory says:

Is it a must to compress the piston? What would happen if I did not
compress it?

Roy Swift says:

Question – is it imperative that you put the spring inbetween the pads ?
The ones I replaced didnt have a spring and I only found them in the box
after I was finished.

baseer1992 says:

im going to change the brakes on my sis’s fit. just a couple of questions.
im going to change the front and back. in your video u did the front i
heard that the back brakes need a t clamp and if u use a regular c clamp it
can messup the calipers is this correct? what is that fluid u put on the
brakes? i know when u open up the brake fluid compartment but do you have
to remove any excess fluid when pressing on the calipers? thanks in advance

Raf C says:

Hi, I want to change the brake pads on my 2010 CR-V, is it pretty much the
same procedure?

William Wynn says:

I am working on a 2007 fit front breaks. Back in the 80s when I went to
school they had us to compress the brake cyclinder. The guy at the parts
house said the samething you are about break fluid. Before I tackeled this
project I watched several videos and your the only one so far that I have
found to mention this. I got to go and pick up my new breaks grease and
fluid. I had them to go ahead and trun the rotors.

cascivic says:

I know your a “regular joe” but your doing a lot of things wrong. 1. you
removed the caliper bracket which you dont need to…and thats why your
saying they look uneven..there not uneven and they shouldnt wear unevenly.
that can mean your slide pins are dried up…which you didnt lubricate. 2.
you should be cracking the bleeder and not forcing fluid up through the
mstr cylinder. and honda calls for 3 year fluid bleeding anyway can do at
the same time.you should put lube on the tangs on the pad

Tom Nguyen says:

can you make a video on changing the front rotors for a 08 honda fit with
just hand tools. I don’t have air tools to loosen the big bolts and very
afraid to strip the bolts. thanks

mike says:

You have to compress the calipers, otherwise they won’t fit around the new
brake pads. The pads you removed have less material on them which means
they are thinner. When you put the new THICKER brake pads, the caliper will
no longer fit unless you compress it.

Jeremy Frank says:

Just replaced the brake pads on my 2009 Honda Fit Sport today. Used Honda
part # 45022-TK6-A00. I used the method in this video for the first wheel –
it works, but takes some time. I recommend the method I used for the second
wheel, where you don’t remove the entire brake assembly, and instead just
remove the bottom 12mm piston bolt and rotate the inner part of the
assembly up and out of the way (Use some string to hold it up). Works great!

mike says:

sorry, can’t help you with that.