Hello, John Talley here with partzilla.com.
Today I'm going to show you how to change out the brake pads on our 2008 Honda CBR 600RR.
Pretty simple procedure: just a couple of bolts to take out and a couple of pins need
to be pulled out of position.
so, let me go ahead and show you how to get it done.
Alright guys, it's going to be a really short tool list for this particular project.
All you're going to need is a good torque wrench, one that has a range from at least
10 foot-pounds up to around 60.
I think the highest number we're going to use here is 33.
Then you need a decent 3/8 inch ratchet, a 14 mm socket, then a 5 mm Allen and just a
regular flat-blade screwdriver.
First thing we need to do is go ahead and break loose these two 5mm pins that are actually
holding the top of the brake pads.
You want to get this done here because it's a whole lot easier when the caliper is actually
mounted to the bracket there instead of trying to hold it after the fact.
Alright.
These two 14mm?
According to Honda, they are one-time use only.
So when you're ordering your brake pads you want to go ahead and order two sets of these
bolts as well.
Alright, I'm going to slide the caliper up and off.
What you want to do now is use a flat-blade screwdriver to push the pistons back to make
room for the new brake pads to go in.
Get those pushed back and then we can go ahead and take our pins all the way out.
I'm sure a few of you are noticing that these brake pads that I'm taking out are actually
in really good shape, but eventually you'll need to replace yours.
I guarantee you.
Alright, that looks clean in there, the pistons pushed back evenly, the spring in the back
looks good.
So to the the new ones in, just lay them in place like that.
Then you may have to push against the spring just a little bit to get these other pins
to go back in.
Just like that.
Get those back in just hand-tight.
Then we want to go ahead and spread them back open so we can get it back over our rotor.
Now we've got our new bolts.
Let's get those in place.
The reason Honda's saying to replace these is they're one-time use.
Once they've been stretched, setting the torque at 33 foot-pounds, you're not supposed to
reuse them again.
So I'll take their word for it.
Don't forget about your pins.
And they're actually only 11 foot-pounds.
Alright.
Listen, I told ya'll this was going to be an easy one.
Basically the other side is just a mirror image of what I did right here so it's exactly
the same procedure.
So, in wrap up, really it's a simple process to do, simple procedure to save yourself a
fair amount of change without having to take it to the dealership.
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