phil@amdcad.UUCP (Phil Ngai) (09/30/85)
In article <482@ittvax.ATC.ITT.UUCP> paulsen@ittvax.ATC.ITT.UUCP (Bill Paulsen) writes: >Has anyone replaced the disc rotors on a Honda by him/her self? I've replaced the disk rotors on a Honda Civic 1200. >Service manuals say a normal person can't remove the hub from the knuckle. >Also, they say the wheel bearings must be replaced, which means using a >hydraulic press. Can I just use a slide hammer to remove the hub, >replace the disc, and then put the hub back in? I read the same thing. What I did was remove the whole knuckle and take it to the dealer. There I bought a new rotor and bearings. They had a hydraulic press and pressed the hub out for me. As the hub came out, the bearing broke into pieces and clearly had to be replaced. I don't know what would happen if you tried a slide hammer. It's possible if you do it that the bearings would be damaged in a way which only showed up after you drove on it. You can trade that risk against the cost of a set of wheel bearings. My dealer did the remove and replace for free. All I paid for was the cost of the parts. >The car is a 1980 Accord, suffering from steering wheel vibration, >probably caused by warped discs, which is common on these cars. After I replaced the disk, I made sure to always put the wheels on with a torque wrench and never let anyone else touch them. I have had no re-occurence of the problem. -- Arthur Rudolph believe that technology is morally neutral and so, therefore, are those who create it. Phil Ngai +1 408 749-5720 UUCP: {ucbvax,decwrl,ihnp4,allegra}!amdcad!phil ARPA: amdcad!phil@decwrl.ARPA