Jazz VTi CVT 2003 1.5L Brake Pad and Rotor

[melahi]

Planning to replace Brake Pad, Disk rotor and Brake fluid.

Could you please recommend/advise on product selection please?

According to Super Chap Auto:

Brake pad:
Bendix DB1262 $68.13
Or Clibre DB1262 (?) $45.99

Rotor:
Protex DR2504 $45.45 X 2
Or DBA (?) $83.33 X 2

Brake Fluid: Dot 4 (generic brand)

Mechanic has quoted more than $400 for Brake Pad, rotor and fluid replace for my Honda jazz.

Interested to do it myself, any suggestion/guide please?

Thanks :)

[amant02]

Offt $400!? Whoa. Mate for that much U may we well upgrade to more aggressive pads and rotors. This will take approx 1/2 a day for 1st timer.

Guide. From Memory. Come back and ask, we will sort you out here.

Jack up Car and support on jack stands. I also put bricks behind the rear wheels and the front wheels under the car just in case things go south.
Remove both the front wheels.
Remove Calipers, I think this was held together with two 13mm?? bolts on the rear of the caliper.
Remove old brake pads from Calipers. Leave the calipers hanging connected rested on a milk crate or something similar.
Remove the screw that holds the rotor in place. Be easy on these screws they don't like to be heavily torqued. I had to drill mine out lol.
Install your new rotor. Make sure you have washed it with some brake cleaner or something similar as they apply a thin layer of oil so it don't trust while in stock.
Push the Piston back into the Caliper and install your new brake pads, they will just slide in.
Reinstall your caliper back.

Repeat of other side.

Bleed your braking system. Refer to owners manual on which order to do it in.

I would recommend Bendix and DBA. As I've used both the brands and both have worked for me.
I also use penrite DOT4 Fluid. Works wonders.

Also strong recommend to use something like syringe to suck up the old fluid in the brake fluid reservoir, put new fluid in before starting the bleeding process, this is where most of the fluid lives.
Do it abo styles with a straw!

[melahi]

Thanks.

Bleed your braking system. Refer to owners manual on which order to do it in.


Any link to owner manual available please?

Combination of Bendix pad and DBA disk rotor seems popular. However the price difference between Protex and DBA is remarkable.
Any alternative brands disk rotor comments from user point of view please?

(Also planning to sell the car within 2 years, so not interested to spend much money.)

[amant02]

Thanks.


Any link to owner manual available please?

Combination of Bendix pad and DBA disk rotor seems popular. However the price difference between Protex and DBA is remarkable.
Any alternative brands disk rotor comments from user point of view please?

(Also planning to sell the car within 2 years, so not interested to spend much money.)


I would recommend not to jew out on Brakes specially if your keeping the car for 2 years.
Within that 2 years, I would've gone thru many pads ;)

Hmm the Jazz is at home atm, but from memory it was FL, FR, RR and RL.

Old timers may tell you too start on the wheel that's longest distance away from Brake Master.
But these days I don't think it matters that much in modern cars.

2 years is a fair bit of time, may as well invest in descent parts.
Plus the way I saw my GD3's brake/Tyre upgrade, Its keeping my missus safe.