{"id":191,"date":"2008-12-09T21:54:17","date_gmt":"2008-12-10T05:54:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.dognmonkey.com\/audi\/?p=191"},"modified":"2020-01-31T12:54:48","modified_gmt":"2020-01-31T20:54:48","slug":"honda-97-odyssey-front-brake-replacement","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.dognmonkey.com\/audi\/honda-97-odyssey-front-brake-replacement.html","title":{"rendered":"Honda 97 Odyssey Front Brake Replacement"},"content":{"rendered":"<link href=\"\/idogjs\/icss\/font-awesome\/css\/ifotorama.css\" rel=\"stylesheet\"><script src=\"https:\/\/ajax.googleapis.com\/ajax\/libs\/jquery\/1.11.3\/jquery.min.js\"><\/script><script src=\"\/idogjs\/ijs\/ifotorama.js\"><\/script>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>This is the way we did ours, please use the below information for reference only and be safe.<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>The 97 Odyssey brakes made noise and needed to be replaced. Since the brake discs have grooves and the price of the discs are not expensive, we decided to replace discs and pads. Honda designed 1 type of brake system for all their Accords &amp; Odysseys, it&#8217;s exactly the same design as the 2000 accord which I replaced a few months ago, easy and simple.<br \/>\n<a href=\"\/\/amzn.to\/2nxQ02K\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Discs for $48.00<\/a><br \/>\nWe got the semi-metallic pads from Autozone for $20.00<br \/>\nTools needed are: 17mm &amp; 14mm boxed wrenches. Philip impact driver to remove the 2 retaining screws. Piston compressor.<br \/>\nJack the car up with the rear tires blocked. Remove the wheel.<\/em><\/p>\n<div class='fotorama--wp' data-ids='4165,4164,4163,4162,4161,4160,4159,4158,4157,4148,4149,4150,4151,4152,4153,4154,4155,4156,4147,4146,4099'data-allowfullscreen='yes'data-link='file'data-itemtag='dl'data-icontag='dt'data-captiontag='dd'data-columns='0'data-size='large'data-width='600'data-auto='false'data-max-width='100%'data-ratio='1.3333333333333'><div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-191 gallery-columns-0 gallery-size-thumbnail'><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.dognmonkey.com\/audi\/wp-content\/uploads\/z_odyrear20.jpg' data-full='https:\/\/www.dognmonkey.com\/audi\/wp-content\/uploads\/z_odyrear20.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"200\" height=\"112\" src=\"https:\/\/www.dognmonkey.com\/audi\/wp-content\/uploads\/z_odyrear20-200x112.jpg\" class=\"w3-image attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"new rear disc\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.dognmonkey.com\/audi\/wp-content\/uploads\/z_odyrear19.jpg' data-full='https:\/\/www.dognmonkey.com\/audi\/wp-content\/uploads\/z_odyrear19.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"200\" height=\"112\" src=\"https:\/\/www.dognmonkey.com\/audi\/wp-content\/uploads\/z_odyrear19-200x112.jpg\" class=\"w3-image attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"rear brake\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.dognmonkey.com\/audi\/wp-content\/uploads\/z_odyrear18.jpg' data-full='https:\/\/www.dognmonkey.com\/audi\/wp-content\/uploads\/z_odyrear18.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"200\" height=\"112\" src=\"https:\/\/www.dognmonkey.com\/audi\/wp-content\/uploads\/z_odyrear18-200x112.jpg\" class=\"w3-image attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"rear brake\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.dognmonkey.com\/audi\/wp-content\/uploads\/z_odyrear17.jpg' data-full='https:\/\/www.dognmonkey.com\/audi\/wp-content\/uploads\/z_odyrear17.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"200\" height=\"112\" src=\"https:\/\/www.dognmonkey.com\/audi\/wp-content\/uploads\/z_odyrear17-200x112.jpg\" class=\"w3-image attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"warning tab\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.dognmonkey.com\/audi\/wp-content\/uploads\/z_odyrear16.jpg' data-full='https:\/\/www.dognmonkey.com\/audi\/wp-content\/uploads\/z_odyrear16.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"200\" height=\"112\" src=\"https:\/\/www.dognmonkey.com\/audi\/wp-content\/uploads\/z_odyrear16-200x112.jpg\" class=\"w3-image attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"scrubbed disc\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.dognmonkey.com\/audi\/wp-content\/uploads\/z_odyrear15.jpg' data-full='https:\/\/www.dognmonkey.com\/audi\/wp-content\/uploads\/z_odyrear15.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"200\" height=\"112\" src=\"https:\/\/www.dognmonkey.com\/audi\/wp-content\/uploads\/z_odyrear15-200x112.jpg\" class=\"w3-image attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"rear disc\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.dognmonkey.com\/audi\/wp-content\/uploads\/z_odyrear14.jpg' data-full='https:\/\/www.dognmonkey.com\/audi\/wp-content\/uploads\/z_odyrear14.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"200\" height=\"112\" src=\"https:\/\/www.dognmonkey.com\/audi\/wp-content\/uploads\/z_odyrear14-200x112.jpg\" class=\"w3-image attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"new and old disc\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.dognmonkey.com\/audi\/wp-content\/uploads\/z_odyrear13.jpg' data-full='https:\/\/www.dognmonkey.com\/audi\/wp-content\/uploads\/z_odyrear13.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"200\" height=\"112\" src=\"https:\/\/www.dognmonkey.com\/audi\/wp-content\/uploads\/z_odyrear13-200x112.jpg\" class=\"w3-image attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"remove rear disc\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.dognmonkey.com\/audi\/wp-content\/uploads\/z_odyrear12.jpg' data-full='https:\/\/www.dognmonkey.com\/audi\/wp-content\/uploads\/z_odyrear12.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"200\" height=\"112\" src=\"https:\/\/www.dognmonkey.com\/audi\/wp-content\/uploads\/z_odyrear12-200x112.jpg\" class=\"w3-image attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"remove rear disc\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.dognmonkey.com\/audi\/wp-content\/uploads\/z_odyrear3.jpg' data-full='https:\/\/www.dognmonkey.com\/audi\/wp-content\/uploads\/z_odyrear3.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"200\" height=\"112\" src=\"https:\/\/www.dognmonkey.com\/audi\/wp-content\/uploads\/z_odyrear3-200x112.jpg\" class=\"w3-image attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"rear disc\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.dognmonkey.com\/audi\/wp-content\/uploads\/z_odyrear4.jpg' data-full='https:\/\/www.dognmonkey.com\/audi\/wp-content\/uploads\/z_odyrear4.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"200\" height=\"112\" src=\"https:\/\/www.dognmonkey.com\/audi\/wp-content\/uploads\/z_odyrear4-200x112.jpg\" class=\"w3-image attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"rear brake piston\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.dognmonkey.com\/audi\/wp-content\/uploads\/z_odyrear5.jpg' data-full='https:\/\/www.dognmonkey.com\/audi\/wp-content\/uploads\/z_odyrear5.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"200\" height=\"112\" src=\"https:\/\/www.dognmonkey.com\/audi\/wp-content\/uploads\/z_odyrear5-200x112.jpg\" class=\"w3-image attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"Compress piston\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.dognmonkey.com\/audi\/wp-content\/uploads\/z_odyrear6.jpg' data-full='https:\/\/www.dognmonkey.com\/audi\/wp-content\/uploads\/z_odyrear6.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"200\" height=\"112\" src=\"https:\/\/www.dognmonkey.com\/audi\/wp-content\/uploads\/z_odyrear6-200x112.jpg\" class=\"w3-image attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"compress piston done\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.dognmonkey.com\/audi\/wp-content\/uploads\/z_odyrear7.jpg' data-full='https:\/\/www.dognmonkey.com\/audi\/wp-content\/uploads\/z_odyrear7.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"200\" height=\"112\" src=\"https:\/\/www.dognmonkey.com\/audi\/wp-content\/uploads\/z_odyrear7-200x112.jpg\" class=\"w3-image attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"new pads installation\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.dognmonkey.com\/audi\/wp-content\/uploads\/z_odyrear8.jpg' data-full='https:\/\/www.dognmonkey.com\/audi\/wp-content\/uploads\/z_odyrear8.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"200\" height=\"112\" src=\"https:\/\/www.dognmonkey.com\/audi\/wp-content\/uploads\/z_odyrear8-200x112.jpg\" class=\"w3-image attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"rear brake assembly\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.dognmonkey.com\/audi\/wp-content\/uploads\/z_odyrear9.jpg' data-full='https:\/\/www.dognmonkey.com\/audi\/wp-content\/uploads\/z_odyrear9.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"200\" height=\"112\" src=\"https:\/\/www.dognmonkey.com\/audi\/wp-content\/uploads\/z_odyrear9-200x112.jpg\" class=\"w3-image attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"rear brake assembly\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.dognmonkey.com\/audi\/wp-content\/uploads\/z_odyrear10.jpg' data-full='https:\/\/www.dognmonkey.com\/audi\/wp-content\/uploads\/z_odyrear10.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"200\" height=\"112\" src=\"https:\/\/www.dognmonkey.com\/audi\/wp-content\/uploads\/z_odyrear10-200x112.jpg\" class=\"w3-image attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"rear brake bolt remove\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.dognmonkey.com\/audi\/wp-content\/uploads\/z_odyrear11.jpg' data-full='https:\/\/www.dognmonkey.com\/audi\/wp-content\/uploads\/z_odyrear11.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"200\" height=\"112\" src=\"https:\/\/www.dognmonkey.com\/audi\/wp-content\/uploads\/z_odyrear11-200x112.jpg\" class=\"w3-image attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"rear brake bracket remove\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.dognmonkey.com\/audi\/wp-content\/uploads\/z_odyrear2.jpg' data-full='https:\/\/www.dognmonkey.com\/audi\/wp-content\/uploads\/z_odyrear2.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"200\" height=\"112\" src=\"https:\/\/www.dognmonkey.com\/audi\/wp-content\/uploads\/z_odyrear2-200x112.jpg\" class=\"w3-image attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"rear disc\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.dognmonkey.com\/audi\/wp-content\/uploads\/z_odyrear1.jpg' data-full='https:\/\/www.dognmonkey.com\/audi\/wp-content\/uploads\/z_odyrear1.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"200\" height=\"112\" src=\"https:\/\/www.dognmonkey.com\/audi\/wp-content\/uploads\/z_odyrear1-200x112.jpg\" class=\"w3-image attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"Jackup rear\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.dognmonkey.com\/audi\/wp-content\/uploads\/z_rav420.jpg' data-full='https:\/\/www.dognmonkey.com\/audi\/wp-content\/uploads\/z_rav420.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"200\" height=\"112\" src=\"https:\/\/www.dognmonkey.com\/audi\/wp-content\/uploads\/z_rav420-200x112.jpg\" class=\"w3-image attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"Piston Compress tool\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.dognmonkey.com\/audi\/wp-content\/uploads\/z_rav420-200x112.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.dognmonkey.com\/audi\/wp-content\/uploads\/z_rav420-300x168.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.dognmonkey.com\/audi\/wp-content\/uploads\/z_rav420-100x56.jpg 100w, https:\/\/www.dognmonkey.com\/audi\/wp-content\/uploads\/z_rav420.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl>\n\t\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"igallery\">\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>Remove the caliper bolts (2) using 14mm boxed wrench.<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a class=\"preview\" title=\"14mm bolt removal\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dognmonkey.com\/audi\/wp-content\/uploads\/z_odybrakes05.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-4168\" src=\"https:\/\/www.dognmonkey.com\/audi\/wp-content\/uploads\/z_odybrakes05-200x112.jpg\" alt=\"14mm bolt removal\" width=\"200\" height=\"112\" \/><\/a> <a class=\"preview\" title=\"14mm bolt bottom\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dognmonkey.com\/audi\/wp-content\/uploads\/z_odybrakes04.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-4167\" src=\"https:\/\/www.dognmonkey.com\/audi\/wp-content\/uploads\/z_odybrakes04-200x112.jpg\" alt=\"14mm bolt bottom\" width=\"200\" height=\"112\" \/><\/a> <a class=\"preview\" title=\"lift caliper\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dognmonkey.com\/audi\/wp-content\/uploads\/z_odybrakes07.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-4170\" src=\"https:\/\/www.dognmonkey.com\/audi\/wp-content\/uploads\/z_odybrakes07-200x112.jpg\" alt=\"lift caliper\" width=\"200\" height=\"112\" \/><\/a> <a class=\"preview\" title=\"old brake pads\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dognmonkey.com\/audi\/wp-content\/uploads\/z_odybrakes06.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-4169\" src=\"https:\/\/www.dognmonkey.com\/audi\/wp-content\/uploads\/z_odybrakes06-200x112.jpg\" alt=\"old brake pads\" width=\"200\" height=\"112\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>Put or tie the caliper in the back so that it won&#8217;t stretch or break the brake hose. Remove the brake pads.<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>In the back there are 2 bolts 17mm need to be removed to take the caliper bracket out.<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a class=\"preview\" title=\"17mm bracket bolts\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dognmonkey.com\/audi\/wp-content\/uploads\/z_odybrakes08.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-4171\" src=\"https:\/\/www.dognmonkey.com\/audi\/wp-content\/uploads\/z_odybrakes08-200x112.jpg\" alt=\"rear disc 17mm bolt bracket\" width=\"200\" height=\"112\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>Use the impact driver to remove the 2 philip screws holding the disc in place. Make sure the rotation is counterclockwise (unscrew) before hammering them away. Press the driver firmly and hammer it one at a time until you see the screw turning (loosen) and then use the philip screw driver to remove it. It should be easy when it&#8217;s loosen. Remove the Disc.<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a class=\"preview\" title=\"impact screwdriver\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dognmonkey.com\/audi\/wp-content\/uploads\/z_odybrakes12.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-4173\" src=\"https:\/\/www.dognmonkey.com\/audi\/wp-content\/uploads\/z_odybrakes12-200x112.jpg\" alt=\"impact screwdriver\" width=\"200\" height=\"112\" \/><\/a> <a class=\"preview\" title=\"rear disc removed\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dognmonkey.com\/audi\/wp-content\/uploads\/z_odybrakes11.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-4172\" src=\"https:\/\/www.dognmonkey.com\/audi\/wp-content\/uploads\/z_odybrakes11-200x112.jpg\" alt=\"rear disc removed\" width=\"200\" height=\"112\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>Install the new Disc and make sure the holes for the retaining screws aligned with the hub, then put some locktite on the screws and screw it back in.<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a class=\"preview\" title=\"new brake disc\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dognmonkey.com\/audi\/wp-content\/uploads\/z_odybrakes13.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-4174\" src=\"https:\/\/www.dognmonkey.com\/audi\/wp-content\/uploads\/z_odybrakes13-200x112.jpg\" alt=\"new brake disc\" width=\"200\" height=\"112\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>Put back the caliper bracket. Clean the bracket with wire brush if the bracket is too dirty.<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a class=\"preview\" title=\"bracket is back\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dognmonkey.com\/audi\/wp-content\/uploads\/z_odybrakes16.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-4175\" src=\"https:\/\/www.dognmonkey.com\/audi\/wp-content\/uploads\/z_odybrakes16-200x112.jpg\" alt=\"rear brake bracket back\" width=\"200\" height=\"112\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>Tighten the 17mm bolts with torque specs, don&#8217;t over tighten it.<br \/>\nNext is to compress the piston using the tool until it&#8217;s flush with the caliper for new thick brake pads to fit.<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a class=\"preview\" title=\"caliper piston\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dognmonkey.com\/audi\/wp-content\/uploads\/z_odybrakes17.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-4176\" src=\"https:\/\/www.dognmonkey.com\/audi\/wp-content\/uploads\/z_odybrakes17-200x112.jpg\" alt=\"piston\" width=\"200\" height=\"112\" \/><\/a> <a class=\"preview\" title=\"compress caliper piston\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dognmonkey.com\/audi\/wp-content\/uploads\/z_odyrear5.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-4150\" src=\"https:\/\/www.dognmonkey.com\/audi\/wp-content\/uploads\/z_odyrear5-200x112.jpg\" alt=\"Compress piston\" width=\"200\" height=\"112\" \/><\/a> <a class=\"preview\" title=\"caliper piston fully compressed\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dognmonkey.com\/audi\/wp-content\/uploads\/z_odyrear6.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-4151\" src=\"https:\/\/www.dognmonkey.com\/audi\/wp-content\/uploads\/z_odyrear6-200x112.jpg\" alt=\"compress piston done\" width=\"200\" height=\"112\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>Place the new brake pads in the bracket, we use the backing plates from the old pads to reduce brake noise so we don&#8217;t have to use any grease. We don&#8217;t like any kind of grease around the brakes. Make sure the pad that has the metal indicator is on the top, not the bottom (it may break when the brake pad is low).<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a class=\"preview\" title=\"new pads installed\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dognmonkey.com\/audi\/wp-content\/uploads\/z_odybrakes24.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-4177\" src=\"https:\/\/www.dognmonkey.com\/audi\/wp-content\/uploads\/z_odybrakes24-200x112.jpg\" alt=\"New Pads Installed\" width=\"200\" height=\"112\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>Put back the caliper and tighten the 2 14mm bolts to the torque specs and don&#8217;t over tighten them.<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a class=\"preview\" title=\"caliper is back\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dognmonkey.com\/audi\/wp-content\/uploads\/z_odybrakes25.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-4178\" src=\"https:\/\/www.dognmonkey.com\/audi\/wp-content\/uploads\/z_odybrakes25-200x112.jpg\" alt=\"caliper is back\" width=\"200\" height=\"112\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>NOTES: Since the owner never top up the brake fluid while the brake pads are wearing out, we didn&#8217;t have to remove any brake fluid while compressing the pistons. If we had topped up the fluid before, we had to open the reservoir and remove some excess fluids. Since the system was air tight and good, we didn&#8217;t have to bleed the brakes. Don&#8217;t bleed if you don&#8217;t have to.<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Put the wheel back on, tighten all the lug nuts BEFORE moving to the other side.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Again, this is the way we did our brakes.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Cheers,<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><ul class=\"lcp_catlist\" id=\"lcp_instance_0\"><\/ul><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This is the way we did ours, please use the below information for reference only and be safe. The 97 Odyssey brakes made noise and needed to be replaced. Since the brake discs have grooves and the price of the discs are not expensive, we decided to replace discs and pads. Honda designed 1 type <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dognmonkey.com\/audi\/honda-97-odyssey-front-brake-replacement.html\" class=\"more-link\">&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":4545,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[67,25],"tags":[978,927,753,924,923,925,32,752,926],"class_list":["post-191","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-brakes","category-honda","tag-brake","tag-brake-disc","tag-brake-pads-replacement","tag-brake-tool","tag-caliper-piston","tag-harbor-freight","tag-honda-front-brake-replacement","tag-honda-odyssey","tag-impact-driver"],"views":2186,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dognmonkey.com\/audi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/191","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dognmonkey.com\/audi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dognmonkey.com\/audi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dognmonkey.com\/audi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dognmonkey.com\/audi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=191"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.dognmonkey.com\/audi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/191\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4538,"href":"https:\/\/www.dognmonkey.com\/audi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/191\/revisions\/4538"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dognmonkey.com\/audi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4545"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dognmonkey.com\/audi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=191"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dognmonkey.com\/audi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=191"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dognmonkey.com\/audi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=191"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}