Also, based on my personal observation in the past, sometimes Honda dealers use the wrong type of grease on the sliders and other areas, which can cause problems (though this won't affect whether the piston seizes)
Funny you should say that - I once saw a mechanic at a Honda main dealer dipping a slider in copper slip before putting it back into the customer's brake caliper.
The hoses are Hel, the discs were the second cheapest on the site on the not the cheapest, but one up from that logic! Wasn't expecting the seized callipers so have to keep the spending down. Will sort them out in 12 months or so with something a better.
I did the same as you cos I was fed up with the brakes binding. I replaced the calipers, slider pins, hoses (rubber ones) and genuine pads. I kept the genuine discs as they seemed ok. This was 2 years a go and they have been perfect until recently when a slider pin seized but I cleaned that up and regreased it. I'll be keeping an eye on it though...
Have fun adjusting the handbrake shoes after fitting the new discs, they are a PITA!
I did the same as you cos I was fed up with the brakes binding. I replaced the calipers, slider pins, hoses (rubber ones) and genuine pads. I kept the genuine discs as they seemed ok. This was 2 years a go and they have been perfect until recently when a slider pin seized but I cleaned that up and regreased it. I'll be keeping an eye on it though...
Have fun adjusting the handbrake shoes after fitting the new discs, they are a PITA!
All sorted. They were up against it time wise as they were doing it around other booked jobs to get it sorted before midday so they weren't able to make time to do the hoses too, but the main thing is the MOT is passed and the brakes are significantly better. I'm going to try and get my coil overs fitted very soon, and will get the braided hoses done at the same time.
Nah, wasn't Holdcroft, just my local Honda. I go there once a year for a service and a free MOT as they know me and do me favourable rates (despite me turning up with parts I've sourced myself) .
I've actually got an old pad I can fit, if needs must!
Frustratingly the rear pads (genuine Honda, surprisingly for me) are only about 14 months old and three of them still have at least 80% of material remaining but the offside inner pad has become jammed in its slider, hence being worn down to the wear indicator... a simple matter of a stiff bit of wire-brushing and some ceramic grease to fix, but the damage is already done.
Why couldn't Honda have done a better job of the tourer rear brakes?
I think you must be mistaken. These are Honda brakes and therefore automatically perfect. Any issues are solely your fault for not maintaining them properly.
My rear brakes are fine. Never fitted the braided hoses as they sent too long ones for the rear and they rubbed against the shock absorber. Wasn't the end of the world as I sent them back for a refund, which helped go towards the extra labour costs of fitting my suspension.
But, I've noticed my front probably only have 4-5K left in them now. Thankfully my front discs are only a year or so old, so they're ok.
WARNING - Do periodic visual checks on your brake pads. Don't make the same mistake I did and ***ume you will get an audible warning before they wear out. Last week I got that horrible metallic grinding sound when I braked. The outside pad on one of the rear brakes had worn out completely but the inner pad with the audible warning tag on it still had plenty of life left in it.
Murphy's Law :angry:
