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Rear Brake Squealing and Scuffing Sound is Gone Now
Posted by Bart Piotrowski on November 6th, 2008
The last 2 weeks I’ve been hearing a squealing and scuffing sound coming from my rear drum brakes so I was getting concerned. On the weekend it turned into a grind so I decided to park my 1993 Honda Civic till I figured out what it was. I was worried that I some how used up my rear brake shoes [...]
Winter Maintenance and Some New Brakes
Posted by Bart Piotrowski on October 29th, 2008
I’ve been really busy the last few weeks so I’ve been neglecting to post up new information on my blog but today I figured I would finally post something. 2 Weeks ago I topped up my anti-freeze in both my Civic’s as my previous drain and fill of 50/50 mix was not good enough for [...]
Studded or Not Studded Winter Tires on My Honda Civic
Posted by Bart Piotrowski on October 6th, 2008
Studded or not studded? Winter weather is just around the corner and having the proper tires is a must. Driving in snow requires either snow tires or all season tires but you’re better off with winter tires if your in a heavily snowed up area. Now if you live in a place where you have [...]
Tags: How To Do a Rear Brake Job on a 1993 Honda Civic Steps 9 to 12
Posted by Bart Piotrowski on August 11th, 2008
Step 9 – To assemble the brakes back together follow steps 1 to 8 backwards until its all together. Step 1 to 4 and Step 5-8 In the image below you can see the difference between a new brake shoe, a used brake shoe and an entirely used brake shoe that has no more lining [...]
How To Do a Rear Brake Job on a 1993 Honda Civic Steps 5 to 8
Posted by Bart Piotrowski on August 10th, 2008
Step 5 – Using pliers release the bottom spring carefully so it doesn’t fly away. Step 6 – While removing the brake assembly away from the hub, use some pliers to pull off the e-brake cable. Step 7 – Once the brake assembly is out check the wheel cylinder for any brake fluid leaks on [...]
How To Do a Rear Brake Job on a 1993 Honda Civic Steps 1 to 4
Posted by Bart Piotrowski on August 9th, 2008
Before doing a rear brake job order the shoes and drums and get your tools all organized. If your drums are within limits can get them turned at a machine shop and reuse them but for my brake job it cost me $10 more to just buy new ones so I went with that route [...]
A Great Meal To Ease The Hunger And On To The Brake Job
Posted by Bart Piotrowski on July 19th, 2008
After a morning shift at work I had the munchies for something really good in the afternoon but not the usual stuff. So I picked up my friend and we headed down to the Waikiki Hawaiian Barbecue Restaurant. The service was great and the meal and dessert were awesome. I tried the 2 Choice meal [...]
Transmission Removal Step 7, 8 and 9
Posted by Bart Piotrowski on July 8th, 2008
Step 7 – Remove the starter Tools Needed: 17mm Socket Wrench with long extension and 12mm Combination Wrench Unscrew the positive lead at the back of the starter with a 12mm combination wrench and using your hand pull of the solenoid lead. Next unscrew the 12mm wire harness bracket of the starter and put the bolt back to into it’s spot [...]
Wheel Swap Was a Success
Posted by Bart Piotrowski on May 17th, 2008
Friday morning driving to work it was so warm and sunny I decided that I would do my wheel swap some time this weekend. When I swapped the steel wheels on my car last fall, I did it to save my 15″ mags and tires from winter carnage of salt and grime. So yesterday after work I pulled out the [...]
Ready Set BRAKE!
Posted by Bart Piotrowski on July 31st, 2007
I did my brakes on my day off and everything went pretty good. I used a one man bleeding bottle that I got from Princess Auto and it worked very well. It was very easy to pump out the old overheated brake fluid and put the new DOT 3 fluid back in, I went thru [...]
Squealing Situation
Posted by Bart Piotrowski on July 21st, 2007
I was driving a few days ago at lunch and suddenly I heard a squealing noise from my front passenger side of the car, it took me a few minutes but I realized that it was my front brakes making the noise. I took the wheel of the passenger side the next day and did [...]
From Rusted To Bling!
Posted by Bart Piotrowski on May 16th, 2007
So while working to lower the car I looked at the rear drums and noticed they are really rusted and ugly. Being so rusted they defeat the point of having nice looking wheels because they kill the look. So I bought some Hi-Temperture caliper/drum paint and new drums as they were really cheap and it [...]
New Wheels And Tires Are Like A Great Pair Of Shoes, They Just Look Good.
Posted by Bart Piotrowski on April 26th, 2007
Got new wheels end of last week and they made a big difference on how the car looks. And the 15″ Bridgstone Fuzion ZRi 195/50 tires handle really good on dry or wet road. Next step will be the lowering shocks and the coil overs to drop it 1″
