90 accord brake caliper help needed

[billjack07]

hey i have a 90 accord and am havin alot of trouble with finding calipers for it they are nissan stamped and the vin says its a US model but every caliper that i have ordered has been wrong if someone knows what is left for me to do let me know

[HondaFan81]

If you have original equipment front brakes...

USDM 90-93 coupes are Nissan

USDM 90-93 sedans are Akebono


If the above does not work, then previous owner may have done some sort of conversion. Best thing, take several angle photos of front brake setup, post and we can reply.

[HondaFan81]

Questions:

1) Also, what defines the caliper being "wrong" to you? What specifically does not work about it?

2) Has this vehicle sat around in a corrosive environment for long time?

[billjack07]

explaination

i would put pictures up here but i cant figure out how and every caliper so far that i have tried has either to narrow inside with new pads on it and they are to tight on the rotor or they are to tall or long depending on how you would look at it but they would touch the mounting brackets before the bolt holes line up

[billjack07]

ordered

so ive ordered calipers for the last remainin car that i can think of that might interchange with it off a 90 acura legend and ill get one tomorrow and see how that goes

[90exkId]

if still no luck, i have BOTH front brake calipers off my girls 90 lx....

[H22Artman]

so ive ordered calipers for the last remainin car that i can think of that might interchange with it off a 90 acura legend and ill get one tomorrow and see how that goes

those Legend calipers wont work.

242-64075 (right) and 242-64076 (left) are the NAPA numbers for the Nissin calipers.
if those dont work then it would appear that your calipers have been swapped to something other than stock.

[90blackcoupe]

hey i have a 90 accord and am havin alot of trouble with finding calipers for it they are nissan stamped and the vin says its a US model but every caliper that i have ordered has been wrong if someone knows what is left for me to do let me know

the way to tell is by the vin number in your car, if it starts with a 1 its made in usa and if its a coupe or sedan it has akebono front calipers if the cars vin number starts with a J its made in Japan and has nissin front calipers if its a coupe.

[billjack07]

vin

vin is a 1 but nissan calipers were bolted to it and worked but cant figured out what they are from

[90blackcoupe]

vin is a 1 but nissan calipers were bolted to it and worked but cant figured out what they are from

possibly the spidles were replaced and they came with calipers so the calipers the spindles came with were also used.

[Tippey764]

OP did you compress the piston back in to the caliper?

From the sounds of it you didnt.

When your pads wear down the piston comes out farther and farther. When you install new pads ( and maybe rotors ) they are thicker. You need to push the piston back in with a C clamp and a block of wood.

[billjack07]

no need

the seals blew out on my calipers so compressing them would be out of the question i either need to find a rebuild kit that actually fit the calipers or new calipers that will mount up and work

[90exkId]

billjack07 - i have a front set from a 90 LX auto if intrested

[billjack07]

idk

i might do that but id rather have new ones and figure out what the hell someone did to this car its a damn bummer cause i cant drive it

[H22Artman]

i might do that but id rather have new ones and figure out what the hell someone did to this car its a damn bummer cause i cant drive it

you seriously need to post some pics.

are your rotors attached to your hubs or do they float?
this would tell you a lot about your brake setup...