The Right Way to Remove Honda Brake Rotor Screws

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Published 2017-08-30

Yes, there is a right way to get those pesky Honda brake rotor screws out. Oh, and by the way, you're using the wrong screwdrivers on your car.

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All Comments (21)

@f34dave 9 months ago

What an informative video. I had never heard of JIS and as a proud owner of both a Toyota and Honda I feel like this is something a lot of people are unaware of and should know.
@kriskjellquist1758 6 years ago

Thank you!! Best $14 I have spent in a while. Did the front rotors and pads in 90 mins thanks to this little gem!
@pab702 3 years ago

I couldn’t find this screwdriver at my local auto parts store, so I used your Amazon link and bought one (and an 8 pack of rotor screws). Thank you for making this video. Much appreciated!
@jumpercable20 3 years ago

I was a career mechanic and I just found out about the type of screw not long ago and I also bought the correct screwdriver and it's a serious time saver.
@ArnoldEhahounTheMasterTropical 1 year ago

I had this problem with both screw on the on rotor. Didn't matter how many times I banged on the rotor, the screw wouldn't come off. I was using a traditional Philip head screw driver and started to damage the bolt, making it harder to unscrew each time I applied force. Found this video and decided to buy this screw/impact driver. Spent 16 bucks and waited 3 days. Man, when it came, I took those bolt off with ease. It was so fast lol. Make sure to buy this tool. It's a saves you from a lot of hassle.
@michaelovers688 5 years ago

I lost my Japanese screw driver 38 years ago been looking for it ever since, so now I just use American Standard drill bit it's is a real time saver.
@Ratlins9 4 years ago

This video provided valuable information as opposed to other videos on this subject that incorrectly mentions using a Phillips head to remove these screws. Thanks for making this video, also appreciated the tip about drilling the center of the screw.
@Second_Insight 5 years ago

I’ve taken out several of these screws by putting the lug nuts back on very tight thereby releasing torque on the screw, and then unscrewing it easily.
@johnblackstone5261 5 years ago

Been into Honda's my whole life and never noticed this. Thank you lol
@michaelfrank2951 6 years ago

thanks a million. stumbled across this while preparing to do a brake job on my civic rescue. and another major thanks for linking the tool in the description. None of the auto shops around here know what I am talking about.
@brandonevans4142 5 years ago

Thx to the person who owned my wife's Honda before hand and threw them away
@vicdhillon7723 4 years ago

Wish I had seen this video this past weekend. I wasted hours on getting these piece of crap screws out with a metal punch tool/chisel after breaking a couple of screw extractor bits on them and lots of penetrating oil. Ugh! Thanks for sharing. Lesson learned.
@jptrainor 5 years ago

Vessel also make a JIS bit set that can be used with a traditional manual impact driver. The manual impact driver is more powerful than an Impacta screw driver. I have both. I've had cases where the Impacta would not budge a screw bit that the impact driver with JIS bit removed first try. That case was lock latch screws.
@jamesoconnor6323 4 years ago

Excellent video! There are other YouTube presenters out that don't know about the use of JIS screws and describe the difficulties of removing Phillips screws.
@rstachina4246 1 year ago

I bought the Vessal 980P3150 off of your link. Thank you, it took care of my problem: the rear rotors on an '03 Acura RSX with 291k miles on it. It seems as though they had never been removed and therefore had about 20 years to rust-in-place. Someone else mentioned letting some WD40 soak on it for about 30 min. or so and I also tightened the bolt closest to the screw to (possibly) help remove pressure on the screw. Whether or not this last trick made any difference or not, all 4 of my rusted in screws came out after that step. Just mentioning it in case anyone else wants to try it...
@Bobcat1950 8 months ago

Thanks for the JIS info. In the past I just ground the tip down on the standard Philips until it fit well in the screw, and used my impact drill driver. Worked every time. I learned this hack while repairing the Philips screw driver bits that wear and cam out causing striped screw heads. You can generally get two more uses from them before finally tossing them out.
@dexgarcia1394 6 years ago

Great piece of info mate. Thanks for the excellent advice.
@AlphaOmega503 5 years ago

this explains a lot, always hated those little screws when you live in a rusty state.
@bry3 5 years ago

Thank you for such a clear and informative video. Great information!
@manlyotool1165 1 year ago

Thank you for this. I plan to be AH deep in an all 4s brake and rotor job on a Honda Pilot this weekend. I have already been victimized by this when I had to change out a door lock mechanism. What an ordeal to drill out those screws!