Hi folks,

Ari here (the logins are still wack). I have a question: How do you tell if you have a separate or one-piece hub/rotor? I have 5-spoke aluminum rims that give me an excellent view of the whole brake caliper/rotor assembly - I just don't know what to look for.

I'm going to replace my pads in the hopes that it will solve a 'brakes effectiveness' issue that I'm having. The brakes work, but with an inordinate amount of pressure (compared to my folks' Honda that I drove while I'm fixing my Volvo). Donno when the pads were last done... but the rotors look ok, so I'm gonna do the pads to see if it makes a difference.

Thanks!!!

Ari

Reading past posts, I am beginning to believe that my vacuum line to the MC is crushed. It's wedged between the heater hoses and the tranny dipstick.

Thanks!

Ari

You have to take the wheel off and look at where the center part of the hub meets the rotor, and whether the rotor is a separate piece or not. If in doubt, unscrew the wheel locating pin and try to wobble the rotor. If you can move it at all, relative to the center of the hub, it's two-piece.

High pedal effort is usually a sign of a problem with the booster, or it may be that the brakes on the Honda have a proportionally larger booster than those of the Volvo, in order to reduce pedal effort. Honda has long been known for making their controls as light and delicate as possible. The one you drove is probably an automatic. If it was a stick shift you would have noticed that the shifter itself seems like it is made of coat hanger wire, and the clutch pedal, while it performs the expected function, doesn't feel like it's connected to anything.