two Philip head screws that hold the rotor

2001 HONDA ACCORD

100,000 MILES • 6 CYL • 2WD • AUTOMATIC

GUYBOYAJIAN

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I was helping my nephew do a brake job on his Honda Accord. We noticed that there were two Philip head screws that hold the rotor onto this plate. Who ever owned this car before stripped the screws. We had to go buy an easy out tool. we got three out of the four screws. The one screw we had to drill out which we messed up the threads. My questions are. Do we have to put 2 screws in or is one fine? If we do have to put both screws in on each side can we tap the one we messed up? Can I purchase the part that we messed up? Is this piece easy to take off?

Please help!!
Guy

Sep 19, 2008 at 12:02 PM

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Hello,

It is not required to have those screws. They are primality there to keep the rotor in place during assembly process.
So, it can be installed as is.

https://youtu.be/-HDVldGwHTU

https://www.2carpros.com/articles/how-to-replace-front-brake-pads-and-rotors-fwd

Please let me know if you have any questions.
Thank you.

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