I have heard some DIYers shy away from replacing their brake pads due to not being sure of how to retract the pistons on Honda Accords with the electronic parking brake. I wanted to show that the piston can actually be turned back just as it was done on previous generation Accords with the manual parking brake. This video shows that being done on a 2018 Accord. It also shows some alternate methods for retracting the brake piston. Finally, it shows a disassembly of the caliper in case you are curious about what is inside.

0:00 Introduction
1:30 Parking brake mechanism operation
3:15 Method 1 Using Windback Tool
7:35 Method 2 Using Scan Tool
10:20 Method 3 Applying 12V to terminals
12:51 Method 4 Removing motor & manually rotating shaft
15:09 Caliper Teardown

Once you have completed the brake job, be sure to pump the brake pedal several times until the brake pedal becomes nice and firm. If you don't do this, your brakes won't work immediately and it is easy to do something bad like run into your garage wall before you can pump the brake pedal enough to get the piston out and have the brakes engage. Also, you will want to apply and disable the parking brake a few times to get the inner piston recalibrated (positioned correctly).

Also, as noted in the video, do NOT push the inner piston out all the way under any circumstances. If you do, then the ball bearings will come out and I think it will be very difficult, if not impossible, to reassembly.

Full Rear Brake Job Video (2018 Accord):
   • Rear Brake Job, 2018 Honda Accord  

Brake caliper windback tool used in the video:
smile.amazon.com/gp/product/B000IB40L6

Brake caliper compressor used in the video:
https://smile.amazon.com/gp/product/B...