txaggie

based on your description I might look at the right front hub/bearing assembly

Please update us on your install with pics and such

Yes they are very fragile but easy to replace (done in both my Honda Pilot and Ford Explorer) after doing wheel hub replacements.

Sorry to hear you won’t be making any more. Your ingenuity and creativeness was fun to watch!

The perhaps the cables need adjustment for the new thickness of the discs?

Does the 2009 have electronic parking brake? If so did you put it in maintenance mode when you worked on the brakes?

Yeah, that looks like it should work!!

I just completed this project last weekend (2019 ST) and yes Ford engineers made access an absolute pain!! I essentially did what you are thinking with the 3/8" steel rod and used a 3/8" breaker bar from Autozone. I took the tool apart because you still can't get the angle quite right, put the 3/8" piece in and when it was aligned, I put the bar's "U" section around the piece and turned it a quarter turn at a time. When it wouldn't line up exactly right, I used an allen key pushed through the hole on the 3/8" piece to turn it enough to get the bar back on. Fortunately it isn't in there too tight. https://www.autozone.com/ratchets-sockets-and-wrenches/breaker-bar-tool/p/duralast-3-8in-drive-10in-breaker-bar/565694_0_0

Yes, my 2019 ST has cooling into the PTU.

That Integra sounds fun!

There are no screws or anything holding it down after you remove the 2 side pieces. Just pull up evenly from the sides, it will pop out.

On my 2019 ST, it doesn't use 8th gear in sport mode. To confirm, going 70mph in 8th gear in normal mode, hit the "S" button and car downshifted to 7th. Paddle shifters won't let it go to 8th in sport mode.

Great result with minimal effort. Made a huge difference in the overall quality of the sub sound.

Thanks for posting!!

Glad your daughter is ok, and good for the officer to understand the gravity of the situation.