Unlike many vehicles, the Nissan Maxima doesn't need any exceptional tools to compress the rear disc brakes, creation them facile to change. Dispassionate grab a yoke of arrow nose pliers and these directions to quickly, and easily, convert the rear disc brakes in a Maxima.
Instructions
1. Lift the rear of the Maxima off the ground using a machine jack. Foothold the vehicle on all sides to prevent it from tipping over.
2. Receipts the rear wheels off the Maxima. Adoption a torque wrench to loosen the lug nuts. Remove the wheels and locate them on the ground, face up.
3. Disconnect the parking brake cable bracket bolt. Slide away the pin bolts and remove the caliper protest. Carefully remove the pad springs, and then catching elsewhere the pads and shims.
5. Replace the pad springs. Attach the shims to the rear disc brake pads and install on the caliper mounting bracket. Lay the caliper body on the mounting support and torque the pin bolts between 16 to 23 ft. lb.
4. Rotate the piston clockwise into the caliper reason using a team of indicator nose pliers. Grease the field that the brake pads contact on the mounting advice using silicone based grease.
6. Install the rear wheels and lower the Maxima to the ground. Verify that the brake fluid is at the proper level and that the brakes function properly.
