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AJ - 08 Dec 2004 22:52 GMT

I am trying to change the rear pads on my 96 Max GLE. I need to collapse the
rear calipers. I know they are the screw down type but what can i use to
screw them down. Nissa won't sell the tool they use, so is there any other
way.

Thanks

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E. Meyer - 09 Dec 2004 00:38 GMT

Just stick the tips of your needle nosed pliars in the notch and push while
you turn, or get a really big flat bladed screwdriver..

>I am trying to change the rear pads on my 96 Max GLE. I need to collapse
>the rear calipers. I know they are the screw down type but what can i use
>to screw them down. Nissa won't sell the tool they use, so is there any
>other way.
>
> Thanks

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John Smith - 09 Dec 2004 01:53 GMT

Go to Autozone or Pepboys and get the tool. It is too easy to do when
you have the correct tool... You have to press in as you turn to get
the piston to depress. Oh, line up the depressions with the tabs on the
pads or the pads will wear funny.

> I am trying to change the rear pads on my 96 Max GLE. I need to collapse the
> rear calipers. I know they are the screw down type but what can i use to
> screw them down. Nissa won't sell the tool they use, so is there any other
> way.
>
> Thanks

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Roby - 09 Dec 2004 15:31 GMT

> I am trying to change the rear pads on my 96 Max GLE. I need to collapse
> the rear calipers. I know they are the screw down type but what can i use
> to screw them down. Nissa won't sell the tool they use, so is there any
> other way.
>
> Thanks

If Nissan would sell their tool, it would probably cost $250.

I bought a tool to do this at the local auto store for $9. My calipers were
VERY stiff - I was able to drive one piston back after a long struggle.
The other wouldn't budge.

I decided to put rebuilt calipers on both sides.

Roby

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jmattis@attglobal.net - 09 Dec 2004 19:38 GMT

> I bought a tool to do this at the local auto store for $9. My calipers were
> VERY stiff - I was able to drive one piston back after a long struggle.
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>
> Roby

Mine were very stiff too, at 72,000 miles. I actually broke the tip
off a pair of needle pliars before going to buy the tool at Autozone
for $10.

That was a nice, new pair of pliars, and I was pretty hot about it.
Luckily though, the metal didn't end up in my eye. I was stupid for
pushing a bad position.

JM

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maxima1 - 10 Dec 2004 13:07 GMT

> Mine were very stiff too, at 72,000 miles. I actually broke the tip
> off a pair of needle pliars before going to buy the tool at Autozone
> for $10.

I don't have an Autozone near me. Can you describe the tool? Would a
bar of steel with a couple of tempered pins sticking out the side (like
a spanner wrench) do the job?

Thanks!

Matthew
01 Max SE

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David Geesaman - 10 Dec 2004 13:16 GMT

> > Mine were very stiff too, at 72,000 miles. I actually broke the tip
> > off a pair of needle pliars before going to buy the tool at Autozone
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> bar of steel with a couple of tempered pins sticking out the side (like
> a spanner wrench) do the job?

Yes, the tool I have is a block with 3/8" drive on one side, and a pair
of pins on the other. It's cube shaped, about 1 1/2" on a side, and it
seems like each side has a different size of pins. $10.
FWIW, my local Autozone did not offer this tool, I went to a Parts
Express. Napa, Pep Boys, may also have it.

Dave

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