Rear Brakes 2001 Max

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RichW - 02 May 2004 16:24 GMT

I tried to replace the rear rotors and pads yesterday. I could not get the
rotors off the rear hub. I removed the hub and rotor and still could not
separate them. Two questions,

1. Do you have to remove the hub lock nut to remove the rotor?

2. Are the rotor and hub one piece?

I can only assume that the hub was rusted tight to the rotor. After removing
the entire assembly as a Nissan tech told me, I could not see why the rotor
did not slip off. The Nissan Service Manual sucks because it does not even
deal with rotor replacement.

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RichW
2001 Max SE/AE

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Dan - 02 May 2004 18:06 GMT

> I tried to replace the rear rotors and pads yesterday. I could not get the
> rotors off the rear hub. I removed the hub and rotor and still could not
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> did not slip off. The Nissan Service Manual sucks because it does not even
> deal with rotor replacement.

They do sometimes rust in place. You'll need to pound the heck out
of it to break the rust seal. I used a rubber deadblow hammer. After
a few minutes it broke loose. There's also threaded holes in the rotor.
They're there so that you can insert the proper size metric bolt and as
you tighten it down it will break the rotor loose. Either way will
work.

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RichW - 02 May 2004 20:54 GMT

> > I tried to replace the rear rotors and pads yesterday. I could not get the
> > rotors off the rear hub. I removed the hub and rotor and still could not
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> you tighten it down it will break the rotor loose. Either way will
> work.

Thanks. The OEM rotors did not have bolt holes. That would have made it
possible.

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RichW

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Dan - 03 May 2004 01:54 GMT

>>>I tried to replace the rear rotors and pads yesterday. I could not get
>
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> Thanks. The OEM rotors did not have bolt holes. That would have made it
> possible.

Your sure? My OEM rotors do...

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RichW - 03 May 2004 21:42 GMT

> >>>I tried to replace the rear rotors and pads yesterday. I could not get
> >
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> >>>
> >>>I can only assume that the hub was rusted tight to the rotor. After

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> > Thanks. The OEM rotors did not have bolt holes. That would have made it
> > possible.
>
> Your sure? My OEM rotors do...

I looked again no bolt holes. The front rotors have them.

RW

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