99 Altima Rear Brake Shoes

Thread view:

Enable EMail Alerts

Start New Thread

Thread rating:

Tom Kunsitis - 26 Nov 2004 23:03 GMT

I went to replace the rear brake shoes on my 1999 Altima. I was
surprised to find the replacements from the auto parts store did not
match the ones I took out. The new shoes looked like the ones in my
1993-1998 Chilton's manual. However, the ones I took out have a
permanently mounted parking brake lever and two roller pins used to
mount the self adjusting lever. The new ones had neither of these.
When I took the new shoes back to Advance, the computer showed only one
rear brake shoe for my 99 Altima. He also checked from 97 through 01
and could not find a different brake shoe.

The bottom line is the brakes in my 1999 Altima are diffent from the
ones in the manual. Anyone else run into this problem?

Reply to this Message

doS - 27 Nov 2004 02:00 GMT

UH, you remove the pins and lever for the new shoes...

> I went to replace the rear brake shoes on my 1999 Altima. I was
> surprised to find the replacements from the auto parts store did not
[quoted text clipped - 8 lines]
> The bottom line is the brakes in my 1999 Altima are diffent from the
> ones in the manual. Anyone else run into this problem?

Reply to this Message

Tom Kunsitis - 27 Nov 2004 03:20 GMT

> UH, you remove the pins and lever for the new shoes...

The lever is riveted to the shoes. There is no way to remove it without
cutting it. The shoes which did not fit used a spring clip which was
not on the shoes in my vehicle.

Also the new shoes do not have holes where the pins are located.

Finally, the new shoes are larger than the one which came out of my 99
Altima, so even if I could transfer parts from the old shoes, they would
still not fit.

Reply to this Message

: \) - 28 Nov 2004 06:25 GMT

question...does your Altima have 4-wheel disc's (in which case, the shoes
are only for the parking brake function) or front disc's with rear drums?
Maybe best if you check with the dealer.

Reply to this Message

Tom Kunsitis - 04 Dec 2004 12:27 GMT

: ) wrote:
> question...does your Altima have 4-wheel disc's

They are indeed drum brakes. I did finally find them on-line. It seems
Nissan used two types of brakes on the Altima in 1999. Most used the
"other" type. I just happened to get an Altima that used the less
common shoes.

Reply to this Message