Our 2016 Nissan Quest was due for new pads all the way around. I tackled the rears today. It's been awhile since I did brakes on a Nissan and had to shake my head at some of design of this particular make/model.
The caliper bolts and pins are one piece, so you have to be cautious not to shear/tear the pin boots when the whole bolt/pin assembly rotates for removal.
Better yet, you can't remove the lower caliper bolt because it hits a track bar on the rear independent suspension. You have to break the caliper bracket bolts free and at a minimum, pivot the caliper bracket and caliper out of the way for clearance to remove the lower bolt/pin. Also odd that the caliper bolts were 14mm, where the best fit I could find for the caliper bracket bolts were 3/4"? Very tight access to the 3/4" hex head bracket bolts too. I had to use a skinny open-end wrench.
Since I had to go that far, I removed the caliper bracket entirely and broke the rear rotor free to check the parking brake and apply never seize to the hub face so the job will be easier next time. The rotors did require some beating to come loose, even though this 2016 has never seen snow/salt.
Wound up running out of time and never got to the fronts! Maybe tomorrow. I'm sure this is all routine stuff you guys! I'm spoiled because for a good 15yr stretch, I didn't own my vehicles long enough to have to do brakes. Miss those days. LOL.
The caliper bolts and pins are one piece, so you have to be cautious not to shear/tear the pin boots when the whole bolt/pin assembly rotates for removal.
Better yet, you can't remove the lower caliper bolt because it hits a track bar on the rear independent suspension. You have to break the caliper bracket bolts free and at a minimum, pivot the caliper bracket and caliper out of the way for clearance to remove the lower bolt/pin. Also odd that the caliper bolts were 14mm, where the best fit I could find for the caliper bracket bolts were 3/4"? Very tight access to the 3/4" hex head bracket bolts too. I had to use a skinny open-end wrench.
Since I had to go that far, I removed the caliper bracket entirely and broke the rear rotor free to check the parking brake and apply never seize to the hub face so the job will be easier next time. The rotors did require some beating to come loose, even though this 2016 has never seen snow/salt.
Wound up running out of time and never got to the fronts! Maybe tomorrow. I'm sure this is all routine stuff you guys! I'm spoiled because for a good 15yr stretch, I didn't own my vehicles long enough to have to do brakes. Miss those days. LOL.