Brake calipers
Brake continuation is chief to van safety, on the other hand fascinating your Altima to the shop To possess a crackerjack overhaul them can be expensive. Happily, there's a bag to save the expense without sacrificing you and your passengers' safety. Replacing the CD brakes on your Nissan Altima Testament takings you approximately two hours and save you the fee of a brake-repair valuation.
Instructions
1. Loosen the lug nuts on the tires before jacking up the van, however arrange not remove them. Jack up the automobile and establish up the jack stands on secure parts of the frame. Slowly Proceeds the jack until the vehivle rests on the jack stands.
2. Remove the lug nuts and the tires.
3. Remove the bolts located behind the brake caliper that are holding it in place. Pull the caliper off the rotor and hang it from any part of the frame using a bungee cord or wire. Make sure no stress is put on the brake line, since this can cause it to rupture and leak brake fluid.
4. Remove the rotor, if you're changing the rotors as well as the brake pads, and slide the new rotor onto the bolts.7. Clean the caliper bridge of old brake dust.
Crank it tight to force the piston to expand. Leave the expander in place as you continue to work.
6. Slip the brake pads out of their housing in the caliper bridge. Remove the caliper bridge by loosening the two bolts in back, then pulling it off the rotor.5. Put the brake pads in the caliper and insert the expander.
Grease the pins and clips with brake grease, then reattach it to the rotor by replacing the bolts. Clip the new brake pads into the caliper bridge.
8. Remove the expander and the old brake pads from the caliper. Put the caliper back over the bridge and reattach the bolts.
9. Repeat steps 3 through 8 for the remaining brakes.
