Removal and Installation: Removal
WARNING: This page is about a different car, the 2004 Nissan Maxima. However, it is still accessible from the selected car via links, so may be relevant.
WARNING:
Clean brakes with a vacuum dust collector to minimize the hazard of airborne particles or other materials.
- Remove the wheel and tire. Refer to WHEEL AND TIRE ASSEMBLY .
- Remove the brake rotor with the parking brake lever completely disengaged.
- If the brake rotor cannot be removed, remove as follows:
- Secure the brake rotor with the wheel nut and remove the adjuster hole plug.
- Insert a flat-bladed screwdriver through the plug opening and rotate the star wheel on the adjuster assembly in the direction as shown to retract the parking brake shoes.
- Remove the parking brake shoe springs.
- Remove the parking brake shoes and adjuster.