Nissan Infiniti Front & Rear Semi-Metallic Brake Pads TRQ BFA13044

We're going to take these lug nuts off. Use a 21-millimeter socket, and remove the wheel. These two bolts out, use a 14-millimeter wrench. That one's stuck.

I'm going to take this lower caliper bolt off. I'm going to use a 14-millimeter socket. I'm not going to take the top one off because the brake hose is in the way, so I'm just going to have to tip this caliper up and slide that out.

I'm just going to use a straight-blade screwdriver, just compress the caliper. Just compress the caliper a little bit, and then just slide it up and off like that. And you can work it back and forth. This one's a little bit seized in here, so I'm going to have to clean that up, but normally, it should just slide right off. And slide it right off like that. Take a right brake caliper hanger and just hang it up. Make sure there's no tension on the brake hose.

We'll take the brake pads off. You can use a screwdriver and pry them out. We're going to take this caliper bracket off, take these two bolts off. We're going to use a 17-millimeter socket. Take those bolts out, and just slide the caliper bracket right off.

Now, we're going to take the brake rotor off. Just take a hammer. I'm going to hit it right here, here, in those areas. Just be careful not to hit the studs. Give it a tap, slide it off. And just take a wire brush, clean up some of this rust. If anything's built up, make sure you get that off. That's all cleaned up. Just use a little bit of copper anti-seize, just a nice thin coat, so the rotor doesn't get stuck on.

All right, take the rotor. We're just going to install it backwards. Take some brake parts cleaner, clean this off. Use a rag. There is a coating on the brakes themselves, on the rotor. Flip it around. Do the same on this side and wipe it down.

On the old rotor, there's a little plug right here. Just take a pocket screwdriver, pull that out. Just install that in the new one. Just line it up. We're good to go.

Just take this anti-rattle clip off, or pad slide clip, and just use a pocket screwdriver, slide this off. Take a wire brush, just clean up this area. Take a little brake caliper grease right there and right there. Take the new anti-rattle clip, slide it in place. Do the same on the other side.

And just take a little brake parts cleaner. Just clean out the...where the brake caliper pins go. And use a rag to clean that out. And also, the pins themselves, a little brake parts cleaner, clean it up. And you can use a little bit of brake caliper grease on these. And we'll reinstall these when we put the caliper back on.

Just take a little more brake caliper grease, put it on the slides, right there and right there. Slide the bracket over the rotor. Take the two bolts, get those started, and torque those bolts to 62 foot-pounds.

Take the brake pads. The inside brake pad is going to have the one with the wear indicator at the base of the pad, just like this. And the outside one with no indicator, slide that in position.

Take the brake caliper off the hanger, and you want to use a brake caliper compressing tool. I'm just going to take an old brake pad, slide it in here, and compress the brake pad. That's going to push the piston back, push the fluid through the hoses and lines, back up into the master cylinder. Just do it nice and slow.

And just some brake caliper grease on this slide pin, and that's good. Slide that back in. Make sure that seals up there. And take the other slide pin and bolt, and slide that back in. And torque that bolt to 32 foot-pounds. If you took that top bolt out, torque that one as well. We didn't take it out, so we're good.

Reinstall the wheel. Put the lug nuts on. Now I'm going to torque the lug nuts to 83 foot-pounds in a star pattern to tighten the wheel down evenly.

And I'll just go around again, double check. And pump the brake pedal nice and slow. There's going to be an air gap between the brake caliper piston and the brake pads. And then, check the brake fluid level and adjust accordingly.

...take the wheel off, we're gonna use a 21-millimeter socket. Remove the wheel.

...these two caliper bolts out, I'm gonna use a 14-millimeter socket. Loosen this one up. Loosen this one up. And take those out. Take that one out, take this one out. Now just take a screwdriver, straight blade screwdriver. Just pry the caliper out a little bit. That's just gonna compress the piston. And then slide the caliper off. You can use a hanger, and just hang it from the coil spring. Make sure there's no tension on the brake hose.

Take the brake pads off. Can use a straight blade screwdriver. Slide them out. Gonna use a 19-millimeter socket. Take these two caliper bracket bolts out. Take those bolts out. Slide the bracket right off.

All right, grab the rotor. Slide it off. If it didn't come off that easy, you can just use a hammer and hit right in those areas, and it should pop right off.

And now just take a wire brush. Just clean up the surface where the rotor's gonna sit on the hub. There's a little bit of rust here. It's a good idea to take a little copper anti-seize and just put it on the hub, just so the rotor doesn't stick to it. All right, take the rotor, put it on backwards, take a little brake parts cleaner, spray it down. Wipe it down. Flip it over. Do the same on this side.

Now we're gonna clean up the brake caliper bracket. I'm gonna take a straight blade screwdriver, just slide these pad clips off, or anti-rattle clips. Take a wire brush, just clean some of the rust off of here. And it looks good. Take a little brake caliper grease. Take one of the new clips, slide it in position, and lock it in place. And we're gonna do the same on this side, but the only thing is, these clips are a little bit different. These have these extra ears, so keep that in mind. Now, just take a little brake caliper grease and just do a nice thin coat. And, same on this side.

Now, pull the brake caliper slides out. Take a little brake parts cleaner, clean off the slide pin. Wipe it off. Can spray a little brake parts cleaner in here, and clean that out as well. Take some fresh brake caliper grease, grease up the pin. Slide it back in the caliper bracket. Make sure that's sealed properly. Do the same on the other side.

And take the brake caliper bracket, slide it in position. Put the bolts back in. And torque these bolts to 122 foot-pounds.

Now we're gonna take the new brake pads. On the outside, you're gonna have the brake pad low warning indicator on the top, and that's gonna slide in this little tab right here, just like that. Slide that on. And on the inside one, it's still gonna be on the top. And just slide it in that tab right there. It's a little bit tricky. There we go.

Now we're gonna compress this brake caliper piston. I'm gonna use a brake caliper compressing tool. Just slide it in here. If I can get the tool to work. There we go. And just compress it slowly. As you compress it, it's gonna push the fluid through the lines, back up into the master cylinder. All right, the piston's all compressed. Take the hanger off the caliper. Slide it over the brake pads. Just like that. Take the bolts, get the bolts started. Now I'm gonna torque these bolts to 20 foot-pounds.

Put the wheel back on. And the lug nuts. Now I'm gonna torque these lug nuts to 83 foot-pounds, in a star pattern, to tighten the wheel down evenly. Just go around again, double check.

And pump the brake pedal. Nice and slow. There's gonna be an air gap between the brake caliper piston and the brake pads.

And then check the brake fluid level, and adjust accordingly.

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In this video, we're going to show you how to replace the front brakes on this 2003 Nissan Altima, it's the same process on the Altima's from 2002 to 2006. We show on the passenger side but it's the same process on the driver's side. The items you'll need for this is new brake pad and router kit from 1AAuto.com, flat blade screwdriver, 14 mm, 21 mm and 22 mm sockets and ratchet, a wire brush, a large C clamp, brake cleaner, brake grease and jack and jack stands. Start off by removing your wheel, if you don't have air power tools you are going to want loosen the lug nuts while the vehicle is on the ground and then jack it up and remove them the rest of the way. Now to inspect your brakes, you just want to look in here and you can see how much life is left on your brake pads. Ours is in pretty rough shape. Then the next thing you want to do is just check your router for any deep gouges.

You want to pry in here with a screwdriver to push the caliper piston into place, this will make it easier to remove the caliper and then you want to remove this two 14mm bolts. Then you can pull that caliper off and you want to set aside and secure it with a wire tie or something up and out of the way and then pry off the brake pads. Pry off your brake pad slides. Next you want to remove these two 22 mm bolts, you can see Don uses a piece a pipe to give him some extra leverage to help break those bolts free. Once those bolts are removed, your caliper bracket will come right off and then using a hammer you want to hit the back of your router to break it free and pull that off as well. On the right is the old router and brake pads, on the left is the new ones from 1A Auto. Using some brake cleaner, clean up your new router. Use a wire brush to just clean up your caliper bracket a little bit. Also clean up your brake pad slides. Take some brake grease and just apply it to the ends of the brake pad on these tabs. Then take your caliper bracket and make sure that these slide bolts have grease on them. If they don't, apply some. Both of ours are all set.

Now put your new router into place and put on one lug nut just to hold into place. Then take your caliper bracket and put that into place and replace those two 22 mm bolts. Then just torque these bolts to 100 foot pounds. Push your brake pad slides back into place. Push your brake pads into place and if you need to you can use a hammer, just carefully tap into place. Then bring your caliper down and using a large C clamp, you just want to twist that piston in until it's flat. In the end it should look like this. Now you can put the caliper into place and you want to put it over those slide bolts and then replace those two 14 mm bolts and torque them to about 25 foot pounds. Replace your wheel, hub caps and lug nuts. Tighten the lug nuts preliminarily, lower the vehicle and tighten them the rest of the way. Then you want to torque the lug nuts in a crossing pattern to 100 foot pounds. After doing any repair on the brakes, before taking it out onto the road it's important to do a couple of things first. First you want to just pump the brakes until the brake firms up and then you want to do a stop test from 5 miles per hour and then 10 miles per hour.

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