Brake check?

[Kestral]

Should I bother having my brakes checked at 28,000 miles on my 2012 Pathy? How long do they usually last? I am not hard on them by the way.

[skinny2]

I've historically made it safety to 45k miles on fronts and I'm pretty hard on them. But if you do a lot of city driving you'll probably go shorter no matter what. You can eye-ball the outside pad through the wheel openings pretty easily. Shouldn't need more than a quick glance while rotating your tires either. So I don't think it needs a real "brake inspection".

[FLiPMaRC]

I'm replacing mine soon. I can feel significant vibration when braking at highway speeds and when I'm towing my ATV. I currently have around 34k miles on my 2012.

Had my brakes checked during an oil change at a Nissan dealer last weekend. They recommended I replace my front rotors & pads, and rear rotors had some rot. I can hear some grinding noise in my rear brakes when I'm driving slow. The dealer quoted me ~$700 for the job.

I just ordered this set from BrakePerformance.com yesterday. $310.63 shipped to my door. I checked RockAuto and they were a bit more because of shipping charges.



I'll probably won't get to do the swap after this Holiday weekend.

[FLiPMaRC]

Did it yesterday. Easy job!

Two 16mm bolts and two 19mm bolts up front; Two 16mm and two 17mm bolts in the rear to remove the calipers. The rotors comes right off.

[porksoda]

Good to know. I am going to do mine soon also.

[FLiPMaRC]

Mine's a 2012 and I didn't need to use a brake piston cube to depress the piston in the rear brake caliper. My friend who has a 2010 Pathy needs to use one. I wonder why Nissan changed it.

[smj999smj]

He shouldn't have needed it on his 2010, either. The R51 uses a "hot style" rear brake, meaning that the parking brake is a drum setup that used the inside hub of the rotor as its drum, instead of incorporating the parking brake into the disc brake caliper (which often requires a tool to screw in the piston).

[FLiPMaRC]

Thanks for the info SMJ. Yeah I was surprised to see brake shoes behind the rear rotors My noobness is showing. This was my first time doing the brakes myself.