I was doing a brake job today but Im confused about which way to have the slots??? do they angle down toward the front of the car ( \ ) or angle up toward the front of the car? ( / ) front-----> I need info ASAP before it gets too dark...

Thanks guys
-Alex

 

Just looked for this guy's sig pic



I don't know from the pic which wheel this is but you can determine if it is front/back and the direction from what side the caliper is on, I can't go out to my car and look and don't know off the top of my head...

 

The rotors should be marked for left and right sides. What's important is the orientation of the cooling fins inside the rotors, not the slots on the outside.

 

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It doesnt matter. 4th gen cooling "fins" come straight out. You can mount them on either side.

 

Well Im getting noise from the rotors. A shhh shhh shhhh sound. Like If the rotor was warped so the faster I go the quicker it would shhh shhh shhhh... I dont know what could be wrong? I installed them exactly how the instructions said????

 

Im putting mine on tomorrow...does it matter or no ??

-matt

 

Theyre rubbing against your heat/splash shields. That noise will go away soon

 

^If that is the case I would pull the wheels and fix the issue, not wait for it to go away. The shield is thin metal, so its no problem to fix.

 

Take a srew driver and hammer and just bend them back...Real easy..Happens ALL THE TIME

 

Thats intresting to hear... Im gonna check that out... I did bang away at the old rotors to get them off, I guess thats what bent them...

 

BIG QUESTION ::::

On your front brakes, do you guys have little springs on top of your pads that hook into either pad...Its called an Anti Rattle spring I beleive...

I broke mine but I looked on motorvate's brake write up and they dont mention these

-matt

 

I do. I'm pretty sure they can be had at the dealership, though I've been lucky mine are still with me after 100k. I'm not sure they do anything as my GF had an Altima with the same brakes but no spring and the didn't rattle or squeak.

 

I still have them... I was told to replace the whole kit hardware every time you change the brakes (brake pad shims ect.)... I just spray and brush them clean... I need to paint the calipers next... Did any of you guys re-grease the sliding pins when you change your brakes?

 

yes you should

I got a brake hardware kit from Nissan and those little top springs didnt come in that kit

-matt

 

I guess we gotta hold on to those springs as long as we could...

 

i think its got a different name...its a Anti Rattle Kit

-matt

 

I just got OEM pads from dealership and they didnt even have the little holes needed to install the anti rattle springs.

 

Rotors only go on one way at least the way i see it, i mean you could turn them but i dont see how it would affect anything. I always regrease my slides, my front left caliper bracket got one pin rusted in the bottom from not checking the first time.
I use this blue sticky stuff on back of pads, its like anti squeak or something, really sticky and my breaks rock. No shims, they all fell into pieces so why get more. I would keep with the anti rattles or get some, the metal shims in the caliper bracket.