18k miles on the rotors and pads. Passenger side rotor and pads worn normally. Driver's side...not so much.

Pic is the backside of both rotors.

EDIT: BTW...these are iRotors rear discs

 

Ouch! Looks corroded. What do the pads look like on that side? Almost looks like there wasn't any/much contact of pad to rotor.

 

The holes were not drilled well causing high spots

 

yea, looks like it has something to do with the holes...

Tim, those holes were actually drilled?

 

The pad didnt contact the rotor very much, but even if there were high spots, after 18k miles it would have worn enough to touch the rotor. I am guessing a stuck caliper.

 

Not if they were high enough

 

Correct, the driver's side piston will not retract when I try to colapse it with adaptor tool.

 

Looks like its time to look for a replacement!

6th Gen Upgrade?

BTW, I cant tell, are those the rears? I think I have the same problem with the siezed caliper. Oh well... Since when do I care about the rear brakes. haha

 

Yep....sorry, thought I mentioned that in the first post.

They are the rears.

 

Could you post a pic of the pad that touched that side of the rotor?

 

Push/turn harder

 

It basically is just the metal part of the pad with the pad portion missing.

LOL - I thought I was going to break the tool actually. There is no turning it harder.

 

Hmmm... If I knew what VIAS ment I might be able to help you... lol What does VIAS mean?

 

Thanks for hijacking the thread with a completely unrelated topic.

Edit: Take 2 weeks off for post whoring to get to 15 posts.

 

Where did this come from???

But I am so good at diagnosing problems! GO ME!

 

Wow, you see/learn something new every day.

Glad you got it worked out, Tim.

 

Maybe you pull your e-brake too much when taking turns. Thus, you get a stuck caliper. I suggest you stop using e-brake as much, especially at high speeds.

 

The caliper is faulty and Germain Nissan is replacing it tomorrow under my extended warranty.

 

Good deal! I miss Germain ... they have one great service dept.

T

 

Wonder if I could get mine replaced under warrantee???

I'm over 60k now and I doubt the calipers are covered under powertrain. lol Though Infiniti's service kicks major @ss.

Oh well, calipers are pretty cheap to come by. I will have to repaint them though.

 

Mine are being covered under my extended warranty. The price of a rear caliper alone is $350 via Nissan = not cheap to come by IMO.

 

Thats why I wouldn't get it through Nissan.

Thanks for the info about the extended warrantee though. Maybe Ill bring my car to the dealership and try to do some convincing.

 

home improvement... ahhhhh that show was great

just curious, did u install the rotors urself?

 

Yes, the install was done by me.

 

Just got a call from Germain Nissan...looks like the new parts won't be in until Friday Apparently, they're going to try and get me a loaner.

 

holy crap Tim! if you need a ride to work I could take you...just couldnt pick you up. Im surprised they cant get a caliper in until Friday. Isnt there a distribution center right near Chicago?

Are you going to brembo blanks in the back now?

 

Hey Tim, you didn't by chance come to Buckeye Nissan to pick up a caliper pin did you?

 

You just have to be interested in a car in the lot aka: 350Z, whatever. Talk to a sales rep and they will arange for you to take that car off the lot while your is in the shop. Works great.

 

Yep, sure did. I was riding my buddy's black Yamaha R1

 

I had hoped to catch you at the counter, after I had thought about it for a minute I remembered seeing that name somewhere before (on here). I was going to ask you at the counter if you were a member on here. Anyways def. call me if you need parts, I can give you the best deal anywhere on factory stuff.

 

hey 9DTalon, shoot me a number I can get you at, I wanna order some stock fog lights for my maxima....

 

Gregg, quit whoring my thread.


IFKY!!!


Going to pick up my Hertz rental in a few...pics shortly

 

LzOzLz IFKY! i need a new fog since my one was shattered. I cant wait to see this car! bring it over to my place i wanna beat on it!

 

Don't be jealous of my rental...I know you all are.

 

WTF kind of intake setup is that?

 

Cross-fire injection

 

Damn, you even got it in majestic blue... now I really want one....

 

This car is a sled. It's almost like you basically need to keep the car in passing gear to stay up to freeway speeds. Not to mention the handling is HORRIBLE.

This is going to be a long couple of days driving this POS.

 

So Germain called me this morning saying that they are almost done with my car repairs. The caliper was replaced, but they said something about having issues bleeding the brakes since there is no pad left on that side. I mentioned that I'm buying new pads and already have new rotors, so I could just bring in the new rotors and have them swap them out and put on the new pads and she said that was fine, but they'd charge me $140 TO SWAP PADS AND ROTORS!!! No way, so now I'm waiting to hear when my car will be done so I can put it back together myself in my garage in 20 minutes for free.

 

So, I get the car back today after it's been at Nissan since Monday and this is what I see when I get home. A big scrape in my brand new wheels and they installed the wrong lugnuts. How the hell do you install the wrong lugnuts when they're sitting right next to the car? I'm so pissed off right now. I called and spoke with a service tech who is apparently registered on OhioNissans, and he's going to follow up with the tech that was taking care of me as well as the service manager on Monday.