My rear calipers are rusted out fairly bad, i dont really want deal with possible issues.

There is a 5th gen max at a wrecker. Am i safe to say that i can pull the calipers off for a straight swap?

If not, what identifiers are i looking for to see if they match?

Thanks

 

There is a left and right.
Also, Infiniti I30 96/01
Maxima 94/01

 

when i did a part search this came up, but i'll take your word!

2001 Nissan Maxima (1982 Up)
Caliper

Front, LH
Front, RH
Rear, from 10/00, LH
Rear, from 10/00, RH
Rear, thru 9/00, LH
Rear, thru 9/00, RH

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i dont even know what that means lol

 

On my 2k it's a normal type rear caliper. You just need a pair of plyers to push the piston it. On my 03s they are the type you have to turn with a key and press in at the same time. Makes it a pain to work on

 

Daughter's 2000 has the screw in pistons.

OP, don't take my word for the application as I pulled it from the catalog that at times can be in error.
Also, according to the previous post, 2000 with push in pistons and our 2000 with screw in pistons, looks as though the changeover was 2000, so just get the caliper that's on your car, L/R, screw in or push in, F/R.

 

All 94(SE)-03(all) calipers are the same, the brackets changed in 02 as did the pads, but if your bracketry and pads are in good shape, go ahead and change calipers from any of those model years.

All should have the twist in ebrake/parking function. Some retail auto stores sell the non twisting in type, but then you will not have a functioning parking brake.

 

No, rear calipers changed in the 2k year. There are two part numbers depending on your vin number. They changed again in 2002.

 

can you tell the year by the vin?

 

Make sure you use new copper washers and grease the slider pins

 

Yes. There's also a tag on the inside frame of drivers door which shows the year and month of manufacture date (if they are still there).

I believe you can get a dealer parts department to give you the manufacture date to the specific rear caliper.

 

i found an online decoder for the vin so i can look it up there


is there confirmation for the caliper bolt pattern change? 00 or 03?

 

Caliper bolt for 2k and 2k1 are same. I don't know if the bolt was changed to 2k2 and 2k3.

 

Check parts diagram on courtesynissan.com to see if part numbers for bolts are same or different.

 

PNs and VIN, etc is a little BS, they all still work and bolt up. Ask how I know in my FastBrakes rear BBK journey/saga.

 

The 10th character in the VIN gives the model year on all modern 17 digit VINs. It was letters up through 2000 and numbers from 2001 through 09. Y= 2000 , 1= 2001 , 2=2002 and so on through 2009.

Knowing this makes it a lot easier than punching the entire VIN into a decoder every time.

The VIN sticker on the door jam gives the production date but that's not necessarily the model year.

 

No, it isn't. For the 2k Maxima the rear calipers were changed sometime halfway through production. If you get the wrong parts they won't line up or install correctly. Ask me how I know...

 

For the rear I'm using '94 SE brackets on my '03 calipers with 94 Maxima pads and '12 Acura TL rotors. Also I was/am able to line and bolt up my 1995 SE calipers with my existing 03 torque arm, never tried the 2k.

Case in point which was my fist point on my first post here was: all 95-03 Maxima's have a twist in rear caliper for the parking brake.


I guess 2k is a bastard child year for rear brakes just like the 02/3 Maxima ECU.


And up front I have 04 Maxima rotors with 08 EVO IX Calipers.

Talk about a FrankenBrake set-up over here.