Just did a set of G37S akebono big brake kit with stop tech rotors on my 09 maxima,this kit came used off a G37S, the install went perfect all bolted up correctly but my ebrake doesn’t work any more so i took off the rear wheel and held my olD EBC rotor up against the new stop tech, the hat of the new rotor is about 10mm larger than my old EBC rotor so that makes sense now why my brake isn’t grabbing anything, so I tried turning the little gear to adjust the ebrake but it wont expand enough to touch the new stop tech rotor, my question is can i buy a larger set of ebrake shoes that will work for the new rotors, thanx in advance

james

 

Silly question but did you get the g37s rotors for the rear. They are not the same as the maxima. The max has a rear rotor thickness of .63 and the g37s sport has rear rotor thickness of .79. Diameter of oem max is rear is also smaller. Don’t know if that’s what your referring too.

 

yes the whole kit came used off a G37S, so your saying theres no way to make that rotor work with my factory maxima ebrake? I either have to get new rear rotors for the maxima or a G37S ebrake setup? or just deal with no ebrake lol

 

Your parking brake should still be engaging. Have you ever changed the parking brake/ ebrake shoes? Maybe just not enough meat left on them for them to grab the bigger sized rotor

 

I have never changed them ebrake shoes, car has 68K on it, so I tried turning the gear 10 clicks or so to tighten the brake and still nothing, not even a slight grab, the pedal goes straight to the ground quickly no tension on it so im assuming the shoes are just still so far away from grading the inside of the new larger rotor hat

 

The only part difference between the Maxima and 370Z Nismo are the shoes and rear dust plate assembly, so theoretically you can slap on some 370Z Nismo parking shoes. The 370Z uses the same caliper as the G37 coupe.


If you want to compare the parts yourself / need a diagram, here are the websites.

https://nissan.7zap.com/en/el/z+zx/z34/13+1407+0/h/441/

https://partsouq.com/en/catalog/genuine/parts?c=Nissan&ssd=%24%2AKwGyhpeAtMfJy7nsw7yAnur-3tnHtrm0taehouTB_aXp9aS--4GCzqOqpenypL775oW0wMeywdGwxZrv_7mxvrairaTpq76vorv o8uztqqa0pOm67_Pr7K2k4b-h6brv8-vsraThuPXx29z7AAAAAH_o6zE%24&vid=0&gid=10734&q=

 

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good info. Never knew that

 

excellent info thank you very much for helping me out

 

Just to be clear, the pedal your talking about is the parking brake pedal not the normal brake pedal? Did you reattach the parking brake cable?

 

I never had to detach the parking brake cable to change the rear rotors and calipers on my 09 maxima also while I have you can you tell me what your doing for a spare tire now, I have 20” vossens on the car regularly but I’m trying to figure out what to do about a spare now

 

Idk if your talking to me but I’ll tell what I’m currently doing. Praying. Praying I don’t catch a flat. My spacers are supposed to be in this week but I’ve been running without a viable spare for a few months now. The spacers will be a temp fix but I will be getting the actual space from the 370z sport. That one is designed to clear the akebonos

 

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Thats the spare that comes with the 370z sport/nismo and also g37 sports

 

I was thinking about the spacer thing myself, my car only gets used on the weekends and gets maybe 2k a year of that so I was thinking about doing a spacer on my original spare tire just to get me out of jam of it ever occurs “knock on wood” what did you get a 5x114.3 20mm can you let me know what size you needed to make your maxima spare clear the fronts once you try it, greatly appreciated