I'm really needing to clarify something from this thread. I'm looking to upgrade the rears on a B13 Sentra, and looking at the Maxima rear calipers (US), some folks are saying 91-94, some say specifically 92 or 94. I'm checking Courtesy Nissan's parts page, and from what I can see there, the rear disc brakes on the Maxima were essentially the same from 89-94, I'm seeing some minor part # differences, Right Hand side #s are 44001-J30001, 44001-J30002, and 44001-J30003 (Left side is 44011). Some GXE are listed for some years, some years are listed as SOHC, some are listed as DOHC, no SE model listed.
So, based on the fact that there were minor part # changes, I have to assume there were minor differences in these parts, and when people are buying these parts, likely as remanufactured, they can be getting any one of these parts, or possibly something different still. So, does anyone really know if the differences here matter for these upgrades? I'm planning to hit the local junk yard again looking for these, my last trip I was fixated on one particular year for these brakes and couldn't find it, but I think there are really more options here.
Also, it was mentioned that the emergency brake line would fit for the B13, but Ben Fenner claims this isn't so, so I'm looking for more info on that.
Lastly, here is some info on the required rotors for use with the Max rear calipers. I found references to the JDM NX rear rotor being larger at 258mm, but I was coming up short on trying to locate this part through various clumsy searched, and I finally broke down and went to autozone.com and tried searching for a '92 NX, and lo and behold, they actually listed two parts with two different diameters, and one was the magical 258mm x 9mm rotor. Did the same over at Advance Auto Parts, and found one there too, info listed here for future reference:
91-93 NX (2.0L engine) Rear Rotor, Japan Built, 258x9mm
Autozone, Duralast, Part 31045, $14.99
Advance Auto Parts, World Brake Resources, Part N100032402WBR, $17.91
Hopefully this will help others find these more easily at other parts shops. If they don't list a size on the rotor, good chance it's the smaller US one.
So, based on the fact that there were minor part # changes, I have to assume there were minor differences in these parts, and when people are buying these parts, likely as remanufactured, they can be getting any one of these parts, or possibly something different still. So, does anyone really know if the differences here matter for these upgrades? I'm planning to hit the local junk yard again looking for these, my last trip I was fixated on one particular year for these brakes and couldn't find it, but I think there are really more options here.
Also, it was mentioned that the emergency brake line would fit for the B13, but Ben Fenner claims this isn't so, so I'm looking for more info on that.
Lastly, here is some info on the required rotors for use with the Max rear calipers. I found references to the JDM NX rear rotor being larger at 258mm, but I was coming up short on trying to locate this part through various clumsy searched, and I finally broke down and went to autozone.com and tried searching for a '92 NX, and lo and behold, they actually listed two parts with two different diameters, and one was the magical 258mm x 9mm rotor. Did the same over at Advance Auto Parts, and found one there too, info listed here for future reference:
91-93 NX (2.0L engine) Rear Rotor, Japan Built, 258x9mm
Autozone, Duralast, Part 31045, $14.99
Advance Auto Parts, World Brake Resources, Part N100032402WBR, $17.91
Hopefully this will help others find these more easily at other parts shops. If they don't list a size on the rotor, good chance it's the smaller US one.
Last edited by jimbo_se-r
on 2015-08-07
at 15-27-02.
Reason: updated info