My project for Monday
2020 Frontier Brakes
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My project for Monday
What kind of rotors did you get? Did you get the Powerstop rotors too? 
Just got through replacing the front and rear brakes. What I found was pitiful. The front brakes were replaced when I purchased the truck and I told them that it wasn’t right but they insisted that the brakes would get better as they were broken in. Problem was I didn’t feel like they were safe cause stopping distance was awful. What I found was no lube was used, rusted shims were dry, and rusted rotors were turned. Pits were on the inside of the rotors where I couldn’t see. Looked like they used dull blades to cut the rotors. I don’t know how they weren’t squealing, however I just got a slight pulsation on interstate speed. Pads in front were 50% with outside pad around 25%. Rear pads were almost 0% on outside pads and 20% inside pads. With this type of wear I can almost guarantee that the pads were not sliding properly. Gone from a soft pedal to a firm one now. Did run almost 45 ounces of brake through the system flushing everything out and vacuum bleeding.
2020 Frontier
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2020 Frontier
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There is no job well done like doing it right yourself. you did well. Nissan's are notorious brake eaters and Nissan is big on their budget brake jobs. They tried selling me years back on my wife's car that was in for tires, wanted to turn the rotors and pad slap with their Nissan Genuine Advantage pads which don't last Nissan told me they're Genuine Advantage brake line is equivalent to Bosch. Total lie. As you mentioned the uneven pad wear is due to lack of lube on the slides.
They'll do fine for daily commuting and driving towing and steep downgrades would pose an issue.
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