ComicArtist Posted September 14, 2011 Share Posted September 14, 2011 So I went to the salvage yard to pull the rear maxima caliper brackets to do a rear brake upgrade, and the caliper bracket was welded to the control arm. From the pictures I've seen, it looked like they just bolted off. It was an '83 maxima, as well. Needless to say, I'm confused. Anyone want to shed some light? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ycrealtor Posted September 15, 2011 Share Posted September 15, 2011 look for an 87-89 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JSM Posted September 15, 2011 Share Posted September 15, 2011 (edited) It looks like this: I'm pretty sure you don't want the flat 85-88. Those require lots of modification. I think there were two options on the first generation Maxima's. Edited September 15, 2011 by JSM Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ComicArtist Posted September 15, 2011 Author Share Posted September 15, 2011 The need to be from a late '80's Maxima? I was under the impression they had to be an '81 - '84. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JSM Posted September 15, 2011 Share Posted September 15, 2011 The need to be from a late '80's Maxima? I was under the impression they had to be an '81 - '84. Correct on the impression. Do some searching. There are many threads on the topic. I recalled a thread that required heavy modification of the 85-88 version and another similar to your question is why I stated I beleive there were two options on the earlier Maximas. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zcarnut Posted September 15, 2011 Share Posted September 15, 2011 The only 1983-84 Maxima's I have seen with the bolt-on rear caliper bracket (pictured in post #3) were the diesel Maxima's. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JSM Posted September 15, 2011 Share Posted September 15, 2011 The only 1983-84 Maxima's I have seen with the bolt-on rear caliper bracket (pictured in post #3) were the diesel Maxima's. So for clarity then Steve, all 81-82 Maxima's had bolt on, and then all 83-84 Maxima's had weld on except the Diesels. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ComicArtist Posted September 15, 2011 Author Share Posted September 15, 2011 Wait..... So not all 81 - 84 maximas were diesels? And the 81 - 82s had bolt on brackets? I've been under some misinformation. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zcarnut Posted September 15, 2011 Share Posted September 15, 2011 So for clarity then Steve, all 81-82 Maxima's had bolt on, and then all 83-84 Maxima's had weld on except the Diesels. Yes. Summary: The 1981-82 Maxima's used bracket 44155-N3202 which is dicussed here: http://forums.hybridz.org/index.php/topic/59810-which-maxima-bracket-for-rear-disc-swap-have-seperate-part-s/page__p__548395__fromsearch__1#entry548395 The 1983-84 Maxima's had the welded on brackets and the diesels used the desired 44155-04S10 bracket. The 1985-89 Maxima's used the "flat" (bolt on) bracket. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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