How do you replace the front rotors on an Infiniti qx4?

Answer 1

I was trying to replace the rotors myself yesterday, when I couldn't figure it out I called my Uncle who is a mechanic and the following is what he said to do. Once you have taken the wheel, caliper and caliper bracket off, you are left looking at (from the inside out) A black metal cap, a small hub attached to a large hub, and the large hub is attached to the rotor. Use the end of the lug wrench to remove the black cap (you will probably bend it). There is a snap ring around the axle, remove it. Then undo the 6 nuts on the small hub and tap that with a hammer and a pry it off with a small flat head screw driver. Once that is off you will see 2 small screws that hold a metal piece on to the nut behind it, remove the screws and the metal piece. Next there is a round nut with 4 small screw holes and 2 larger holes remove that piece as well. Then pull the rotor off, careful because the wheel bearing is in there and may fall out. Remove the large hub from the rotor and put in on the new rotor, put the wheel bearing back in and put the rest together. Try to keep everything in order as you are taking it apart to help coodinate exactly how to put it back together. I did this over the weekend, the first side took me about an hour and a half, the second side about 45 minutes. Hope this helps.