"torque member" 17mm bolt frozen and seems to be larger than 17mm

I believe they are 18MM. Why is that unusual? It's a common size despite being left out of some socket sets.

The torque member bolts on my 95 are 17mm (it's STILL on jackstands, so I just checked). I didn't change mine out, so I don't know how big a gorilla it takes to get the job done.

Roby

I mentioned the 17mm didn't fit because I have seen 17mm mentioned as the size it is. Anyway, I think its 18mm (which I didn't have), but in messing around with it, I found that a 3/4" fit snug as a bug and so far I have gotten one side off and replaced the rotor and pads. The other side is still tight/frozen...If it goes as the first side did it will probaby take alot of WD-40 (thats all I have) and a nice solid pipe.

Thanks

ps Maybe I was wrong in assuming the 95's and the 96's were the same in this regard..

3/4" and 19mm are real close. I've never seen an 18mm bolt used on a nissan or any other japanese car, the americans use that size for some unknown reason. Maybe because this size is never in a set of sockets?

Well...the rotors and pads are installed and seem to be working fine. That was the first brake work job for me. Thank goodness for

and the info there.

I still don't know what size those bolts are..and there were 2 on each side. I seemed to do fine with the 3/4" socket I had, that and 1.5 days of WD-40 and a nice 15" stretch of galvanized pipe I ended up purchasing for about a buck fifty.

3/4" = 19.05mm

The specs on the dealer schematic at the Infiniti parts counter, as I recall, was something like 64 pound ft.

100 just doesn't sound right & I'd recheck that figure.

JM

Yup, 100 ft lbs is WAY too high. The correct specs are 53-72 ft lbs for the front brackets, 28-38 for the rear. 64 would be good.