Help changing calipers and rotors

[scottrf8]

Hello everyone,

I have a 2009 g37s sedan with akebono brakes. I am replacing pads and rotors and resealing the calipers. I got stuck putting everything back together because I don't know the torque specs and can't find them in the manual. I attached the GI page from the FSM but can't figure out what bolts I have. There are 4 bolts that hold all calipers halves together. The front caliper bolts have an L and an S on them; rear calipers have no marking at all. Can someone please help me with figuring out the torque specs for those bolts as well as the caliper mounting bolts. Thank you.

[VStar650CL]

Take a look at BR-46 here...
https://www.nicoclub.com/service-manual ... 9%2FBR.pdf
...and GI-4 here for how to read it:
https://www.nicoclub.com/service-manual ... 9%2FGI.pdf

Nissan puts virtually all their torque specs in the exploded drawings. That one is for the 4-piston calipers, make sure you use the correct drawing. In the 4-piston diagram, the caliper screws have a white wrench on a black background, indicating the numbers are Nm (Kg-M, Lbs/Ft). If you look one page down on BR-47, the bleeder fittings show a black wrench on a white background, indicating the values are Nm (Kg-M, Lbs/In).

[scottrf8]

Thank you for the reply. I did find the torque specs for bleeder screws and the caliper mounting bolts. The specs I still can't find are for the bolts that hold the caliper halves together. Please see pictures.

[VStar650CL]

Those are part of the caliper assembly. You'll notice in "Disassembly and Assembly" that there's no mention of splitting it. That's because you're not supposed to. So if there's a torque spec at all, it will be from Akebono and not Nissan.