Pezman

^^^ Can do, though initially going over it it seems to be corroded/rotted where the cable exits the body of the vehicle. We haven't gotten as far as the rear brakes yet. Sounds like it could be a big mess from what you're describing. Especially considering the fact that the e-brake has definately not been used in years from the looks of it. Sure did, but I was surprised how expensive they were. I think it was about $7-$8 for the race and the same for the seal. Whatever, it was still worth the extra $30 to not have to worry about it.

Yeah, one side was definately bound up pretty bad. Threads all looked good though. No rust or dirt that I saw, just old grease sludge. It was such cheap money for wheel bearings I had my nephew grab a set for the "just because I'm in here" theory ... Other then that, heavily regreased everything and all went together great ... Now it's onto the frozen e-brake cable ...

All done ... Putting a dowel in one of the the holes and hitting it with the drift/hammer freed it up ... Oddly enough, when it came time to go to the drivers side, it needed nothing but to be spun ... Drivers side wasn't bound up in the least ... Thanks again for the info ...

You pretty much nailed it. I got all the way to what you call the pre-load ring, but it wouldn't budge even with a drift and one BFH. That's when my nephew produced the manual that showed some crazy looking dowel plate on the end of a torque wrench. It just mentioned a special tool in the manual, and a way to fabricate one if it wasn't available. Maybe I'll try going back at it with a dowel in the hole and drift on that.

This past weekend I was doing a brake job on my nephews 89 Pathfinder, but had to stop due to a part I'd never seen before. While trying to remove the rotors I found a "lock ring" and I do not have any tools to remove it. It's a dowel or pin driven ring behind an automatic hub cover and a number of misc. washers/spacers. Will I need a special Nissan only tool for it, or can it be found elsewhere? I've never seen or dealt with anything like this before. Does it do the same thing as the castle nuts do on most cv shafts? I'm assuming if it is similar to the castle nuts in function, then it will take one hell of a breaker bar to free it. Is there anyhting else behind it that I should worry about, or is it just the bearings and I'm done? Any help would be greatly appreciated. Even the local parts stores look at me like I have two heads when I try to explain it and ask for a tool to remove it.