Hi Guys, had to have my rear discs and pads done completely trashed, Anyway rang round the usual respectable garages best price to supply and fit £249plus the vat. So i had a go at doing it myself once i got price for the discs and pads brake cleaner etc £49.00  Mintex branded, so not bad has far has quality goes. 

Everyth went smooth did not even have to remove caliper cradle has disc just slipped out and refitted no problem. 15 mins later new disc on retaining screw fitted new pads in place, got my trustee brake caliper piston compression tool  out and attempted to push the caliper piston back , it was having none of it, so spoke to a few engineers who i could trust, "Need a rewind tool mate" buggar, can i borrow one "no but you can come and use a lift and use it" So it was a case of removing new disc and putting the old parts back together and poppong to the mates garage, again disc and pads no problem had removed and refitted with new parts in under 20 mins once car was in the air and the wheels off, then came winding the pistion back in on bothe side, bloody nightmare took both of us 20 mins a side to eventually get them back to refit. so i am expecting to fit new rear calipers next time. check for binding and sticking the sliders are fine .

 

So looks lik i will be doing more jobs on the car i can when you look at the savings.

Rewind tools have been common place of rear brakes with integrated hand brakes for the last 30 years or so, 

 

The cheapest version of the tool is the one linked below, its a pain to use but places like halfords or eurocarparts will have it on the shelf.

 

https://www.joom.com/en/products/6184a104a0c9f301c7e6a90c

That looks a pain to use, I have found that even with the proper tool you have to constantly adjust the course threaded sleeve to maintain the axial pressure and engagement of the tool, rotation alone usually ends up spinning and not catching (I want to say tourner dans la vide but don't know how in English).

 

I wont be adding one of those to my toolkit!