Changing rear discs and pads.. help!

[Hoaxy]

I'm fitting new discs and pads all round on my 172 cup. I should be able to do the front's no problem, but someone mentioned to me that in order to do the rears I'll need a wind-back tool. Is it necessary or is there a way around it?
If not, any idea's where I can get one? I don't fancy forking out another £70 for labour after paying over £320 for parts already lol.

 

[matty172cup]

you can wind the caliper back with out that tool a screw driver will do you just wind it anti clockwise or you can use a little bit of bar thats a maximum off 10mm wide

Matty

 

[DrR]

I found the rears easier to do than the fronts lol, one less bolt, I never used any special tools.

 

[ChrisPearson]

£320 ?is that fronts aswell?You can wind the piston with a screw driver easy.

 

[Hoaxy]

Cool, cheers guys.

Chris, yeah that's front's aswell. Brembo HC Discs with Ferodo DS2500 pads comes to just over £180. For the rear the discs and pads were OE one's from Renault, comes to just over £140

 

[davebem]

As mentioned the rears can be wound back with a screwdriver put across the slots. THe fronts can be pushed back in with a G clamp, on the fron calipers theres even a slot in the middle of the caliper for access. Make sure you get the rear pads the right way round.

 

[rich_1989]

yep, G-clamp is god, makes piston pushin problems (PPP for short) a thing of the past