19-06-2015, 11:42 AM
Well, I've done them...springs just popped on... Not sure how I had so much trouble with them on my Ford work experience! 
Anyway it turns out that the brakes weren't as new as I'd thought from a quick frontal glance. The back of the discs were f*cked and the pads, although they were only half worn, were glazed, partially unstuck from the backing and there was some heat cracking in the friction material. So made the decision to just replace pads and discs rather than try and rescue them, £90 from ECP for Pagid pads, discs and Cera-Tec so hopefully there won't be any squeaking this time lol. Also gave the calipers a quick coat of black hammerite to tidy them up as well. The slide pins were completely dry and covered in rubber/crap so I cleaned those and put a small amount of Cera-tec on them as well, hopefully that's alright, if not only takes minutes to whip them out and clean them off.
Not tried them yet lol, but hopefully that's sorted the braking issues I was having.
Anyway it turns out that the brakes weren't as new as I'd thought from a quick frontal glance. The back of the discs were f*cked and the pads, although they were only half worn, were glazed, partially unstuck from the backing and there was some heat cracking in the friction material. So made the decision to just replace pads and discs rather than try and rescue them, £90 from ECP for Pagid pads, discs and Cera-Tec so hopefully there won't be any squeaking this time lol. Also gave the calipers a quick coat of black hammerite to tidy them up as well. The slide pins were completely dry and covered in rubber/crap so I cleaned those and put a small amount of Cera-tec on them as well, hopefully that's alright, if not only takes minutes to whip them out and clean them off.
Not tried them yet lol, but hopefully that's sorted the braking issues I was having.