Replaced the Rear Discs and Pads.

[gtd2000]

The rear discs were looking pretty crispy and handbrake performance had dropped...

Went for Mintex this time and Bosche pads, I see they are the same fitment as the Rover 25!

[Malisz]

Nice one. How much were the discs?

[zam]

I thought the rears were drum brakes!? my 2003 is rear drums brakes i believe.

[Jocko]

I thought the rears were drum brakes!? my 2003 is rear drums brakes i believe.

Later Mk 1's had disc brakes on the rear. My 2006 included.

[c.lday44]

I thought the rears were drum brakes!? my 2003 is rear drums brakes i believe.

Mine has discs all round.

[gtd2000]

Nice one. How much were the discs?

Off the top of my head, they were £27/28 quid delivered via eBay

[gtd2000]

I thought the rears were drum brakes!? my 2003 is rear drums brakes i believe.

You're better off with the rear drums in my experience.

The rear discs are well known for poor handbrake performance, in comparison to the drums.

[madasafish]

I thought the rears were drum brakes!? my 2003 is rear drums brakes i believe.

You're better off with the rear drums in my experience.

The rear discs are well known for poor handbrake performance, in comparison to the drums.

Usually caused by poor maintenance. Drum brakes require little maintenance (none), Rear  calipers and pins exposed at the rear of the wheel require maintenance every 2-3 years. They rarely get it and calipers/sliding pins seize.

[NiftyTapestry]

I haven't serviced the sliding pins before but I might have to give that a try thanks. I haven't noticed any real difference difference the rear drums and rear discs on both our Jazz's. The brakes don't feel quite as sharp on the older Jazz with drum brakes but I think it could do with bleeding the brake system because it felt slightly better after the last time I bled them but didn't have time to do the whole system thoroughly.

[RichardA]

I thought the rears were drum brakes!? my 2003 is rear drums brakes i believe.

Later Mk 1's had disc brakes on the rear. My 2006 included.

Change over was with that mild update (not facelift) in 2004.

[gtd2000]

Usually caused by poor maintenance. Drum brakes require little maintenance (none), Rear  calipers and pins exposed at the rear of the wheel require maintenance every 2-3 years. They rarely get it and calipers/sliding pins seize.

The regular braking performance was fine with the rear discs but there was no comparison between our original 02 plate with drums and the current 56 plate with the rear discs. With the drums you had complete confidence but not with the discs.

Even with new calipers and slide pins, the handbrake performance still isn't the best. There was supposedly some sort of advisory from Honda, that you should leave the car in gear. This also affected the Honda Civic too of the same era.

Here's an example thread, on this forum, from way back in 2010:

https://clubjazz.org/forum/index.php?topic=1186.0

[madasafish]

I totally stripped and cleaned my rear disks on 2012 Jazz and replaced pads with EBS (with a wear coating which cleaned the old disks). Since then handbrake performance has been superb.

Lack of skilled maintenance is a killer - as is faulty assembly - which is easy. The Cross in the caliper MUST be adjusted so the cross runs vertical/horizontal. And deviation and the pads do not seat properly and braking performance is poor and the rear pads wear unevenly.  This is covered in the official workshop manual online .
It is not highlighted but I have seen some terrible examples on FB Jazz Owners Club.

[gtd2000]

I totally stripped and cleaned my rear disks on 2012 Jazz and replaced pads with EBS (with a wear coating which cleaned the old disks). Since then handbrake performance has been superb.

Lack of skilled maintenance is a killer - as is faulty assembly - which is easy. The Cross in the caliper MUST be adjusted so the cross runs vertical/horizontal. And deviation and the pads do not seat properly and braking performance is poor and the rear pads wear unevenly.  This is covered in the official workshop manual online .
It is not highlighted but I have seen some terrible examples on FB Jazz Owners Club.

Perhaps there's some difference with your 2012 model compared to the 2002~2008 range?

You wouldn't get the caliper to seat unless you align the cross on the piston with the pin on the pads in my experience. Was first caught out with that, on a KIA Picanto, many moons ago! 

Braking performance wasn't an issue, as far as I could tell but handbrake performance pretty poor.