managed to get the rear calipers off today and it was not the fight that I was expecting. It looks like they were rebuilt at some point and there is evidence of a stalled restoration, the diff, springs and the exhaust have all been painted.
will let the photos do the talking. many ways to remove the calipers. I never have any problem doing them with the disc left in place. This took me 20-30mins and just under an hour all in including jacking the car up and get set up.
pop the pins out and moved the handbrake cable out of the way.
Gives access to get a socket on the cover bolt.
Remove the pin so you can remove the handbrake lever, be aware that there is a piston that can fall out.
Get a spanner on this bot and allen key on the other side and remove the pivot bolt.
The slip the caliper out of the way, I took the outer pad off of this one to make it easier.
It was them just a case of removing the flexi hose and swing them off the exhaust side.
All packed up and ready to go off for a refurb now along with the other hydraulics.
So rear calipers once you have done them a few times arent hard. I did this with the rear wheels on standard drive on ramps and then I jack the rear up to lift the body a bit to give a bit more room to work.
Refitting will be the other method, the disc need replaced or skimmed due to pitting so will take them off anyway