All good. Cheers for the suggestions.

Got it done on Tuesday. He used a brand called Bremtec (http://bremtec.com.au/), hadn't heard of them before. Said that it was a good cheaper alternative to Bendix, and that he'd recommend it for an old 4 cyl runabout like mine. It was $50 cheaper than Bendix, so I thought why not. I don't track my car, but I do go for a spirited drive on the odd occasion.

I believe my mechanic did fix the problem. Not sure how, but he said road tested it and that it felt fine.