Member Since: 28 May 2014
Location: Belfast
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Brake testing D3 on rolling road?
As the title I'm trying to get a definitive answer to the question of brake testing the D3. From what I have read in the manual, rolling road testing is should not be carried out. Have I got this right?
I don't want to take the car for its MOT in February (its first in my ownership) and let the testers put it on the 2 wheel rolling road if it shouldn't be done. (Bear in mind that here in Northern Ireland the MOT is carried out by a Government body and they don't give a hoot).
1st Nov 2014 4:50 pm
nigel207
Member Since: 26 Mar 2009
Location: Nottinghamshire
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As I understand it, the answer is "no", the D3 shouldn't be brake tested on a rolling road. The tester that I have used for many years, and for all the time that I owned a D3, and now a D4 has used a deceleraometer (Tapley meter?), which entails the vehicle being driven and braked.
1st Nov 2014 5:07 pm
Alphamale
Member Since: 28 May 2014
Location: Belfast
Posts: 496
Thanks for that, will be watching them like a hawk and will ask them how they will do the brake test before they start.
1st Nov 2014 5:51 pm
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Tapley meter to be used unless the garage has 4 wheel rolling road brake tester which I doubt many if any garages would have such a thing.MY17 D5 1st Edition Namib Orange
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This means I had to MOT test my D3 at one of the Northern Ireland government test stations....now I can test here in the "mainland" as well.
Here you vehicle (whatever it is) is put onto a rolling road where each wheels brakes & shockers are tested to a computer program..
...the tester sits in the driving seat (with you in the passenger side) & presses the pedals at the appropriate times..the results are shown as number & graph on a screen you both can see...the results are looked to your vehicles file & if the result is a pass the system issues an MOT.
I asked the testers if my 4WD was OK....all the vehicle from the local LR dealers (in Belfast) go the same route..NO problem
I have done 6 tests with this system
Personally I wish the tests were done the same way here - government test station ...takes out all the crap & you know your vehicle is good to go.BREXIT - done properly.
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1st Nov 2014 8:15 pm
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one of our MOT centres has two plates on the floor which have ballbearings in them...they drive the vehicle on to the plates fast and brake...the result comes up on the computer...not sure about handbrake
When mine was tested last, it was at a local garage who specialise in MOT's and they used a Tapley meter - which was quite amusing to watch
I was impressed with them to be honest, because they noted the driver side steering ball joint had the slightest of play in it - and that is the sort of thing I want from an MOT - tell me stuff that is a problem or will be a problem in the future, but not the crap that many seem to come up with.Mark.
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