MOT question again
MOT question again
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glynlucas

Original Poster:

63 posts

277 months

Tuesday 7th September 2004
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My MOT is due and I've been told by my TVR dealer that any garage can do it - in fact they use several in the area. They do not subscribe to the suggestion that standard brake testing causes any damage. I know this has been dealt with before, but at the risk of opening a can of worms, what's the verdict from those that know?

edward1

839 posts

295 months

Wednesday 8th September 2004
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Apologies for possibly appearing a bit dumb, but why should standard brake testing cause any problems?

I have always just used the local garage for MOT's on the wedge and now the Chim. Not had any problems.

alex.mcintosh

200 posts

307 months

Wednesday 8th September 2004
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can cause issues with limited slip diffs

went through the whole thing before. strictly speaking it should be done on the road with a hand held device (can't rememeber what it's called)! However not many places do this and I was told that as the speeds used on rollers are so low, it shouldn't cause any problems with the LSD. I worked on the principle that the garage that does my mot does them all for a main dealer and if something was going to go wrong, it would have done by now - hopefully not for me though! not very scientific i'm afraid....

glynlucas

Original Poster:

63 posts

277 months

Wednesday 8th September 2004
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Thanks for the input...

Sounds like the best plan is to go for my nearest trusted MOT station.

M@H

11,298 posts

301 months

Wednesday 8th September 2004
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[worm can]
...you do often get a whining in the diffs after a few years mind you.. coincidence..?
[/worm can]

sparkythecat

8,097 posts

284 months

Wednesday 8th September 2004
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I raised this once before. Have a look at this link. www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?f=8&h=&t=78041