Impreza's and brake testing.....The definitive answer....
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I await to be corrected.
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as I said in an earlier post, in reality the issue is with the amount of "slip" allowed in the drivetrain
open diffs allow 100% slip - that is why you will be able to turn the wheel that is in the air - all power/torque will go to the spinning wheel
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Hope the garage didn't try to make a claim off the owner
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it only works like that if there is some form of "limited slip" between the spinning wheel and the wheels with "grip" - irrespective of whether you have 2/4/6/8 wheel drive
as I said in an earlier post, in reality the issue is with the amount of "slip" allowed in the drivetrain
open diffs allow 100% slip - that is why you will be able to turn the wheel that is in the air - all power/torque will go to the spinning wheel
as I said in an earlier post, in reality the issue is with the amount of "slip" allowed in the drivetrain
open diffs allow 100% slip - that is why you will be able to turn the wheel that is in the air - all power/torque will go to the spinning wheel
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Hodgy0_2 has said how to find out what sort of diff a car has.
Anyone can carry out that test.
But would you really want to?
- If it is locked you'd HAVE to find a garage that knows and uses a decelerometer;
- If it isn't you've still spent time and effort testing it.
One call to an MoT station:
"Hello, MoT's R Us"
"Hi, I've got a Subaru. Do you use a decelerometer to test cars?"
- "Yes we do (if it's 4 or AWD)"
"Fine - can I book mine in please" - "Pardon?"
"Sorry - wrong number".
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funnily enough I have spoken to two MOT testers (one who's opinion I value extremely highly)
and they both said they would not put on rollers, not so much for the technical reasons - but simply as people have said for commercial and risk mitigation reasons
VOSA clearly states MOT tester are liable
and they both said they would not put on rollers, not so much for the technical reasons - but simply as people have said for commercial and risk mitigation reasons
VOSA clearly states MOT tester are liable
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