nambarrie

Can i get this done at a normal garage with a 2 wheel brake roller or will this damage the car

Turbotits

iTrader: (2)

Yes,Just dont let them put it on the brake tester.There is another device that can be used to test the brakes but I've but the name of it.

nambarrie

Dont want to take it to a main dealer , paying way over the odds for an ****, retard, mongo to work on my motor

koenraad

What's wrong with using the brake tester? There's nothing in the handbook about not using a regular MOT place.

And if testing the brakes on a single axle tester is likely to break the 4WD I would be very worried about braking on mud grass etc in case one wheel locks up and damages my transmission....

My Girlfriends Toyota GT4 comes without ABS, could I have broken the transmission when I lock up.....?

scarey

my local dealer uses another garage to do MOTs, if yours does the same find out the name of the garage and go direct

haroldhettaturbo

iTrader: (2)

if u put the car on a 2 wheel brake tester, then the front wheels will try and turn the rear ones wich will be stationary.


They take the car out on a road test and test the brakes that way.

Hol

iTrader: (1)

As Harold says, they will road test it for clean straight breaking.

No problem in a scoob.

subarujimmy

iTrader: (3)

Theres two ways of doing the brake test.

Either by using a decelerometer (Tapley Meter) where the car is driven and then footebrake applied etc, or by using a roller brake tester which has 4x4 mode which spins one wheel forward and the other backwards, and vice-versa for the opposite side.

Hope this helps