2 hours ago, fuzzybunny said:

Hi All,

Just have my 4x4 MoT done last week on a rolling road rig and passed OK

I didn't see it done, (and I know I should have asked, doh!), but I'm assuming they use a similar system to this one in the video.

They did quote the figures for front a rear brakes so assuming they couldn't have used a Tapley.

Hope this helps, Cheers

 

 

They might have but technically it's not allowed as those portable rollers are not authorised/permitted test equipment, all fixed or permanant 4x4 vehicles have to be plate or tapley tested. Yoy can now get digital tapley testers the can give individual measurements as well as balance and total effort and print the data out. i would use the protable rollers when i'm testing (been an mot tester for 15 years) as it's brilliant idea and would stop inexpeireanced  tester form causing damage.

53 minutes ago, Llanigraham said:

The MOT Testers Handbook says they should use the Tapley meter. Using rollers is considered unsafe and insecure.

Tapley tester or if the test station is equiped with one a plate brake tester,getting rare though now as they are no longer permitted as new equipment when opening a new test station; i have 15 years testing under my belt and don't have a clue on how to use a plate brake tester, never ever used one

My pal MOt'd my 4x4 Yeti, first MOT for me in the UK since 2003, he road tested with an old school Tapley Tester, he says its very valuable now as he is not allowed to replace it, the new one must be Bluetooth connected and no doubt loads of other useless bells & whistles and of course very very expensive.

 

The CT test in France is not a lot different, one thing they do that I like is have vibrating wheel plates to test the damping of the suspension system, it produces a graph showing the oscillation throughout the frequency range, very impressive but ultimately IMHO another useless gadget because my vehicle have always passed the test even when the dampers have been completely shot and the car drove like a clown car, so to be fair the test  kit is not useless but the testing regime and its pass/fail parameters is.

46 minutes ago, J.R. said:

My pal MOt'd my 4x4 Yeti, first MOT for me in the UK since 2003, he road tested with an old school Tapley Tester, he says its very valuable now as he is not allowed to replace it, the new one must be Bluetooth connected and no doubt loads of other useless bells & whistles and of course very very expensive.

 

The CT test in France is not a lot different, one thing they do that I like is have vibrating wheel plates to test the damping of the suspension system, it produces a graph showing the oscillation throughout the frequency range, very impressive but ultimately IMHO another useless gadget because my vehicle have always passed the test even when the dampers have been completely shot and the car drove like a clown car, so to be fair the test  kit is not useless but the testing regime and its pass/fail parameters is.

We call them shaker plates, but the uk test does not give any fancy print outs of how effective the shock absorbers are, the uk rule is if it's leaking fluid badly it fails.