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Old 12-30-2017, 09:29 PM   #3
pooch
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Default Re: Oz NSW brake testing

A portable machine that sits on the passenger seat with a clip on to the brake pedal sensor.

Get to 30 KPH and stop.

It senses brake pressure on pedal and G reading .

I have had some sympathetic mechanics over the years.

One older one who has now retired used to let me sit machine on my lap and move it quickly backwards as he stomped on pedal.

Others that know me just do a test in another car with my number plate dialled in.

Hope big brother ain't monitoring this.....

Then again, I had one arsehole mechanic who set the machine to a passenger car under 2.5 tonne rating and went all over town skidding the brakes, and came back with my rear tyres in shreds and failed me, not just for bad brakes, but for bald tyres.

I told the idiot that this motorhome was over 2.5 tonnes and the machine can be set for a lower rating of G force.

The turkey would not believe me, until I showed him where it was in the rules.

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