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Gazcw

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My mot tester has rollers designed to deal with lsd's. I don't know but I imagine most modern ones can now.
 
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jasst

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I always tell them, but to be fair this year he asked, a 'if it breaks you pay to fix it and it costs thousands' word usually works!
 

giorgio01

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Re the MOT. Did you go for the brakes on rollers testing or did you ask for a Tapley meter?

Asking as I have read contradicting info on here and mine needs an MOT.

Also, what is your exhaust? Is it straight through/x-pipe with single cat.
It was rollers.
Re exhaust look at my earlier posts in this thread but yes just my x-pipe is slightly different.
 

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When I was testing in the UK I only ever used the Tapley meter on anything special including my own cars.
Takes no extra time and zero risk of anything going wrong and don't forget it's only a Minimum Standard Test at that moment in time.
 

giorgio01

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To be honest I totally forgot about the lsd as I was concerned whether it'll go through the emissions.
 

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Luckily all fine, I've also read somewhere that it is a safety measure to prevent the car jumping out.
 

TimR

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Before I completely refit the brakes with new, I insisted on a road test with a Tapley meter...
My understanding is the MOT tech might try using the rolling road to individually lock a rear wheel across the back axle if he cannot achieve a minimum standard reading initially.
I simply remind them that the axle is an LSD. I dont anticipate they will have any issues...BUT !
As an AM and Lotus dealership, Im sure it isnt anything they havent seen before. I urge them not to use the rolling road if the brake test is troublesome, rather that they road test the car with an appropriate meter.
 

giorgio01

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The clutch is out now, friction plates almost to rivets and hot spots on the flywheel. Throwout Bearing is also noisy so needed to be replaced. Then some cleaning and all I have to do now is to wait for the clutch to be refurbished. When its done I'll post some pictures. 88562885638856488565885668856788568
 

oaros

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It was rollers.
Re exhaust look at my earlier posts in this thread but yes just my x-pipe is slightly different.
Thanks for the reply.
Straight away also thanks for the clutch/throwout bearing photos. Collecting those for the day its my turn to go there.
 

hladun

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The clutch discs are incredibly thin, 6 or 6.4 mm each when new if I remember correctly. I think your old clutch is hardly worn because the face groves are still there. If you can, compare your old discs to the new ones and see if there's much of a difference.
 

giorgio01

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The clutch discs are incredibly thin, 6 or 6.4 mm each when new if I remember correctly. I think your old clutch is hardly worn because the face groves are still there. If you can, compare your old discs to the new ones and see if there's much of a difference.
New friction plates are only £45 so no Point to leave the old ones since I'm refurbishing the whole assembly and to my measurements they are circa 5.8 now. From what I've read the clutch starts slipping at circa 5.6