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can i get a 100% straight answer please?

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boss:
12" from the wheel?

Tommo:
It might be 10 inches actually. when i said 'anything important' what i meant to say was any structural points.

EG if you have a big hole in your bulkhead but your master cyl mount is a certain distance away then you are ok.

redhand:
The MOT testers manual is very clear. Corrosion can only be checked if it is on a structural item which the vehicle relies upon for it's safety so door pillars, chassis, bulkhead Sills. Inner wings if they form part of the loadbear struture of the vehicle. Or as I said earlier if there is a device fastened to the panel that the vehicle relies on for it's safety. An MOT tester has to abide by the testers manual he can not make the rules up as he goes along or change the rules to suit himself. If it's in the manual he has to abide by it..

Discovery inner wings are not a structural item and therefore are NOT testable If your tester telll you they are he is an idiot and needs to be referred to the testers manual (all testers have to have a copy in the test station) If you remove things like brake lines or abs components and remount them. Then your wings can be rotting away and there is nothing he can do about it. 

And the test diametre is a 30cm (12") ball.

muddydisco:

--- Quote from: redhand on August 29, 2008, 16:04:48 ---Inner wings are not structural and unless there is a safety reliant component attached to them then they are not MOT testable. Safety reliant components would be  ABS valves, or  pump, Brake lines etc.

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Inner wings are testable for mots because you have 12 inch from the servo mounting point and body mounts and bulkhead

redhand:

--- Quote from: muddydisco on August 30, 2008, 08:36:23 ---
--- Quote from: redhand on August 29, 2008, 16:04:48 ---Inner wings are not structural and unless there is a safety reliant component attached to them then they are not MOT testable. Safety reliant components would Be ABS valves, OR pump, Brake lines etc.

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Inner wings are testable for mots because you have 12 inch from the servo mounting point and body mounts and bulkhead

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No they are not be cause the corrosion has to be on a structural item.  the whole inner wing can be rotting away and it wouldn't fail. Because it is not a structural item. I refer you to this link. http://www.motuk.co.uk/manual/contents.htm and this excerpt from it

To assist with the assessment of corrosion sections 2, 3 and 5 of the manual identify the parts of the vehicle structure which are particularly important and to which particular attention must be paid during the inspection.
These are:
- The load bearing parts of the vehicle to which certain testable items (as specified in section 2, 3 and 5) are mounted.
- Any structure or panelling which is supportive to either the component mounting or its load bearing member within 30cm of the mounting location. eg. In the examination of a seat belt mounting on an inner sill, consideration must be given to the outer sill, door pillar, floor panel, wheel arch or any other supportive structure within 30cm of the component mounting point.

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