Then you need to educate VOSA with your knowledge, clearly they must have written the MOT manual incorrectly.
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Then you need to educate VOSA with your knowledge, clearly they must have written the MOT manual incorrectly.
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Clearly smart arse 
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Neither of these cars have an LSD standard, unless the Civic is a JDM (EK9,EP3,FD2), CW UK FN2 or is an FN2 with it specced.
The grease usually doesn't get onto the brake discs because of the backing plates. The main reason for CV boots being split failling means the CV joint is no longer lubricated well enough and will wear out quickly. If you've ever drive a car with a badly worn CV joint you will know just how dangerous and sometimes undrivable it is.
Mike, those were just cars off the top of my head that can have LSD's fitted.
Rich, you don't check just the handbrake on brake rollers
Mike, those were just cars off the top of my head that can have LSD's fitted.
Rich, you don't check just the handbrake on brake rollers
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Would a well and truly knackered CV joint cause the wheel to visually 'judder' front to back in the arch when pulling away?
A truly knackered cv joint can cause a driveshaft to be wedged into the bulkhead, not a fun removal.
Dunno about the outside, but it sure as hell makes it mighty hard to turn the steering wheel with it shaking about so violently
That is more likely to be caused by either knackered bushes on the inside of the lower wishbone or the bush that ties the ARB/tie rod to the bottom arm, depending on the particular suspension arrangement.
I can remember driving a 1.6 Sierra pool car at my last place that had a good couple of inches movement on the front wheels due to worn out bushes - you could feel the thump through the car every time you dabbed the brakes and it would wander around on the motorway something chronic.
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I don't get it, any car can have a LSD fitted, and seeing as there is more than one LSD available for both cars you mentioned, how can you state that they'll be fine on rollers?
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I wasn't aware that the Type R didn't have an LSD, my Civic has, I just assumed that all the type r's did.
My point was that most LSD's are ok on brake rollers, only a few like the M3 don't have enough slip to allow for the 2-3mph that the rollers spin.
All of that is completely irrelevant as the brakes or diff weren't the reason for the failure on the civic vs the bmw.
My point was that most LSD's are ok on brake rollers, only a few like the M3 don't have enough slip to allow for the 2-3mph that the rollers spin.
All of that is completely irrelevant as the brakes or diff weren't the reason for the failure on the civic vs the bmw.
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faulty indicator?
I think this is the answer. Indicators have always been optional extras on BMWs and therefore not subject to testing.
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Or a way to make sure it fails on something silly