Mud sheilds

[dazzawhipple]

Just a question for you

Mudshields that cover the brake discs better on or off .....will it be a MOT fail off???


Cheers

Darren

[jjsaul]

take em off

they only trap stuff

[barmiebrumie]

Put them in the bin, no prob's with mot's,



John.

[jjsaul]

Put them in the bin, no prob's with mot's,



John.

or on ebay  :lol:

[barmiebrumie]

Put them in the bin, no prob's with mot's,



John.

or on ebay  :lol:

Not if they looked anything like the one's I took off :lol: , mine looked like culinder's(spelling?),




John.

[jjsaul]

Put them in the bin, no prob's with mot's,



John.

or on ebay  :lol:

Not if they looked anything like the one's I took off :lol: , mine looked like culinder's(spelling?),




John.

Theres a market for them...special extra cooled ones for use with vented discs  :roll:  :lol:

[Mace]

I've left my front ones on....they stop the oil that's leaking from the swivel dripping onto the disc  :lol:  :lol:

[Guardian.]

if you take the mud shields off , it is an mot failure. but i dont Know your mot man, he might be half blind if your lucky!
i am assuming you mean the metal sheild directly behind your wheels / calipers etc.

[Wolfie]

if you take the mud shields off , it is an mot failure.

Could you let me know why. I can't see any mention of the dust shield in the (2002) MOT testers manual.

The racer doesn't have any and the MOT is due soon, and what with other stuff I haven't got much spare time at the moment, so don't really want to have to strip the front end (yet again) unless I really have to (and then have to remove them again after as they would be a total liability when racing).

Cheers

Wolfie

[Jas278]

There not expensive to replace even genuine ones, they are there to protect youre Brakes/Discs from contamination ,oil ,grease or even keep the mud out, in my opinion they are a safety feature , they are put there for a reason so I say Replace them...

[clbarclay]

I've just put 2 RRC through MOTs with a combination of rotten or removed sheilds with no problem or comment.


Jas278

They can stop the crap getting in, however when offroading in my experiance they don't stop mud. They do a better job of keeping it in resulting in a ???? rear brake disc and accelerated pad wear. They also make it harder to get a pressure washer in to clean the brakes afterwards.

[clbarclay]

mine looked like culinder's(spelling?)

Courtesy of The Shorter Oxford Dictionary

Colander - A vessel, usually of metal, closely perforated at the bottom with small holes and used a drainer in cookery

[Guardian.]

i have had a vehicle fail on this this is why i say it is an mot fail but have a word with who you are going to mot with as i dont use the same mot man anymore and they both have different opinions about the same things, it is one of them things if he aint gonna let it go your knackered, then again he might not mention it.
im just giving you experience not from the book. every test center is different on different things.

[Jas278]

If a mot tester wanted to fail a vehicle for not having them or rotten then he could, the test is down to the testers discretion..........there fitted for a reason ?...............I have 2 mots to take tomoz.Ill ask the questions.

[Xtremeteam]

id remove them on the front but fit them on the back as it extends rear brake pad life considerably having them fitted

[Tyke]

if you take the mud shields off , it is an mot failure

Yeah . . . . just like many of the other mods you may choose to do do.


Take your vehicle to a 'freindly' tester and no probs  




Damned mud shield things just cause problems anyway . . . . . trapped muck, rotting,metal, restricted access for checking condition of discs and brake pads, stones wedged behind them . . . . . . . they are the devil to remove though, better to just let them 'rot-off' then tidy up the remains before the test  :lol:

[jjsaul]

took my other RRC for an MoT today...didnt pass but on other things...

it has a mixture of brake shields...one on each axle i think, he didnt even mention them when i chatted to him, let alone fail on them!