This article is about testing of automotive brake systems. For the driving manoeuvre, see brake test.
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There are at least three different types of brake tester used to calculate the braking efforts and efficiencies of a motor vehicle:
Roller brake testers, consisting of a chassis with a driven roller system
Plate brake testers, consisting of two parallel measuring plates
three different types of braketester used to calculate the braking efforts and efficiencies of a motor vehicle: Roller braketesters, consisting of a chassis...
properly to a substrate Braketester, used to calculate the braking efforts and efficiencies of a motor vehicle Deadweight tester, a calibration tool for...
injection (EFI), engine control, the transmission, anti-lock braking system, door locks, braking, window operation, and more. Diagnostic tools are able to...
garages throughout England, Scotland and Wales, employing more than 65,800 testers, are authorised to perform testing and issue certificates. In principle...
work just in time. Meanwhile, another customer wants a locomotive air braketester restored. Rick heads to the Nevada Northern Railway Museum in Ely, Nevada...
the tester's opinion, it could have run with the original parts for longer with no problems. 1994: CB500R naked version launched. Rear drum brake. Nissin...
was a step-through commuter moped, described by a Motor Cycle News road tester in 1979 as "the most attractive moped I've seen and must take the run-about...
the engine nacelles of the strength tester were the same as the standard aircraft, and that the strength tester was stressed until failure. Based on...
average speed was 38 km/h and the whole drive took around 30 hours. The tester used the autopilot of Tesla Model 3, running the car unmanned. The test...
Scorpio Z's handling and dynamics have been lauded by many reviewers, testers, and owners; especially when the price point is considered. However, the...
impressed when testing the Stewart F1 car that season and became Jaguar's tester for 2000, mainly down to the lobbying of Jackie Stewart, the outgoing team-boss...
slot machine, and a 1920s Advance Machine Company electric shock strength tester. At the geodesic dome home of biker couple, a speed pick yields a Bausch...
English, Steven (11 November 2010). "Ferrari confirms Bianchi as 2011 tester". Autosport. Haymarket Publications. Archived from the original on 7 January...
assistance (power brakes) was not standard until 1975. Many modern and contemporary testers have commented on the very heavy brake pedal pressure needed...
"the latest Smiths fresh-air installation" as standard equipment. The road tester found the heater, like the engine and indeed the windscreen wipers, "rather...
on the Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps in the Ardennes, Triumph's factory tester Percy Tait led the world champion Giacomo Agostini for three laps and finished...
fuel consumption and the tendency of the heavy brakes to fade when used hard disappointed the testers: this would presumably not have been an issue had...
Motorcycles".[better source needed] The term was coined by a magazine road tester in his review of the bike, and Brough eventually obtained explicit permission...
luxurious appointments and plenty of room, we found the ride of our 2.0T tester to be anything but comfortable on the pot hole-filled roads of the rear...
the LMS Garratts. They were also always heavy on coal and maintenance. Tester's work shows that this may have been due to poor selection of oil and whitemetal...
styles. The later models are most commonly known by their trademark round brake and tail lights. The majority of Skyline models are rear-wheel drive, with...
distance testing. Friction testing can use surface friction testers or portable friction testers, and involves allowing a freely moving object, usually a...
or more, it becomes a helix. A brake run on a roller coaster is any section of track that utilizes some form of brakes to slow or stop a roller coaster...
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