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Originally Posted by Traum
I am preparing something to send to the Minister of Transportation and the VPD to express my concerns regarding the MVA and the VPD's execution of its clauses. Specifically, I'd like to focus on the issues of 1) wheel alignment / camber, and 2) clearance height / vehicle lowering, and I'd like to get a little help from everyone.
I've skimmed through the MVA a couple of times, and the only thing that I can find with regards to lowering / ride height is Section 7.091 regarding clearance height. I remember some of us have thrown around the "allowed to change ride height by +/- 1" line here in this thread, but I absolutely cannont find any referene of it or any sort of lowering in the MVA. I want to get this right in my letter of conern, so I am asking RS to help. Is that just some random BS certain officers are throwing around when they VI you, or is that written somewhere in the MVA?
Please advise. I will share the finished piece here before I send it out.
Link to the MVA for reference:
http://www.bclaws.ca/civix/document/...bc/26_58_multi |
Page 52:
Wheel alignment
Side slip of the front wheels shall not exceed 9 m per 1.6 km as measured on the alignment gauge.
The caster, camber or toe-in of a vehicle shall not be out of adjustment to the extent that it is apparent visually.
Vehicles shall not be misaligned to the extent that the variation of the track exceeds 75 mm and the variation of axle centre exceeds 50 mm.
Page 46:
Clearance height
7.091 A motor vehicle with a gross vehicle weight rating of less than 4 500 kg must have a minimum clearance for all parts of it, other than the wheels in contact with the level roadway, that is no lower than the lowest point on the rim of any wheel in contact with the roadway.
Then in DIVISION 25 – VEHICLE INSPECTION AND MAINTENANCE, we find the following under Part 3 (page 154):
25.20 This Part applies to a vehicle that was
(b) altered by changes to its suspension height by more than 10 cm from the
original basic specification of the vehicle manufacturer,
Thus, if suspension height is altered by more than 10cm, the following must be applied:
25.21 A person must not drive, operate or park a vehicle on a highway until it has been presented to a designated inspection facility and an approved certificate of mechanical condition in a form set by the director has been issued in respect of the vehicle by an authorized person.
[en. B.C. Reg. 304/2001; am. B.C. Reg. 135/2003, s. 3.]
Duties of authorized persons
25.22 (1) An authorized person must not issue a certificate under section 25.21 unless he or she is satisfied, and certifies on the certificate, that the vehicle complies with the Act and its regulations and is safe for use on the highway.