Specifications

Brake assessment manual Ver 1.0 Published October 2013 36 (48 pages)
Test B: Mounting structure
This test is required to ensure that the firewall and mounting brackets for the brake pedal,
master cylinder and/or booster are structurally adequate.
A load shall be applied to the brake pedal with the vehicle stationary and the engine off. An
observation of the mounting structure shall be made for local deformation. The mounting
structure shall be rigid.
Loading shall be:
• 500 N for vehicles in Modification Category 19;
• 885 N for vehicles manufactured prior to the introduction of ADR 31 on 1 January 1977;
• 1000 N for vehicles manufactured after the introduction of ADR 31 on 1 January 1977.