The jacking points on a bay are welded on to the outrigger, the jacking point itself is not structural, the outrigger is. It's possible the jacking point can be rusty but not the outrigger!
They are only structural if you use them, to jack the van up. My car doesnt have jacking points, unlikely yours does. Mot testers are only mechanics and often hold no qualifications at all. They arent knowledgeable and many arent professional mechanics really.
What most of you are forgetting is its what is near the corroded jacking point, for example within 30cm of a suspension mount/ seat belt mount/ brake parts mounting and so on that would bring on a fail. A sill could have a rotten hole in it but if in the middle of the van and not within 30cm of the above, then its a pass with an advise, but if its holed at the ends then it may well be a fail. But as you all know every tester is different... Ex tester from 2 years ago and yes most of the local vans came my way Ian
yeah, what Flakey is saying sounds right! I can't even fit the jack in my jacking points. If I need to jack the van up, I use something far more solid and structural - no idea what it the bit is called!
Just nicked these off @jivedubbins thread The bit with the Union Jack sticker is the chassis outrigger, the bit that looks like a jacking point is a jacking point They are actually separate pieces and you don't really need the jacking point bit, especially if you use a trolley jack.
If the jacking points are rusty my tester would only fail the front left one because it's within 300 millimetres of the brake compensator.
just rang my friend who is a goverment mot tester , jacking points are structural , any thing that is metal on a vehicle is classed as structural, if it has signs of corrision its a failure
Modern car doors are part of the structural integrity in A crash situation, depends whether you want a pass or feel it's safe enough for a pass, jacking points can pose a danger to people changing the wheel, could collapse and fall on them so it can be failed on the basis of dangerous other items, personally I would fail sills and jacking points and outriggers as they are all welde together so in Reality they are a one piece construction as is the monocoque
I suspect it depends on where on the jacking point the corrosion is...... The further away from the sill / out rigger, the more you could grind off and there would be no argument from the tester. If the corrosion is anywhere near the sill then it's surely structural...
