Brake & Front End
FEBRUARY 26, 2025
Transmission Fluid Hydraulics and Shifting To understand why using the correct transmission fluid is necessary, you first have to know how the transmission fluid flows inside an automatic transmission. This is basic hydraulics. Foamy fluid can change shift characteristics and the hydraulic operation of the transmission.
Automotive Training Centre
JUNE 4, 2024
From managing a team of skilled mechanics and ensuring top-notch customer service to handling inventory, ordering parts, and maintaining shop equipment, a shop manager’s responsibilities are diverse and dynamic. It requires strong leadership, excellent customer service skills, and a solid understanding of business operations.
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Automotive Training Centre
JUNE 19, 2024
In contrast, heavy-duty estimators require more specialized technical knowledge, including understanding diesel engines, air brakes, hydraulic systems, and heavy-duty suspensions. Strong customer service skills are crucial in this role, as building trust and maintaining positive customer relationships is essential.
Brake & Front End
MAY 9, 2024
Anyone who works on brakes should be familiar with basic hydraulics and the various components that make up the hydraulic portion of the brake system. It converts the force exerted on the brake pedal by the vehicle’s driver into hydraulic pressure to apply the brakes. The cure is to replace the master cylinder.
Brake & Front End
FEBRUARY 22, 2024
The position of the variators is controlled by hydraulic pressure generated by the pump and controlled by the valve body. The base of the variator is a hydraulic chamber that controls the position of the conical plates. But it is not grounds for replacement unless you have checked the hydraulics it controls.
Brake & Front End
FEBRUARY 1, 2024
In between, you have a mixture of mechanical and hydraulic components that magnify the leg muscles of the driver. On the hydraulic side, you have the master cylinder and calipers. One of the most misdiagnosed components is the vacuum brake booster. Vacuum brake boosters will probably be with us for a long time.
Brake & Front End
OCTOBER 12, 2023
At the master cylinder on some vehicles, there might be a quick-take-up valve in the replenish port to hydraulically pull the caliper piston back from the rotor. Anti-Drag Systems Reducing brake drag on late-model vehicles is not accomplished by a single component; it takes a system.
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