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Off Road Drivelines DIET 2011

6 Credits

Weekly Contact Hours: Lecture – 2.76 Lab 2 - 3.16 Lab 3 - 10.893
Pre-Requisite: None
Co-Requisites: DIET 1000 and DIET 1010

This course introduces power trains used on heavy equipment such as bulldozers, excavators, wheel loaders, back-hoe loaders and skidders. Classroom and lab instruction on components and systems with use and interpreting testing and diagnosing equipment are highly emphasized. Topics include: power train theory and principles, clutches, manual transmissions, drive shafts, differentials, final drives, special drives, final drive failure analysis, torque converters, hydraulically shifted transmissions, electronic transmissions, hydrostatic transmissions, and transmission failure analysis.

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