Drive-Train Technology

The aim of this one-day vehicle drive train course is to provide an understanding of the fundamentals of the systems and components which connect the engine to the road wheels. The course will also provide the technician with the knowledge necessary to diagnose and repair drive train faults.
It will also concentrate on the new technologies that compose this system.

Course Content

• The physics of drive train
  Definition of force, torque, friction, pascal’s law and pressure, spring rate
• Drive train components
  The clutch, operating principle, clutch components, dual mass flywheels, principle of operation, servicing & repair
• Clutch Diagnostic
• Differentials
  Principle of operation, types of differential
• Technical update
  Concentric slave cylinders, flexible flywheels, automatic manual transmission, sensodrive, sequential gearbox, four/all wheel drive