DIET 2011 Off-road Drivelines (2-10-6)
This course introduces power trains used on heavy equipment such as bulldozers, excavators, wheel loaders, back-hoe loaders, and skidders. Classroom and lab instruction focuses on using and interpreting testing and diagnosing equipment on components and systems. 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.
Syllabus for this course