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Sway bar review

5/26/2015

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Before watching the following videos and answering the questions, lets make a few predictions...
  • What does a sway / stabilizer / anti-roll bar do?
  • What do you expect to see when a bigger sway bar is installed?  Why would that happen, or not?
  • How about if you only changed one of two in a car?  How would a car's handling change if you only changed the rear sway bar?

  1. In the first video and the camera view is from under the car before the modification, pay particular attention to the inside wheel.  What happens to its contact to the road as the vehicle goes back and forth?  What do you see?  Why does it do that?
  2. After the change has been made, what happens to the contact with the road?  Does it increase, decrease, or stay the same?  Why does it do that?
  1. What was the body roll with the stock sway bars?
  2. What was it after the bigger sway bars were installed?
  3. What about the new sway bars causes this change?
  4. As a driver, what is the added value in making this change?  Explain.
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Intro to Alignment Angles

2/26/2015

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February 26, 2015

Please review the following videos to aid in the understanding of:
  1. Alignment angles
  2. What causes alignment angles to get out of specification
Assignment: Create a sales poster

Unless specified otherwise, students in teams of 2 will create an educational, sales based poster. 

Poster template - you DO NOT have to use the template.

Each poster will provide your customer with an education about: 
  • why wheel alignments are important
  • what the 3 major alignments angles are
  • how each angle effects either tire wear or drivability

To aid in your poster development, use each of the following:
  • The provided videos
  • Personal experiences outside of class
  • Experiences in the class
  • Your text book and CDX Online
  • The examples given in the classroom
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Wheels and Tires Test

2/24/2015

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February 24, 2015

Please click here to take the test.

Please click here for the steering pretest.


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Servicing Wheels and Tires

2/9/2015

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February 09, 2015


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Intro to Wheels and Tires / Pretest

1/29/2015

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January 30, 2015


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