Practical Trade Tests In Diesel Plant Fitting
ENGINES
#..Tel us the proper procedure for stripping and assembling of a Diesel engine
4#.,1dentty all parts the engine, units and their functions
#..What is cylinder bore ovality and taper? And what are their causes?
#. How do we measure ovality and taper on cylinder bores and crankshaft journals
#.,What is bearing nip-crush and how do we measure it
#..What causes warpage on a cylinder head or block and how do we carry out the measurements
4.,Tell us the procedures and tools for measuring end float on a erankshaft
#. Measure oil clearance, Piston size, piston ring to groove & piston to cylinder clearance.
+#.What is valve timing? And also tell us the 3 methods for valve timing
4#..How do we do valve setting
4#., The difference between a4 stroke and a 2 stroke engine
#..The firing orders for a 4 cylinder and a 6 cylinder en;
#.,How do we determine the thrust side of a piston?
#..Name 2 types of gudgeon pins
4#.Name 2 engine braking systems and how they function
#. How do we test engine power?
TRANSMISSION SYSTEMS
#..Name 3 types of transmission systems and operations
+#. What's the use of a flywheel?
4#..Name any 3 methods of coupling a transmission to the engine
#,. What are the functions of a clutch?
#..Name 3 types of clutches
4#.,. What isa torque convertor?
4..Dismantle and assembly a torque converter &/identify its components
#.How does torque multiplication being achieved and name 3 phases or stages of a torque
convertor
#..What's the difference between a torque convertor and a torque divider?
#.Name 3 types of gear boxes and how do they operate
Disassemble a manual gearbox, and a transmission box identify the components and their
functions
#-What’s the different between differential unit and final drive and their functions (operations?)
4. Strip and Identity components of a diff ut
#..Identify special tools needed when doing measurements or checks on a diff unit
#-How do we /or carry out crown wheel run-out (radial & axial), backlash, tooth contac, pinion
depth,, bearing pre-load on a diff unit
#..Name 2 types of diff locking mechanisms and how their operations#.Name 3 Types of axle half shafts
SUSPENSION SYSTEMS OF HEAVY VEHICLES
#..Name any 4 types of suspensions that you know
- What's the need for suspension systems on machines or vehicles?
. What is the purpose of helper spring?
.Adentify tangential, flat end & pigtail coil springs
Arrange laminated leaf springs in their order
-Are torsion bars used on independent or non-independent suspension designs?
-Describe Air suspension system and how it works
- What are the functions of torque arms (tubes), stabilizers and tailing arms?
-Measure camber, castor and kingpin inclination (KPI) angles
..Ldentify reversed Eliot and Elliot a designs
-.What’s the difference between toe in and toe out?? Do the measurements
Describe 2 methods for carrying out wheel alignments
What is oversteer and understeer and their causes
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PNUEMATIC SYSTEMS
4#..Identify components of the pneumatics
4#.,Tell any circuit of pneumatic system that you know
#.,ldentity the types of valves and their functions
#.Name 2 types of compressors
#,. Name 2 types of braking systems of pneumatics
#.How do we adjust pressure in this system?
4#.,.What’s the function of an air dryer?
#.A DAF truck has oil leaks on its pressure tanks, what if the main cause of it,
#.,Hlow do we adjust pressures n pneumatic system?
HYDRAULICS
#..Name 2 types of hydraulic systems
Jdentity & state the functions of hydraulic pumps and motors
#..2 types of hydraulic cooling systems
+. What's the difference between a cylinder and a ram?
4.3 functions of hydraulic fluid
4. Types of hydraulic lines and how to fit hoses
#.How do we measure and adjust pressures in a hydraulic system
#..Ldemtify types of pickings (sealing)
#..Trace a hydraulic circuit on a certain machine and identify components (including all valves
‘and their functions
4#..Types of actuators and their tests
4¥..The difference between cracking and pilot pressure and their circuits
4#.,What is the method and procedure for doing cylinder testing?
#. Differentiate Relief valve and Unloader valve
#..Describe swinging of an excavatorUNDERCARRIAGE
Name 2 types of undercarriages
Tell and identify 2 types of track linkages
Al the measurements on tracks and the necessary tools needed
[Name 2 types of sprockets,
-ldentify the sprocket segment
Describe the proper procedure for carrying out track adjustments (tensioning or loosening)
Describe 2 typical types of power train of Bull Dozers
‘#.Deseribe how a dozer turns (steering and braking system)
#.How do we adjust brakes?
+#.Know how to change tracks
+#.Describe tilting and lowering of moldboard and ripping on a Dozer
#..Deseribe Excavator swinging on a turn table