Bumper To Bumper, The Diesel Mechanics Student's Guide to Tractor-Trailer Operations, Revised |  | Author: Inc. Mike Byrnes & Assoc.
Publisher: Mike Byrnes & Assoc., Inc.
Category: Book
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Sales Rank: 985428
Media: Paperback
Edition: 2
Pages: 258
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.3
Dimensions (in): 10.5 x 8.3 x 0.5
ISBN: 0977824519
Dewey Decimal Number: 629
EAN: 9780977824519
ASIN: 0977824519
Publication Date: September 24, 2007
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Product Description
Bumper To Bumper, The Diesel Mechanics Student's Guide to Tractor-Trailer Operations, Revised, familiarizes diesel mechanics with these challenging vehicles. It covers the knowledge and skills needed to obtain a Commercial Driver's License which diesel mechanics must have to drive these heavy vehicles on the highway. In this new edition, changes to the text and illustrations bring The Diesel Mechanics Student's Guide current with industry regulations and two chapters have been added. The book includes 20 chapters, hundreds of illustrations, end-of-chapter exams and a detailed index. Eight chapters in Bumper To Bumper, The Diesel Mechanics Student's Guide to Tractor-Trailer Operations cover the components and functions of dashboards and gauges, transmissions, air brakes, electrical, engines, drive train, steering and tires and wheels, and two additional chapters give an overview of the tractor and various types of trailers that diesel mechanics might encounter. Coupling and uncoupling, backing and vehicle inspection are tested by the CDL exams and are covered in Bumper to Bumper, The Diesel Mechanics Student's Guide to Tractor-Trailer Operations. The book also includes chapters on vehicle management systems, sliders, auxiliary brakes, air conditioning and emissions.
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