4 Wheel Alignment

In this series of pictures students are learning how to use an alignment machine while performing a 4 wheel alignment. Vehicles need to be aligned for directional stability, safety, better driver control, and tire wear. A  vehicle that drives straight and has less drag or rolling resistance can obtain better fuel mileage and in turn lower its carbon footprint.

Above a student in deep thought understanding the readings on the display
As you can see on the screen shot there is a fair bit of information to process before you make any adjustments

Part Inspection

A student does an inspection of steering box parts. The parts must be reusable in order to overhaul the power steering box successfully

Steering Box Overhaul

As you can see in the picture the students are learning how to overhaul / repair a power steering gear box. Although we use mostly rack and pinion steering today these principles still apply and need to be learned

Sway Bar Links

After replacing the worn out front sway bar links the students finish the job by torquing the nuts to factory specificatins

Centennial Show and Shine

Friday June 6th