ATECH 115 - Manual Drive Trains and Axles

Credits: 1-6
Covers theory, diagnosis, adjustment and repair of manual drive train components: i.e., clutch transmission, drive line and axles. Emphasizes development of a positive attitude toward work ethic, cultural and gender diversity, personal and workplace safety, and hazardous materials handling and disposal.

Prerequisite: ATECH 110, eligible for READ 104 and instructor’s permission. All students must have a current valid driver’s license.

Course Outcomes:
Students who successfully complete this class will be able to:

Diagnose drive trains.
Diagnose and repair clutches.
Diagnose and repair transmissions and transaxles.
Diagnose and repair drive shafts, half shafts universal and constant-velocity (CV) joints.
Diagnose and repair drive axles.
Diagnose and repair four-wheel drive/all-wheel-drive components.

Program Outcomes

Demonstrate safe shop practice and hazardous material handling.
Diagnose and repair automotive automatic and manual transmission/transaxle systems to ASE Standards.

College-wide Outcomes

Responsibility - Responsibility encompasses those behaviors and dispositions necessary for students to be effective members of a community. This outcome is designed to help students recognize the value of a commitment to those responsibilities which will enable them to work successfully individually and with others.