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UNIT 1 :
THE AUTOMOBILE: History of development, types; Resistance to motion
and power requirement for propulsion, acceleration and gradient.
UNIT 2 : AUTOMOTIVE ELECTRICAL SYSTEM: Battery construction,
Charging and testing, Lighting and Wiring system, Electrical instruments,
head lamp, electric horn, fuel, level indicator, ammeter, magneto and coil
ignition system, distributor, spark plug, electronic ignition system.
UNIT 3 : TRANSMISSION SYSTEM: clutch, single plate, multiplate,
cone clutch, semi-centrifugal, electromagnetic, vacuum and hydraulic
clutches, fluid coupling. Gear boxes; sliding mesh, constant mesh,
synchromesh and epicyclic gear boxes. Automatic transmission system, Front
wheel drive, real axle drive, Hotchkiss and torque tube drive, real axis
types. Differential, two wheel and four wheel drives.
UNIT 4 : RUNNING SYSTEMS: Types of wheels and tyres. Tyre
construction, tyre inflation pressure, tyre wear and their causes, repair
of the tyre and the tube, steering system, steering gear boxes, steering
linkages, steering mechanism, under and over steering. Steering geometry :
effect of camber, caster, king pin inclination, toe in and toe out, power
steering integral and linkage types, suspension system, objects and the
requirements, suspension spring, front and rear suspension systems,
independent suspension systems, shock absorber.
UNIT 5 : BREAKS: classification and function, mechanical, hydraulic
vacuum air and self energizing brakes, brakes shoes and lining materials.
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