Advertisement Perhaps you’ve noticed that motorcycles don’t have reverse gear. Let’s talk about the cause of this in this article. The front fork of all bikes has an angle and “rake”, which assist in keeping it going straight and make …
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Advertisement What the Technician needs to know about the Accelerator pedal position sensors on a Drive by wire system. There are generally two operating system types of APPS units that have been used utilised by manufacturers on the Link-less type …
Advertisement Balance shafts In every reciprocating engine, inertial forces and moments of inertia develop due to the oscillating motion of the pistons and connecting rods and the transmission behavior of the crankshaft drive. Some engine configurations, such as the V12 …
Advertisement Vehicles Involved: Vehicles equipped with rear drum brakes. Condition: An appearance that the rear drum brake shoes are not making the proper shoe-to-drum contact. Repair Procedure: To determine the brake shoe to drum contact area, the following test may …
Advertisement The manual and automatic transmissions from Audi are highly efficient. Irrespective of design, they have all been optimized concerning internal friction and are notable for their wide gear-ratio spread. The term “transmission spacing” refers to the transmission’s gear-ratio range, …
Advertisement Condition: Drum-in-Hat Rotor is Stuck on the Parking Brake If you are having trouble removing a drum-in-hat rotor, don’t just take a hammer to it. You may have to adjust the parking brake and back it off the rotor …
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Advertisement A discussion about passive and active wheel speed sensors Repair procedure: Passive and active wheel speed sensors are both used on today’s vehicles. Both sensors’ visual appearances are very close. Each sensor functions completely different from the other. An …
Advertisement In 2005, Audi set off the next stage in the evolution of its classic Quattro drive system in the second-generation RS 4. The new self-locking center differential, which is used in many models today, remained true to the principle …