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Apr 24, 2024
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DSL 634 - Service Tractor Trailer Pneumatic Brakes
Last Date of Approval: fall 2021
3 Credits
Total Lecture Hours: 22.5
Total Lab Hours: 45
Total Clinical Hours: 0
Total Work-Based Experience Hours: 0
Course Description:
This course is designed for students majoring in Diesel Technology. The Tractor Trailer Pneumatic Brake Service course will provide students with the fundamentals of pneumatic brake systems. Course content also includes servicing of wheels, axles, and all brake components. Anti-lock brake fundamentals and troubleshooting will also be discussed. Hands-on lab work will be performed with pneumatic brake systems. This course will help students refine their critical thinking skills as they evaluate various topics and concepts while searching for underlying connections between the concepts, which is a skill that should be beneficial in any/all types of careers. The students will increase their mechanical aptitude that can be used in many aspects of their life.
Prerequisites/Corequisites: Pre-requisites and/or Co-requisites: A student is to have completed all program courses for the semester prior to the one in which they are currently enrolling with a “C” or better grade. A student will only be allowed to get one D. If a student gets a second D or F, that student will not continue in the program without coordinator approval and will be required to retake all classes that are D’s or lower. If a student gets a D in the first semester and a second D in the fourth semester he/she will not graduate until they retake both classes. If that class is not offered the next semester that student will be responsible for taking the class the next time it is taught
Mode(s) of Instruction: traditional/face-to-face
Credit for Prior Learning: There are no Credit for Prior Learning opportunities for this course.
Course Fees: none
Common Course Assessment(s): none
Student Learning Outcomes and Objectives:
Student Learning Outcomes: Students will evaluate pneumatic theory, concepts, and diagrams in order to diagnose pneumatic and mechanical problems. Students will be able to identify and test components in a pneumatic brake system, as well as the ABS control system. Students will demonstrate how to service a complete wheel end including brakes, bearings, s-cams, slack adjusters, and seals. Students will demonstrate proper measurement techniques in order to verify integrity of wheel end parts.
Course Objectives: Students will apply proper repair and diagnostic procedures. Students will practice professional skills that comply with diesel technology industry standards. Students will analyze new technology in the diesel technology field
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