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| What is the most important reason for doing a vehicle inspection? |
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| For the safety of yourself and of others. |
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| What things should you check during a trip? |
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Definition
| during a trip you should watch gauges for signs of trouble, and use all your senses to check for problems. |
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| Name some critical items that should be checked when you stop. |
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Definition
| tires, wheels, rims, brakes,lights, reflectors, brake and electrical connections, coupling devices, cargo securement devices. |
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| What are some common tire issues? |
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Definition
- Air pressure too high or too low.
- Bad wear
- Tread Seperation
- Dual tires come in contact
- Cut/ cracked valve stems
- regrooved, recapped/ retreadded tries not allowed
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| What are some common wheel and rim issues? |
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Definition
- Damaged rims
- missing clamps, spacers, studs or lugs
- mismatched, bent or missing lock rings
- Wheels or rims that have had welding repairs not safe
- rust around wheel nuts check them for tightness!
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| Name some Common issues with Break drums and shoes. |
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Definition
- Cracked drums
- shoes or pads with oil, grease, or break fluid on them.
- Shoes worn dangerously thin, missing, or broken.
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| Name some common steering system defects |
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Definition
- missing nuts, bolts, cotter keys, or other parts
- Bent, loose, or broken parts, such as steering colnm, steering gear box, and tire rods.
- if power steering equipt hoses, pumps, and fluid level; check for leaks
- Steering wheel play of more than 10 deg. can make it hard to see.
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| What are some key suspension system defects? |
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Definition
- spring hangers that allow movement of axle from proper position
- Cracked or broken spring hangers
- missing or broken leaves in any leaf spring. 1/4 = OOS
- brken leaves in a multi leaf spring or leaves shifted to hit tire
- Leaking shock absorbers
- torque rod arm, u bolts, spring hangers, or other axle positioning parts cracked, damaged or missing.
- Air suspension system that are damaged or leaking
- any loose cracked, broken, or missing frame members.
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Term
What are some key exhaust defects?
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Definition
- Loose, Broken, or missing exhaust pipes, mufflers, tailpipes or verticle stacks
- Loose, broken, or missing mounting brackets, clamps, bolts, or nuts.
- Exhaust system parts rubbing against fuel system parts, tires, or other moving parts of vehicle.
- Exhaust system parts that are leaking.
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| What are some Key Emergency Equiptment? |
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Definition
- Fire exstinguisher
- Spare electrical fuses
- 3 reflective Triangles
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Term
| what is the min. Tread depth for Front Tires? |
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| What is the min. Tread Depth for all other tires? |
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| What are the pretrip inspection steps? |
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Definition
- Check engine Compartment
- Start engine and inspect cab
- Turn off engine and check lights
- Do walk around inspection
- Check signal lights
- Turn on and check breaks
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Term
| Name items to check durring check engine compartment of pre trip. |
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Definition
| Engine oil and level, coolant level in radiator and condition of hoses, power steering fluid level and hose conditions if present, Windshield washer fluid, Battery fluid level connections and tie downs, automatic transmission fluid level may require engine to be on, check belts for tightness and excessive wear, leaks in the engine compartment(fuel, coolant, oil, power steering,hydraulic, and battery), crackedworn electrical wiring insulation. |
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| What are the steps to starting the engine and inspecting the cab? |
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Definition
- Get in and start engine
- Make sure parking break is on.
- Put gear shift in neutral or park if automatic
- Start engine; listen for unusual noises.
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| When looking at the gauges inside cab what should you be looking at? |
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Definition
Oil preassure should come up with in seconds of starting engine.
Ammeter and or voltmeter. should be in normal ranges.
Coolant temperature. should be a gradual rise to normal range
Engine oil temp. Should be a gradual rise to normal range
warning lights and buzzers. Oil coolant, charging circuit warning lights go out right away. |
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Term
| When in the cab name some items that you must check the conditions of . |
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Definition
| Steering wheel, clutch, accelarator, brake controls, transmission controls, interaxle differential lock, horn, windshield, all lights. |
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| When checking windshield and mirrors what are you checking for? |
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Definition
| cracks, dirt, illegal stickers, or other obstructions |
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Term
| When checking emergency equiptment what are you making sure you have? |
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Definition
check for spare electrical fuses, 3 red reflective triangles, fire exstinguisher
OPTIONAL: tire chains,tire changing equiptment, emergency phone numbers, accident report kit |
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Term
| When turning off the engine and checking the lights make sure you........ |
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Definition
| set the parking break, turn off the engine, and take the key with you. Make sure to turn on head lights and four way flashers and get out of vehicle. |
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| Name some items to check at the very begining of the walk around inspection. |
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Definition
Go to front of bus and check that low beams are on and both of the four way flashers are working.
Push dimmer switch and check that high beams work
Turn off head lights and four way, hazard flashers |
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