Trainer's Corner
Archive
Experts from ZF Services share their know-how with you in our Trainer's Corner "Technics". Find out everything about installation and maintenance of ZF Services Products. You can also look up online in our news magazine for partners of ZF Services: "report".
1.2012: Repairs Under High Voltage
Extra know-how is required for working on hybrid vehicles.
3.2011: Getting the Air out
If the gear does not engage or is difficult to engage and unpleasent noises occur when shifting, it could mean a malfunction in the transmission or clutch and result in high repair costs.
2.2011: Best Practice Provides Cost Savings
The average passenger or goods rail vehicle spends 30 years in operation.
1.2011: Nothing moves without Grease
If the clutch disk was not lubricated properly during installation, fretting can occur in the hub profile. The clutch disk then snags, instead of sliding smoothly on the transmission shaft.
3.2010: Quality pays off
By using a high-quality, fully synthetic transmission fluid, the efficiency of commercial vehicle transmissions can be increased even more. The protection against wear achieved using this oil reduces maintenance costs and will extend the service life of the transmission.
2.2010: Clutch disc - Testing before installation
Because of the risk of damage during transit from the point of manufacture to the workshop, every clutch disc is tested for wobble prior to installation. Any distortion in clutch discs can produce problems when disengaging the clutch.
1.2010: It‘s all a matter of adjustment
When aligning four-link axles, the toe-in curve also has to be adjusted under certain conditions.
