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Clutch course offers something for everyone by Mike Ruff, GW Editor
The IMI-approved one-day ZF clutch course considers the key aspects of clutch system awareness, illustrating clutch functions, components and types through presentation, discussion and practical tutorial.
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• Components and clutch operation. • Clutch release systems: CSC fitting awareness and installation. • Vibration damping: damper design, functions and features. • XTend self-adjusting clutch: features and fitting awareness. • Fitting awareness theory. • Practical fitting awareness in the workshop.
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WHETHER you’re an apprentice or a technician with 40 years’ worth of experience, you’ll gain a valuable insight into the latest clutch technology and will appreciate exactly why careful fitment is essential if you want to avoid unnecessary down time and future job rectification work. That’s the views of the delegates who had just completed the IMI ZF clutch test paper and whom I had joined during the classroom theory and workshop practical demonstrations. The course opens with an introduction to clutch function, design and ratings. It’s an opportunity for the younger delegates to get to grips with the basics and also for the more experienced in the group to learn about some of the latest clutch technology such as the XTend cover assemblies which provide automatic wear compensation. David Gibbons, course delegate and director at Auto Medics in Worthing, said: “With self-adjusting clutches coming in now, it’s useful to update our knowledge. “We have dealt with all of these things before but it’s good to know exactly what you should be doing and why you should be doing it.” Having covered clutch operation and components, discussion turned to practical fitting tips and diagnostic skills.