Thursday, March 22

Uses of Tools and Equipment


Many tools you have studied in Industrial Arts wil also be used in Automotive. Refer to them for their specific uses. These are the pliers, hammers, chisels hacksaws, piles, and others.

Wrenches. A variety of wrenches are used in the automotive shop. To work on both local and imported cars, you will need two sets of wrenches. Most cars made in limited states use bolts that have heads which are measured in fractions of an inch. Some cars use metric nuts and bolts. Few types of wrenches are Open-end, Box, Combination of open-end and box, Socket, Torque, Allen, and Adjustable Wrench.

Arbor Presses. A high steady pressure is needed for many automotive service jobs, such as installing bearings or bushings, pressuring pulleys on or off shaft, and so on. for relatively light pressure, a hand-operated arbor press can be used.

Air Compressor. The air compressor is one of the common shop power tools and equipment. It is used to provide air for the services areas on a large automotive repair center. Some examples of equipments which require air are Air tools, Air hoses, Air powered shop equipment.

Hydraulic Equipment and Tools. Some of the common hydraulic tools and equipment are Hand jack, Hydraulic floor jack, and Hydraulic Press.

Electrically Powered Tools and Equipment. Electrically powered shop equipment include drills, grinders, drill presses, lathes, valves and valves-seat grinders, engine-cylinder hones and boring bars.

Measuring Tools. The first step in most automotive service jobs is to make a measurement. Sometimes this means measuring engine compression or alter motor output. Most often, however, it means measuring length or diameter. The tools that are commonly used in most automotive service shop for measurement are Ruler, Feeler gauges, Steeped feeler gauges, Wire feeler gauges, and Micrometer.


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