Course Syllabus
Course: DMT 1401
Division: Business and Applied TechDepartment: Transportation Technology
Title: Diesel Suspension and Steering
Semester Approved: Fall 2019
Five-Year Review Semester: Fall 2024
End Semester: Summer 2025
Catalog Description: This course will instruct students on the theory, basic operation, parts, and adjustment of suspension and steering systems. The course provides study of steering gears, rack and pinion, conventional shocks, alignment angles, and alignment with a computerized four wheel alignment fixture. Corequisite: This lecture DMT 1401 must be taken concurrently with the lab DMT 1405.
Semesters Offered: Spring
Credit/Time Requirement: Credit: 2; Lecture: 2; Lab: 0
Clock/Hour Requirements: 30
Prerequisites: N/A
Corequisites: DMT 1405
Justification: This course is required for Automotive Service Excellence (ASE) Education Foundation accreditation. It is approved by the program advisory committee. It is a core course for the Diesel Technology AAS degree.
General Education Outcomes:
4: A student who completes the GE curriculum can reason quantitatively in a variety of contexts.
Student Learning Outcomes:
Students will understand steering and supension theory and the requirements for the proper operation of a steering and suspension system. Students will be assessed by completion of quizzes and chapter review questions.
Students will learn about the appropriate specialized tools for steering and suspension diagnosis and repair. Students will be assessed by completion of quizzes and chapter review questions.
Students will understand the appropriate steps to disassemble and reassemble steering and suspension systems Students will be assessed by completion of quizzes and chapter review questions.
Content:
• Course specific safety
• Wheel design
• Tires and tire repair
• Shock absorbers
• Spring types
• Wheel alignment
• Suspension angles
• Rack and Pinnion
• Sterring gear
• Wheel bearings
• King pin
• Front axle
Key Performance Indicators:
Students will be graded on the completion of their homework, quizes, attendance, and a final test.
Homework and quizzes 10 to 80%
Final test 5 to 25%
Attendance 0 to 30%
Representative Text and/or Supplies:
CDX Medium Heavy duty Truck, Owen C Duffy, Gus Wright current edition.
Pedagogy Statement:
This is a lecture class taught in conjunction with a lab, DMT 1405. Students will be taught using lecture, discussion, demonstration, and hands-on activities.
Instructional Mediums:
Lecture
Maximum Class Size: 25
Optimum Class Size: 15