Chapter 3 - Vehicle Anatomy and Science Flashcards
Passenger vehicles are motorized vehicles that are designed to carry ____ people or less.
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________ are single unit vehicles with two axles and, generally, four tires that weigh 10,000 lbs or less.
Light Trucks
________ are defined as weighing between 13,000 lbs and 33,000 lbs.
Medium Trucks
______ are defined in the US as weighing more than 33,000 lbs.
Heavy Trucks
_____ are those trucks in which all the vehicle’s axles are attached to one frame.
Straight Trucks
Specialty Trucks include:
Fire Apparatus Military Vehicles Logging Trucks Large Motor Homes Bookmobiles Medical Treatment Vehicles Highway Repair Vehicles
Agricultural equipment can include:
Agricultural Tractors Combines Forage Harvesters Skid Steer Loaders Telehandlers Windrowers Logging Skidder
Heavy Equipment and Machinery can include:
Backhoes Bulldozers Cement Trucks Cranes Dumpers Excavators Graders Fork Lifts Loaders Scrapers Skid Steer Loaders Haul Trucks
The ______ contains the chassis or frame, drive train, and the floor pan.
Undercarriage
Also called pillars, these are the structural members that surround the doors and support the roofs of vehicles.
Door/Roof Posts
The rear sections of the vehicle’s body shell which include the rear fender and the C-post.
Quarter Panel
The _____ is a partition between the engine compartment and the passenger compartment.
Firewall
These are the usually rounded narrow body panels on each side of an automobile below the doors and between the kick panel and the quarter panel.
Rocker Panels
The are vertical panel walls that are enclosed by several structural members.
Kick Panels
These materials are used in a variety of automobile components.
Steel Aluminum Magnesium Copper Plastics Composite materials Alloys Glass Rubber Cast Iron
