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What is the most important reason why you should inspect you vehicle? ✔✔To make sure it is safe

What should you Inspect during a trip? ✔✔Gauges, tires, brakes, light and reflecters, brake and electrical connection to trailers, trailer coupling devices and cargo securement devices

Why should you make an inspection report? ✔✔To make sure it is safe ad secure, and write down anything tat would not make it safe

What are some tire problems you should look for? ✔✔1. Air pressure

• Tread wear
• cut or damage
• dual tires that come in contact with each other 5. mismatched sizes
• radial and bias-ply tires used togather
• cuts or cracked valve systems
• re-grooved, replaced or retreaded tires 1 / 4

What are some Wheel and rim problems you should look for? ✔✔1. Damaged

• Rust on nuts
• Missing clamps, spacers, studs or lugs
• Mismatched, bent or cracked lock rings
• Wheels or rims that had welding repairs

How much tread depth should you have on the front tires? Back one? ✔✔4/32, and 2/32

What does it mean when there is rust around wheel nuts? ✔✔They may be loose

What are the Brake drums or shoes problems you should look for? ✔✔1. Cracked drums

• Shoes pads with oil, grease, or brake fluid
• shoes worn too thin

What are some steering system effects you should look for while inspecting? ✔✔1. Missing bolts, nuts, and cotter keys

• bent, loose or broken parts 2 / 4

• Leaks in power steering hoses, pumps and fluid level
• Steering wheel play of more then 10 degrees

What is a suspension system? ✔✔A system that holds up the vehicle and its loads

What should you look for in suspesion system? ✔✔1. Spring hangers that allows movement of axel from proper position

• Missing or broken leaves in any leaf spring

3.broken leaves in a multi-leaf spring 4.Leaking shock absorbers

• Axel positioning parts that are cracked, damaged or missing
• Loose, cracked, broken or missing frame members
• Air supsession system that are damaged or leaking

What happens is an exhaust system is broken? ✔✔The system can let poison fumes into the vehicle

What are some problems you need to look for in the exhaust system? ✔✔1. Loose, broken, or missing pipes, mufflers, tailpipes or vertical stacks 3 / 4

• Loose, broken or missing mounting brackets, clamps, bolts or nuts
• Parts rubbing against fuel system pats, tires or other moving parts
• Leaking parts

What emergency equipment must a bus contain? ✔✔Fire extinguisher, spare electrical fuses and

• reflective warning triangles

What are the seven-steps of the inspections method? ✔✔Step 1: Review last vehicle inspection report

Step 2: Check Engine compartment

Step 3: Start engine and inspect inside vehicle

Step 4: Turn off engine and check lights

Step 5: Walk around inspection

Step 6: Check signal lights

Step 7: Start engine and check brake system

When approaching your vehicle to begin inspection, what should you look for? ✔✔Damage or fresh oil, coolant, grease or fuel leaks

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