NYS Tow Truck Endorsement Practice Test 7 Exam| Questions and Answers Graded A+ While driving a tow truck with a disabled vehicle, what should you be frequently checking and why?
- Mirrors, to ensure proper vehicle tracking
- The wheel lift/tow sling, to ensure it's position has not changed
- Wheel securing straps, to ensure they stay tight
- The disabled vehicle, to ensure it has not shifted
- All of the above - Correct Answer - E
- For insurance purposes
- So mechanics don't forget to reattach it
- In case it falls off during tow
- It is needed in order reattach the drive shaft in the balanced position -
- It is easier
- It minimizes the loss of lubricating fluid
- It allows for longer distance tows
- All of the above - Correct Answer - D 1 / 2
Why should you mark the drive shaft before removing it?
Correct Answer - D Why is it better to remove the drive shaft than the axle shafts for a tow?
If you are towing a vehicle with a GVWR of over 7,000 pounds, what towing equipment is forbidden to use?
- Tow sling & T-hooks
- Tow sling & J-hooks
- Tow sling & dollies
- Work lights - Correct Answer - B
- Put the disabled vehicle in neutral
- Release the disabled vehicles brakes
- Both A and B
- Neither A nor B - Correct Answer - C
- Remove the drive axles
- Install axle covers
- Ensure the disabled vehicle is completely turned off
- All of the above - Correct Answer - D
- Cover/protect drive axle shaft openings to prevent contamination or loss
- Create better airflow around the rims
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Removing the drive shaft from the driveline is sometimes the most dangerous part of a tow. What MUST you do to prevent possible death and injury?
If you are towing a disabled vehicle that is having differential problems, what should you do?
What do axle covers do?
of wheel bearing lubrication