Overview
Pickerill/Godson's TODAY'S TECHNICIAN: AUTOMOTIVE BRAKE SYSTEMS, CLASSROOM AND SHOP MANUAL, 8th Edition, includes everything you need to understand, diagnose and repair today's brake systems and prepare for ASE certification and career success as an automotive technician. Using thorough coverage, accurate, up-to-date details and illustrations, the text offers a two-volume approach, allowing for easy and coherent delivery in classroom and shop environments. Volume one, Classroom Manual, covers the theory and application of the total brake system, subsystem and components. Volume two, Shop Manual, explores symptoms, diagnostics and repairs and is ideal for use as a reference on the job. The 8th edition aligns with the ASE Education Foundation 2022 accreditation model and features job sheets correlated to specific MLR, AST and MAST tasks that can be adapted to any vehicle fleet.
Full Product Details
Author: Ken Pickerill ,
Michael Godson
Publisher: Cengage Learning
Imprint: Cengage Learning
Edition: 8th ed.
Dimensions:
Width: 21.40cm
, Height: 3.40cm
, Length: 27.80cm
Weight: 1.919kg
ISBN: 9780357766118
ISBN 10: 0357766113
Pages: 720
Publication Date: 04 June 2024
Audience:
General/trade
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General
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active
Availability: Available To Order
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Author Information
Ken Pickerill was a Certified Master Automotive Technician (with ASE Area L1 and X1) and an instructor at Southern Illinois University in Carbondale. Mr. Pickerill was a technician for 22 years before entering the training field, and he earned more than 40 years of technical and teaching experience over the span of his career. He received his master's degree in career and technical education from Indiana State University. Mike graduated from the Arizona Automotive Institute in Glendale, Arizona in 1977. He received a certificate in automatic transmission repair from Clark College in 1978 and completed an Associate of Applied Science in Automotive Technology in 1994. Mike worked as an automotive technician for various dealerships and independent service facilities from 1978 until accepting a faculty position in the Clark College Automotive Department. He has been teaching automotive technology full-time since 1995. In 2009, Mike was named Motor Age Training/ASE Master Automotive & L-1 Technician of the Year. He is also a certified Toyota Technician Education Network (T-TEN) instructor. In addition, Mike holds an ASE Master Automobile Technician certification, and ASE Advanced certifications in Engine Performance and Light Duty Hybrid/Electric Vehicles. Mike continues to work part-time in summer for a local independent vehicle repair facility.
