tech session report (long)

[Brett Dikeman]

At 10:51 PM +0000 9/9/04, bob.rossato at att.net wrote:
>Okay, what's with the 20x size micrometer on the bench behind the 
>V8?  Is that so you can measure tire diameters down to .0001" ;-)

I was wondering when someone would mention those :-)  They also had a 
GIANT pressure gauge and whatnot.  Maybe teaching aids. Who knows.

That said, the training center guys said they don't do much in the 
way of nitty-gritty work; they expect that by the time the techs come 
to them, they've already learned how to yank a caliper off a car and 
whatnot at their trade school or as part of ASE certification.  So, 
for brake system maintenance, training is more on specific Audi 
tools, diagnostics, understanding car systems, etc.  He pointed to 
what is quite possibly the fanciest brake bleeder I've ever seen; the 
door was open to the guts and it was a maze of plumbing and valves. 
Not really sure why, either...it doesn't seem like rocket science.

Brett
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