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RSS feed for this sectionEcodrive at CPT Dinner
Ecodrive Managing Director Jon Stone was pleased to attend the Confederation of Passenger Transport’s (CPT’s) annual dinner in London last month. He was invited by the team from ZF Services UK, based in Nottingham. The CPT is the recognised voice of the bus and coach industry. It represents operator interests on national and international legislation, […]
Product profile: ZF–AS Tronic lite
Following the popularity of our previous product profile on the AS-Tronic automatic transmission system, we’ve decided to write a profile about the transmission’s little brother – the AS-Tronic lite. As the name suggests, the lite version is a compact version of the trusty full-size AS-Tronic transmission system used in a wide variety of large commercial […]
Can remanufacturing make commercial vehicles more eco-friendly?
Remanufacturing can be a confusing concept in modern day automotive engineering. Loosely it can be thought of as the rebuilding of a product or component to its original specifications. Sometimes though, the term is used to describe particularly large repair jobs. Normally, automotive remanufacturing is carried out with a combination of reused, repaired and new […]
Is your ZF Ecosplit 3 gearbox losing drive?
If you own an Ecosplit 3 gearbox and you find that it’s losing drive, follow this diagnostic approach to identifying possible causes. As the name implies you should firstly split the unit into three very distinct modules: 1) Firstly, in the centre of the unit – and dependent upon specification – you will find the […]
Transmission Problems
What do you do if the most important pieces of equipment you have – your vehicles – start developing problems with their gearboxes? Do you order brand new spare parts because you don’t know of any other options? Do you wait for delivery and laboriously fit the gearboxes on-site…all the while knowing that every day your […]