ABRP 79 - Structural Straightening Technique
- Prerequisite: ABRP 65 and ABRP 78
- ABRP majors only
Students will learn, practice, and demonstrate their skills as they relate to different anchoring systems, and their set-up. This course will further introduce students to the theory and practice of various straightening techniques and systems.
Contact: 90 hours total. 6 hours lecture; 18 hours lab per week over 3.75 weeks
Student Learning Outcomes
Upon successful completion of ABRP 79, the student will be able to:
- Properly mount and anchor a vehicle to a pulling system
- Select and set up different types of pulling equipment
- Understand the proper techniques needed to be used when working with high strength steel in collision repairs
- Understand hot and cold stress relief methods in the repair of collision damaged parts
- Understand the techniques used to pull and straighten a front end damaged vehicle
- Understand the techniques used to pull and straighten a rear end damaged vehicle
- Understand the techniques used to pull and straighten a vehicle with side impact damage